Zapier MCP, or business tools your agent owns
Zapier MCP lets Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor act in the apps a business already uses, through Zapier's 9,000+ app connections. Conecto is the apps: a CRM, inboxes, phone numbers, a calendar, invoices and more, made for agents and paid per call.
Compared from public pages on October 14, 2026. Conecto wrote this page; the sources are at the end.
Pick Conecto if
- You're starting fresh, or you're tired of paying for one app per job.
- You want a price per action: a change to a record costs $0.01 and reading is free, instead of two tasks a call from a monthly quota.
- The agent should sign up and pay per call on its own, within caps you set.
Pick Zapier MCP if
- Your business already runs on other apps, and the agent should work inside them.
- The job needs an app Conecto doesn't have. Zapier reaches 9,000+.
- You already pay for Zapier: MCP is included in every plan.
Side by side
| Feature | Conecto | Zapier |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | The business tools themselves, run for agents | A bridge from your AI client to the apps you already use |
| Reach | 581 tools in 52 areas, with no other accounts | 9,000+ apps and 66,000+ triggers and actions, each app with its own account |
| Billing | Per call, from prepaid credit | Two tasks per tool call, from the same monthly quota as your Zaps |
| Setup | The agent signs up with one call | A Zapier account, then connect your AI client |
| Controls | A daily budget per key and a monthly ceiling; only the owner raises them | App access controls and workspace scoping; IT can turn MCP on or off per workspace |
What it costs
| Cost | Conecto | Zapier |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $1 of credit, no card | 100 tasks a month, which is 50 MCP calls |
| Paid | Top up from $5; the fee is 7% + $0.35 | Professional from $19.99 a month billed yearly ($29.99 monthly) for 750 tasks; Team from $69 ($103.50 monthly) |
| One call | Free to read; a change to a record $0.01 | Two tasks, about 5 cents on Professional with 750 tasks |
Where Zapier MCP is stronger
- Reach. If the work lives in an app Conecto doesn't have, Zapier connects to it.
- Your agent can build Zaps that keep running on a trigger, with an owner and a record of every run (in early access).
- Company controls such as SAML single sign-on, audit logs and app access controls.
Why businesses pick Conecto
Cheaper per action
A change to a record costs $0.01 on Conecto. On Zapier Professional with 750 tasks, one MCP call uses two tasks, about 5 cents.
Nothing else to buy
Zapier connects apps you pay for separately. On Conecto the CRM, inboxes, phone numbers, calendar and invoices come out of one balance.
Made for agents to run alone
The agent signs up, calls tools and sends you a payment link when it needs more credit. You see every call and its cost on one page, and only you can raise its limits.
Read https://conecto.chat/tools/llms.txt and sign up for Conecto.
Or follow the quickstart yourself.
Sources
Prices and features change. Check the sources before you decide, and tell us at hello@conecto.chat if something here is out of date.