5 Of The Best Automation Tools to Boost Your Workflow Capabilities
In today’s tech driven society if we want to get ahead and save ourselves some time from doing repetitive tasks we must adopt some form of automation to add to our workflows for better productivity.
What are Automation Tools?
Automation tools are used to automate repetitive tasks and make them easier. They can be a time saver for individuals who need to complete a certain task every day or week. Automation tools can also be used by companies to reduce the time it takes to complete certain tasks, which in turn reduces the amount of resources they need.
Automation tools can be used for many different things, such as:
- Data entry
- Creating reports
- Generating content
I’m going to share the 5 of the best automation tools that I’ve come across so far in helping me do just that.
Make formerly Integromat
Make is a visual tool that helps you automate all the apps and web services you use. Simply connect your apps with one another to share data and automate complex processes. If you can imagine it, chances are you can automate it with Make.
Zapier
Zapier copies data between your web apps automatically, so you can focus on your most important work. It’s easy to connect web apps. Hundreds of apps work with Zapier and new ones are always being added.
Automate.io
Automate.io is a workflow automation tool that’s designed to save you time by connecting apps you use every day, such as LiveChat, Google or HubSpot. You would no longer have to write or code every single time, and repetitive tasks can also be automated by them.
n8n
n8n, you can customize with projects and extensions. It won’t take up your screen space, which is really nice. n8n is highly versatile because of its node-based approach. By connecting anything with everything via nodes, you can easily access whichever data you need in your workflow.
IFTTT
If This Then That, also known as IFTTT is a free web-based service to create chains of simple conditional statements, called applets. An applet is triggered by changes that occur within other web apps.
Bonus Tool — DopplerTask
DopplerTask is a simple, fast and elegant solution for automating all the tedious tasks that you do every day on your Mac. It is an open source tool and is potentially one of the most powerful automation tools around. It will require more knowledge of coding languages than the other tools listed above but can definitely help in achievning more complex automations.
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