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The simplest trigger-and-action automator — since October 2026 every plan, Free included, gets unlimited Applets and every feature; you only pay for credits and speed.
The easiest automator a solo founder can own — the catch is its ceiling: simple Applets only, on a polling clock.
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As of November 2026, IFTTT costs $2.09/month billed annually for 5,000 credits with every feature unlocked — the simplest automator in this job, priced like a consumer app.
Your automations are simple trigger-to-action jobs across many everyday services and you want them running today, maintained without thinking about them.
Your workflows branch, loop or handle errors, or you need near-real-time triggers — Make or n8n fit that shape better.
Workflows are built only from verified capabilities in our listing research — no vendor copy, nothing invented.
Starts A new order or form submission lands
You get A filed sale with the announcement already sent
The copy-paste between checkout, sheet and inbox disappears
Starts You publish a post, video or listing
You get One publish becomes a multi-channel post set
Approval Skim AI-rewritten captions before they post in your name
Content distribution stops being a manual checklist
Starts A payment, booking or high-value lead event fires
You get Alerts you act on, not noise
You hear about money and leads within one polling interval
Start from a published Applet, build trigger-plus-actions in the composer, or describe the job and let the AI generator draft it.
Queries pull extra context and Filter Code adds conditions; most solo Applets need neither on day one.
Applet runs, MCP usage and AI features share one pool — size Starter versus Pro from a real week, not a guess.
Time to first useful result: Under an hour for a first useful Applet; minutes per additional Applet · no-code 5/5
Billed in monthly credits since the 28 October 2026 relaunch: Applet runs, MCP usage and AI features all draw on one credit allowance. Every plan — Free included — has unlimited Applets, all core features (multi-action, Queries, Filter Code, Webhooks, AI) and all 1,000+ services; plans differ only in credits, polling speed, support and multiple accounts per service. Yearly billing saves 30%.
$0/month — 1,000 credits/month
Per credit bundle · $0/mo for one person
$2.09/month billed annually ($2.99 billed monthly) — 5,000 credits/month
Per credit bundle · $2.09/mo for one person
$5.49/month billed annually ($7.99 billed monthly) — 20,000 credits/month
Per credit bundle · $5.49/mo for one person
$13.99/month billed annually ($19.99 billed monthly) — 100,000 credits/month
Per credit bundle · $13.99/mo for one person
| Plan | Published price | Solo monthly | Billed by | Limits & overage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/month — 1,000 credits/month | $0/mo | Per credit bundle | Polling checks every hour only |
| Starter | $2.09/month billed annually ($2.99 billed monthly) — 5,000 credits/month | $2.09/mo | Per credit bundle | One account per service |
| ProSolo pick | $5.49/month billed annually ($7.99 billed monthly) — 20,000 credits/month | $5.49/mo | Per credit bundle | One account per service |
| Pro+ | $13.99/month billed annually ($19.99 billed monthly) — 100,000 credits/month | $13.99/mo | Per credit bundle | Priced for volumes a solo founder rarely reaches |
Credits are spent when Applets run (runs, MCP usage and AI features share the pool); a chatty Applet can drain a small allowance, after which Applets pause until the monthly reset.
Price record · 2026-11-06: Checked 2026-11-06 on ifttt.com/plans in BOTH toggle states: Monthly — Free $0, Starter $2.99, Pro $7.99, Pro+ $19.99; Yearly (Save 30%) — Starter $2.09/mo ($25.08/yr), Pro $5.49/mo ($65.88/yr), Pro+ $13.99/mo ($167.88/yr). Credits per month 1,000 / 5,000 / 20,000 / 100,000; polling hourly / 15 min / 5 min / 5 min. This is the post-28-October-2026 credits model: unlimited Applets and all features on every plan — older guides citing 2-Applet free limits or 20-Applet Pro describe retired pricing and were not used. As of November 2026 the entry paid tier is $2.09/month billed annually.
The same fields on every deep listing in this job, so agents compare field by field. “Not verified” means our research has not confirmed it yet — it never means “doesn't have it.”
As of November 2026, IFTTT starts at $2.09/month billed annually (Starter) after a Free plan that is no longer a taster: since the 28 October 2026 relaunch every plan carries unlimited Applets, multi-action flows, Queries, Filter Code, Webhooks and AI features across 1,000-plus services, and plans differ only in monthly credits, polling speed and support. For a solo founder that makes IFTTT the low-friction option for the long tail of small jobs — post new content everywhere at once, log orders or form submissions to a sheet, get a phone notification when a payment lands, back up photos or files, and let an AI step summarise or translate inside the Applet. The composer is deliberately simple: pick a trigger, add actions, optionally refine with a query or a JavaScript filter. What IFTTT does not try to be is a branching workflow engine — there are no routers, loops or error-handler branches of the Make or n8n kind, and polling intervals (hourly on Free, 15 minutes on Starter, 5 minutes on paid tiers) mean it is not the tool for second-by-second operations. The trade is clarity: one credit pool, prices a founder can read in ten seconds, and automations a non-technical owner can maintain without a manual.
Solo Fit stays the public score: the qualitative roll-up of these four published inputs under the How We Rank method. A 5/5 no-code score and the lowest entry price in the job carry it; shallow logic is the control trade.
The difference: Zapier is the business-depth step up — 9,000-plus apps and multi-step Zaps — but its paid ladder starts at $19.99/month billed annually against IFTTT's $2.09.
The difference: Make's canvas adds routers, iterators and error handling IFTTT lacks — at the cost of a real learning curve.
The difference: Integrately is the closest Zapier-style rival for pre-built one-click automations; IFTTT wins on price and its consumer/smart-home catalogue.
Free covers 1,000 credits a month with unlimited Applets and all features. Starter is $2.99/month billed monthly or $2.09/month billed annually for 5,000 credits; Pro is $7.99 or $5.49 for 20,000 credits; Pro+ is $19.99 or $13.99 for 100,000 credits. Prices read on ifttt.com/plans on 2026-11-06 in both toggle states.
On 28 October 2026 IFTTT replaced Applet-count limits with credits: every plan now has unlimited Applets, all core features and all services, and plans differ only in credits, polling speed, support and accounts per service. Older reviews citing a 2-Applet free plan describe retired pricing.
Polling speed is set by plan: every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+. Webhook-triggered Applets react on the event rather than the polling clock.
Applets pause until the monthly reset or until you add credits — nothing is deleted. Applet runs, MCP usage and AI features all draw on the same monthly allowance.
IFTTT is not in a published stack yet — stacks are edited buying guides, and memberships are added only when the combination has been worked through.
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