Crux - Compare Workflow Automation Tools

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Every automation comparison online is an affiliate listicle that recommends whatever pays the highest commission. Crux asks what you actually need: your volume, integrations, budget, and technical level. Then recommends the right platform with honest trade-offs. We cover 10 platforms (Zapier, Make, n8n, and more) with real pricing math, not marketing pages. Think NerdWallet for workflow automation: problem-first discovery instead of tool-first directories. Get a straight answer in 2 minutes.

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  automation.re2022 · automation.re · ▲80

  Compare workflow automations tools and SaaS automations

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  Distro Tools2019 · distrotools.com · ▲66

  Automate your video workflows. No coding required.

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  My affordable solution to costly workflow automation: Embed Workflow2023 · embedworkflow.com · ▲81

  We built a white-labeled workflow builder that platforms can embed to offer automation capabilities to their users: - JavaScript code action sandboxing - Native UI experience - Custom action support - Simple integration We're bootstrapped and focused on making workflow automation accessible to more platforms. Demo: https://youtu.be/wVspgI27x9A Product Hunt launch: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/embed-workflow

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  Automation Guides2018 · ▲97

  Get your email automation workflows up and running by today.

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  toolbook.io2025 · toolbook.io · ▲17

  Workflow Automation Platform: 300+ Tools & 770+ Use Cases

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  Intelligent Workflows by Freshsales CRM2017 · freshworks.com · ▲25

  Automate repetitive tasks and be more productive, every day

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  Spira Maxima▲578

  Video model that turns script into viral social media videos

  AI · 18d ago · spira.ai

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  Rill Browser▲540

  The browser where Claude Code and Codex work beside you

  AI · 18d ago · rill.love

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  Germany's new sovereign AI model Kolibri▲424

  Kolibri is Aleph Alpha

  AI · 20d ago · tej.as

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  Giving Opus 5.5 a simulated paint canvas▲392

  Paintings by AI models: programs run through a simulation of oil paint.

  AI · 21d ago · stillwet.art

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  PixVerse R2▲381

  A real-time world model you can explore and change

  AI · 30d ago · world.pixverse.video

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  Beam.win▲378

  Run AI agents on one Mac and use its windows on another

  AI · 4d ago · beam.win

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  Brew ▲900

  Like Claude design for email marketing

  AI · May 2026 · brew.new

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  Kilo Code for VS Code▲896

  Parallel agents, diff reviewer, and multi-model comparisons

  Dev tools · May 2026 · kilo.ai

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  StoreClaw▲806

  Grow your store profits with agents that know how to sell

  AI · May 2026 · storeclaw.ai

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  PollyReach▲795

  Give your agent a real number and voice to make calls.

  AI · May 2026 · pollyreach.ai

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  Needle: We Distilled Gemini Tool Calling into a 26M Model▲776

  Hey HN, Henry here from Cactus. We open-sourced Needle, a 26M parameter function-calling (tool use) model. It runs at 6000 tok/s prefill and 1200 tok/s decode on consumer devices. We were always frustrated by the little effort made towards building agentic models that run on budget phones, so we conducted investigations that led to an observation: agentic experiences are built upon tool calling, and massive models are overkill for it. Tool calling is fundamentally retrieval-and-assembly (match query to tool name, extract argument values, emit JSON), not reasoning. Cross-attention…

  Life & fun · May 2026 · github.com

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  Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian▲730

  🌱 Private, quiet space for thinking. Simple app for .md files. - zakirullin/files.md

  Dev tools · May 2026 · github.com