Zapier looks to help users build their own personalized, code-less workflow automations, serving as a digital super glue to combine a variety of web and mobile apps with its connectors called "zaps."
Zapier is one of our favorite business tools here at PCMag. The platform is one of our Editors’ Choice picks for productivity solutions, and we are continually impressed with the updates the company has added over the years.
Zapier offers connections for some 1,000 apps, which are used by its over 2 million registered users. By looking at how people are actually using those connections, Zapier can get a pretty good sense of which apps are booming before anyone else.
Slack started eating into HipChat’s market share in 2014, says Wade Foster, CEO of Zapier. According to Zapier’s data, the number of people linking Slack to other applications passed the number of people doing the same with HipChat by the end of 2014.
This system represents a new set of skills that will impact workers ranging from the solopreneur to the Fortune 500 careerist. Now, anyone can create powerful, customized applications—a domain once reserved for computer programmers.
The world changed for everyone in March—including small businesses. Social distancing policies meant many businesses needed to pivot to online or grow their online market in order to survive. Zapier customers are overwhelmingly small businesses who use our automation platform to connect all the apps they use. This gives us...
Nearly two-thirds of knowledge workers (64 percent) currently use automation software at work—and nearly a fifth (18 percent) intend to use it in the future. No one dreams of doing the repetitive work that we've been told is a necessary part of our job. This could explain why people are...
American knowledge workers are burned out as they continue to adjust to work-related issues caused by COVID-19. But even in the midst of that exhaustion, some are less likely to take time off from work. That's according to a new survey commissioned by Zapier and conducted online by The Harris...
Vacations are supposed to relieve stress, not cause more. And yet: an overwhelming majority of knowledge workers—87 percent—say there are things they dread about returning to work after taking time off. That's according to a new survey commissioned by Zapier and conducted online by The Harris Poll. The results reveal...
Forty-four percent of small business owners think it's likely that changes they've made to their businesses due to COVID-19 will be permanent, according to new research. Pivots like remote work, changing supply chains, and great dependence on online stores and virtual services could remain a part of small business owners'...
A lot of people are looking for a job right now. Most of them—70 percent—think automation skills will help them find one. That's according to a new survey by The Harris Poll commissioned by Zapier. The survey shows that the pandemic is having a profound effect: roughly 41 percent of...
A global pandemic forced Bay Area employers into remote work. Now many employees will keep working from home, even when others return to the office. Several local tech giants, including Facebook, Square, and Twitter, announced that employees can opt to work from home after the stay-at-home orders end. Will people...
A few months ago, remote work was niche. In the past month, just over half of employed Americans have transitioned to working from home—at least, for the time being. It's a massive experiment. Remote work isn't a perk anymore: it's temporarily mandatory for millions of employees. We wanted to find...
Millennials and Gen Z have heard a lot about their work ethic and attitudes. Turns out they disagree with most of it. You might think younger generations are disloyal to employers. Turns out most see their job as core to their identity, and want to stay in their current job...
Millennials aren't that young anymore. The generation is currently between 24 and 39 years old, meaning some Millennials are nearly two decades into their career. These aren't just the future leaders of industry—they're already running the show as managers. Gen Z, between 18 and 23 years old, is also entering...
