Two of these build you something. Cedric just does the work.
Gumloop hands you an agent and Zapier hands you a workflow, both yours to maintain. Checked against gumloop.com and zapier.com on 11 September 2026.
- Gumloop calls itself "the multiplayer AI agent builder". You describe the work and get an agent that runs on triggers and produces artifacts, while IT controls access.
- Zapier is the workflow builder the category grew up on. You author the trigger and the steps, and it repeats them exactly.
- Both leave you owning something. An agent or a Zap needs review whenever the business changes.
- With Cedric there is nothing to own. You ask in a sentence, he plans that request, and the next request gets its own plan.
- All three connect to your tools. The question is whether you want to configure a system or ask a colleague.
Three ways to get the work done
Gumloop is "the multiplayer AI agent builder", where "anyone at a company can build agents with any AI model and any integration, while IT controls access". Teams describe work in plain language and get agents that run on triggers, use skills, and produce artifacts such as dashboards, documents and web apps. It supports 35+ models with bring-your-own-key and lists 300+ connectors. Its line for buyers is "Teams get AI agents, IT gets oversight, leadership sees the impact."
Zapier builds workflows instead of agents, and now calls itself "the control plane that connects any AI to any tool". You define the trigger and the steps, and a Zap repeats them exactly across 9,000+ apps, the longest list in the category. Our Zapier comparison has the full picture.
Cedric works from the request. You ask in Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Telegram or the browser, and he plans what this job needs. Ask for a deck, a page or a spreadsheet and he builds that thing from the data in your connected tools. The next request gets its own plan, so no agent needs updating when the business changes.
So the difference is what you hold afterwards. With Gumloop it is an agent, with Zapier a Zap, and with Cedric the finished work.
Side by side
Gumloop read on gumloop.com and its pricing page, Zapier on zapier.com, both on 11 September 2026. All three move quickly, so check the current pages before quoting a figure.
| Gumloop | Zapier | Cedric | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | A builder for AI agents | A builder for workflows | A teammate you ask |
| What you end up owning | An agent you built and deployed | A Zap that fires on a trigger | The finished work, nothing to maintain |
| How the work gets made | You describe it; it builds the agent | You author the trigger and every step | You ask; he plans the steps |
| Who it is aimed at | Teams building agents, with IT governing them | Anyone automating a repeatable process | Anyone with a job to hand off |
| Apps | 300+ connectors | 9,000+ apps | 3,200+ in the catalog, 15 with a playbook |
| The model | 35+, model-agnostic, bring your own key | Built in | Included in the plan |
| What the meter counts | Credits, plus an 8% orchestration fee | Tasks on actions and connector calls | Credits, from one team balance |
| People on a plan | Unlimited seats on Pro | 25 users on Team | No seats |
| Entry price | From $37 a month, 20,000 credits | Free to 100 tasks, then from $19.99 | $19 a month for 40,000 credits |
| Before it sends or spends | However that agent was configured | However that Zap was built | A person approves first |
Three meters that do not convert. Gumloop's Pro bundles 20,000 credits and adds an 8% orchestration fee. Zapier spends tasks on actions and connector calls, while triggers, polling, Filter and Formatter cost nothing. Cedric counts credits from one balance for the whole workspace.
One message
A deck built from the week's numbers
Devin Wallace9:14 AM
@Cedric build my Monday staff meeting deck.
CedricAPP9:15 AM
Your deck is up, 8 slides, every figure from its source. Signups went from 18 to 41, but the ads account counted 190 conversions against 27 real signups. Revenue, paying workspaces and churn are missing, since no billing account is connected. Want it rebuilt every week?
Devin Wallace9:16 AM
Yes, every Monday at 7. And connect Stripe.
CedricAPP9:17 AM
Every Monday at 07:00 the deck rebuilds from the same sources, and the link lands here.
In Gumloop
You would describe the job and get an agent on a Monday trigger that produces the deck as an artifact. When a source or a metric changes, someone updates the agent.
In Zapier
A scheduled Zap can copy the figures into a sheet or a message. Choosing the headline, and noticing that the ads over-count, is logic someone designs first.
In Cedric
Devin wrote one line. The deck led with the conversion gap and named the three missing numbers. Connecting billing is his call.
Building agents is itself a job
Gumloop's pitch is that anyone can build an agent, and it is a good pitch. For most companies, building is the bottleneck. But an agent you build is a thing you own. Someone decides what it may touch, notices when its process changes, and answers for it when it misfires.
Companies that go this way usually name an internal owner for the fleet, which is why Gumloop sells IT oversight alongside it. That investment pays off when many teams will build many agents.
Cedric plans each request as it comes, so nothing piles up that needs maintaining. When a job must run ten thousand times the same way, a reusable asset you can inspect fits better. That is Gumloop's and Zapier's ground.
Where each one fits
Gumloop is the strongest choice when agents are a company-wide capability rather than a single job. Teams build for themselves, bring their own model keys, and IT sees what reaches which system. A $50M Series B led by Benchmark gives it room to keep building.
Zapier is the strongest choice for fixed plumbing at volume. Its 9,000+ apps lead the category, and a Zap you authored can be diffed, rolled back and handed on.
Cedric is the strongest choice when the work is irregular and judgment is the hard part. Nobody builds anything, and anything that leaves goes past a person first.
Running more than one is common. A workflow tool for the plumbing, an agent platform if many teams are standardizing, and Cedric for the work someone had to think about.
FAQ
Cedric's plans include the model, so there is nothing to pick, benchmark or pay for separately. If choosing your own models matters, Gumloop makes that a feature, with 35+ options and bring-your-own-key.
Yes. Say the schedule once, as Devin did, and Cedric reruns the job, reading the situation fresh each time. For a job that must run identically every time, a Zap is the better instrument.
Someone adds Cedric to your chat app and connects a tool, and the team can use him that afternoon. Gumloop is built around IT governing agent access, which suits a larger company with many teams building.
Yes. He builds pages, decks, spreadsheets and documents and posts the link in the thread, like the deck above. You ask for the thing itself, not for an agent that makes it.
Skip the building step.
100,000 free credits, no card. Ask for the deck, not the agent.
100K credits ($50) through Slack, Teams, Discord, Telegram or WhatsApp, 50K ($25) with Google. No card needed.