Relay.app Pricing 2026 — Steps, AI Credits & Human-in-the-Loop
Relay.app is the approval-first automation tool: every plan bundles AI credits and human-in-the-loop steps. Here's what the step-based pricing really means at your volume.
Prices verified June 2026 · taken from Relay.app's official pricing · all figures per run
Heads up: Relay.app meters steps per month and the included allowances are modest next to task-based rivals — heavy workflows burn through them fast. A fourth Enterprise tier exists as contact-sales only. Size by your real step count, not workflow count.
Relay.app plans & real cost
Cheapest qualifying plan at four typical run volumes (3-step workflows) — prices generated live from our data, never hand-typed. Toggle to see prices when billed annually.
≈ Converted from USD at today's rate — not the amount you're billed.
Relay.app vs alternatives
Price for 20,000 runs / month across every tool we track. Use the Monthly / Annual toggle above to switch how the prices are billed.
| Tool | Price for 20,000 runs (monthly) | Integrations | Self-host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zapier | $433.5 | 9,725+ app connectors | No |
| Make | $64.71 | 2,594+ app connectors | No |
| n8n | $25 | 572+ official nodes | Yes (free SW) |
| Pipedream | $153 | 3,391+ app connectors | No |
| Activepieces | $0 | 754+ pieces | Yes (free SW) |
| Automatisch | $25 | 92+ connectors | Yes (free SW) |
| Node-RED | $25 | 6,092+ community modules | Yes (free SW) |
| Pabbly Connect | $79 | 2,000+ app integrations (vendor-stated) | No |
| Zoho Flow | $96 | 1,000+ apps (vendor-stated) | No |
| Latenode | $1.2 | 1,200+ apps (vendor-stated) | No |
| IFTTT | $4.99 | 1,000+ services (vendor-stated) | No |
See all Relay.app alternatives → · Cheapest automation tool → · Full interactive comparison → · Plan limits & run caps →
When Relay.app is worth it
| Use case | Verdict |
|---|---|
| Approval / human-in-the-loop workflows | Use Relay.app |
| AI steps without managing your own API keys | Relay.app fits well — credits included |
| Small teams sharing workflows | Team plan fits |
| High-volume automation | Step caps bite — compare Make or self-host n8n |
| Complex branching at scale | n8n or Latenode is stronger |
| Need to eliminate the monthly bill | Self-host n8n |
Frequently asked questions
Each executed action in a workflow run consumes one step from the monthly allowance. We normalise this to runs × steps so it lines up with task-based tools in the table above.
Every plan includes a monthly pool of AI credits usable with GPT, Claude and Gemini models — no separate API key or billing needed, until you exhaust the pool.
Taken from official pricing pages and verified by hand. Values marked ~ are estimates for custom enterprise tiers. Every change we record lands in the price changelog.