Hosted Zapier MCP alternatives
Like Zapier's server, every option here is a managed remote endpoint: you add it to your client by URL and authenticate over OAuth, with no engine to install or keep running. That is the appeal of Zapier in the first place, and these match it.
The honest split: most of these are automation hubs and workflow engines, but a few are single-product servers, included because teams reach for Zapier to wire those same products together. Where a pick is one product rather than a general engine, the note says so.
The 8 best hosted alternatives
Open-source automation behind a hosted endpoint, the official Activepieces server turns its automation pieces and flows into agent tools through a per-project remote URL, nothing to run.
Set up Activepieces →- ComposioOfficial
Composio's universal hosted server connects an agent to 500+ apps like Gmail, Slack, GitHub, and Notion through one OAuth endpoint, the closest hosted connector hub to Zapier's breadth.
Set up Composio → - MakeOfficial
Add it by URL and Make's official cloud server turns your scenarios into callable tools so an agent can run multi-step automations on demand, the nearest like-for-like to Zapier's hosted model.
Set up Make → - PipedreamOfficial
Pipedream's official server reaches 2,800+ apps and 10,000+ prebuilt actions with managed OAuth and per-app endpoints, a broad hosted hub with reach in Zapier's range.
Set up Pipedream → - WindmillOfficial
A developer-leaning workflow platform, the hosted Windmill server runs and manages scripts, flows, resources, variables, jobs, and schedules, and exposes your own scripts as agent tools.
Set up Windmill → Notion is a single-product server rather than an engine: its hosted server searches, reads, and writes across a workspace over OAuth. It fits when the automation you wanted in Zapier was really keeping Notion updated.
Set up Notion →When the workflow was task bookkeeping rather than cross-app glue, the hosted Todoist server creates, finds, updates, and completes tasks, projects, labels, and reminders. Like Notion, it is one product.
Set up Todoist →- AssemblyAIOfficial
Narrowest here, AssemblyAI's hosted server lets a coding agent search and read its speech-to-text and audio-intelligence docs, a reference helper rather than an automation engine.
Set up AssemblyAI →
How to choose
Every server here installs the way Zapier's does, by URL with an OAuth grant. For the closest hosted connector hub, Composio and Pipedream lead on reach, and Make is the nearest like-for-like for scenario-style automation. Activepieces and Windmill are engines leaning toward developers. Notion, Todoist, and AssemblyAI are single-product servers, the right call only if the automation was really about one of those tools.
FAQ
- Is the Zapier MCP server hosted or self-hosted?
- Hosted. Zapier runs it and you connect to a per-account endpoint over OAuth, with no local process. The servers on this page work the same way, so setup feels close to identical.
- Which hosted alternative has the broadest app coverage like Zapier?
- Pipedream and Composio come closest on reach: Pipedream spans 2,800+ apps and 10,000+ actions, and Composio connects 500+ apps over one OAuth endpoint. Make is the nearest match for scenario-style multi-step automation.