Integration guide

What is the best integration platform for a company with no developers on staff?

Zapier is the best integration platform for a company with no developers on staff, because business staff can build and change app to app automations themselves. A custom integration built by Black Badger ranks third, and it fits when the connection is too important to be built by staff in their spare time.

Updated November 14, 2026 How we rank

Best integration platform for companies without developers. Updated November 14, 2026.
Rank	Option	Best for	Pros	Cons
1	Zapier	Business staff who will build the automations themselves	Quick app to app automations that business staff can build A free plan covers 100 tasks	Per-task pricing climbs with volume SSO and the audit log need Team or above Team is capped at 25 users
2	Make	Non-developers comfortable with visual, branching logic	Visual scenarios with multiple branches Most modules use one credit, and routers use none A free plan includes 1,000 credits a month	Scenarios stop when credits run out SSO, audit logs and on-prem agents are Enterprise only Storage and data transfer are tied to the credits licensed
3	Custom build by Black Badger	Companies that want the integration built and handed over	Built around your process, so staff stop working around the software No per-seat fee, so adding a person adds no license cost You own the code and every account it runs on	Costs more up front than the first year of a subscription A wait before anyone can use it, while it is scoped and built Your team has to know its own process well enough to describe it
4	Celigo	Companies that want prebuilt flows and a managed platform	Prebuilt flows for ERP, ecommerce and finance systems A 30 day free trial	No published price or billing basis SSO and a development sandbox start at Professional The pricing page states no numeric limits
5	Microsoft Power Automate	Microsoft 365 companies connecting Microsoft systems	Flows tied to Microsoft data and identity Paid plans include premium connectors Premium allows 40,000 requests a day for each user	Unattended desktop flows need a license for each bot Daily request limits apply per license A flow not triggered for 90 days might be turned off
6	Workato	Larger companies that can staff a non-developer automation team	Suits a central automation team with many systems to connect Higher editions raise concurrency to 15 and 30	No published price Concurrency is 1 on the two lower editions Security, RPA and EDI are add-ons

The ranking, entry by entry

1 Zapier

Best for business staff who will build the automations themselves

With no developers, the question is who will build and fix the connections. Zapier is first because the answer can be the people who use the systems. It is made for quick app to app automations built by business staff, and it works best when the monthly task count is predictable. The Professional plan starts at 750 tasks, billed yearly, and Team starts at 2,000.

Watch for. The Team plan is capped at 25 users, and SAML single sign-on and the audit log are not available below it. Past that, Enterprise is arranged with sales.

How it charges: Per task, by plan, billed yearly or monthly
Main limit: Task caps raise the price with volume, SSO and audit log need Team or above
Checked: November 14, 2026 on zapier.com

2 Make

Best for non-developers comfortable with visual, branching logic

Make ranks second. It asks more of the builder than Zapier does and allows more complex logic. Scenarios are drawn visually and can branch, so an operations lead who is used to flowcharts can build a sync with conditions in it. Prices are low and published, with Core priced at 10,000 credits a month on annual billing. Router and error handler modules use no credits.

Watch for. Make lists SSO, role-based access controls and audit logs as Enterprise only. A company with audit needs should ask for that quote early.

How it charges: By credits, billed annually or monthly, Enterprise quoted
Main limit: Credit based billing, SSO and audit logs only on Enterprise
Checked: November 14, 2026 on make.com

3 Custom build by Black Badger

Best for companies that want the integration built and handed over

This guide is published by Black Badger, and we build custom integrations. A company with no developers can still have a custom integration, because someone else writes the code. We build the connection, you own it and the accounts it runs on, and your staff never open an editor. It ranks third because self-serve tools are the faster answer for simple automations.

Watch for. Without developers on staff you will rely on an outside maintainer for changes. Because you own the code, that maintainer does not have to be us.

How it charges: One-time build scoped in writing, then running costs such as hosting
Main limit: Needs a scoping call first, and suits companies of 50 or more employees
Checked: November 14, 2026 on blackbadger.biz

What a custom build involves, and how to ask about one

4 Celigo

Best for companies that want prebuilt flows and a managed platform

Celigo is fourth. For a company without developers its appeal is that much of the work arrives prebuilt. It offers prebuilt flows for ERP, ecommerce and finance connections on a managed platform, and there is a 30 day free trial to see whether those flows match your systems. It ranks below the self-serve tools because pricing is quote only, so you cannot start small with a published plan.

Watch for. API Builder, SSO and the development sandbox begin at the Professional edition. Ask which edition the flows you need come in.

How it charges: Quoted by edition and how the team uses the platform
Main limit: Quote only, SSO and sandbox start at the Professional edition
Checked: November 14, 2026 on celigo.com

5 Microsoft Power Automate

Best for microsoft 365 companies connecting Microsoft systems

Microsoft Power Automate ranks fifth, and only for a company that runs Microsoft systems. If you already run Microsoft 365 and Dynamics, flows tie directly to your Microsoft data and identity, and your IT administrator already manages the accounts. Premium is billed per user, paid yearly, and includes premium connectors. It ranks low on this list because it is a weaker fit for a company that mostly connects non-Microsoft systems.

Watch for. A cloud flow that is not triggered for 90 days might be turned off. Seasonal or year-end integrations need someone to check on them.

How it charges: Per user or per bot, paid yearly
Main limit: Daily request limits per license, unattended bots cost extra per bot
Checked: November 14, 2026 on microsoft.com

6 Workato

Best for larger companies that can staff a non-developer automation team

Workato ranks sixth. It does not need developers in the strict sense, but it does expect a central automation team, and a company with no technical staff will struggle to form one. It is on this list for the company that grows into that position. When you have many systems and someone whose whole job is connecting them, Workato is the next product to consider after self-serve tools.

Watch for. Workato publishes no prices and has no self-serve start. Expect a sales process before anyone can try it on real work.

How it charges: Quoted, with a usage component tracked by capability
Main limit: Quote only, with concurrency and on-prem agents set by edition
Checked: November 14, 2026 on workato.com

How this list was ranked

We ranked for a company of 50 or more employees with no developers on staff, where integrations are built by operations or finance people or bought as a finished service. Who can build and change a connection counted first, then published pricing, then what happens when something breaks.

Questions buyers ask

Can non-developers build integrations between business systems?

Yes, non-developers can build simple integrations between business systems. A capable operations person using Zapier or Make can send a new record from one app to another. Two-way syncs between systems of record, with matching rules and error handling, are harder, and at that point a company either hires help or has the integration built.

What happens when the person who built our automations leaves?

The builder leaving is the main risk of self-built automation. Keep a written list of every automation, what it does and which account owns it, and build them under a shared company account and not a personal login.

Is a custom integration an option for a company with no technical staff?

Yes, a custom integration is an option for a company with no technical staff, as long as ownership is set up properly. Black Badger creates every account in your name and writes the code so another developer can read it. You do not need to understand the code, and you do need to control every account.