Integrately
Connect two services through a fixed trigger and action with retries
A consolation build is possible, but the paid product's decisive value sits outside a solo rebuild. For Integrately, connect two services through a fixed trigger and action with retries. The hard boundary is integration catalog, prebuilt recipes, oauth, schema upkeep, and hosted execution, plus connector breadth and execution reliability.
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What you give up
- integration catalog, prebuilt recipes, OAuth, schema upkeep, and hosted execution
- thousands of connectors
- maintained OAuth applications
- schema-drift handling
- high-scale durable execution and support
Why people still pay
People still pay for Integrately because one automation is easy; maintaining hundreds of connectors and making every run recoverable is the business. The recurring cost buys OAuth review, token refresh, webhooks, polling, schemas, retries, idempotency, queues, secrets, rate limits, observability, and upgrades, not just the visible interface.
Your build guide
The stack, security requirements, and agent rules for a focused replacement.
Before you start
- OAuth or API credentials for two chosen services
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- public HTTPS endpoint
- background worker
Use these project rules and optional skill references alongside the prompt. Review each skill before adding it to your agent; the AGENTS.md export includes the same guidance.
Project rule, data: Store every run, step input hash, output summary, retry, and final status in PostgreSQL.
Project rule, behavior: Implement a fixed trigger, transform, condition, and action workflow model rather than a general visual language.
Project rule, recovery: Store every run, step input hash, output summary, retry, and final status in PostgreSQL.
Implementation plan
Phase 1, architecture and data
Use TypeScript, Node.js 22, PostgreSQL, Redis, BullMQ, and Docker Compose. Store every run, step input hash, output summary, retry, and final status in PostgreSQL.
Phase 2, implement
Implement a fixed trigger, transform, condition, and action workflow model rather than a general visual language.
Phase 3, implement
Connect exactly two named services using documented APIs and encrypted credentials.
Phase 4, review and output
Add rate limits, backoff, dead-letter handling, manual replay, cancellation, and secret rotation.
Phase 5, recovery and acceptance
Store every run, step input hash, output summary, retry, and final status in PostgreSQL. Verify this invariant with a saved fixture: A retry after a provider timeout must not repeat a completed external action without an explicit reconciliation step. State the practical limit: integration catalog, prebuilt recipes, OAuth, schema upkeep, and hosted execution.
Build me a focused workflow automation and app integrations workflow for the personal core of Integrately. Requirements: - Use TypeScript, Node.js 22, PostgreSQL, Redis, BullMQ, and Docker Compose. Store every run, step input hash, output summary, retry, and final status in PostgreSQL. - Paid product context: Connect two services through a fixed trigger and action with retries. Build only this DIY scope: Connect two specific services through a fixed trigger and action, execute a small durable workflow, expose retries and logs, and avoid claiming a general integration platform. - Implement a fixed trigger, transform, condition, and action workflow model rather than a general visual language. - Connect exactly two named services using documented APIs and encrypted credentials. - Add rate limits, backoff, dead-letter handling, manual replay, cancellation, and secret rotation. - Use a focused workflow automation and app integrations input, review, and export interface. Required input or access: OAuth or API credentials for two chosen services; Redis. Keep credentials in .env. - Recovery: Store every run, step input hash, output summary, retry, and final status in PostgreSQL. - Acceptance: with one labelled sample, show the input, saved intermediate state, and exported result; verify this invariant: A retry after a provider timeout must not repeat a completed external action without an explicit reconciliation step. - Out of scope: integration catalog, prebuilt recipes, OAuth, schema upkeep, and hosted execution; thousands of connectors. Keep this a personal, inspectable workflow. - Include a README with setup, a sample input, required keys or permissions, data location, and the supported scope.
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Integrately pricing
| plan | monthly | annual (per mo) | what you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| free | $0/workspace | $0/workspace | 100 tasks/month; 5 automations; 15-minute update time; 1-step automations; no webhooks. |
| starter | $29.99/workspace | $19.99/workspace | 2,000 tasks/month; 20 automations; 1 user; 5-minute update time. |
| professional | $49/workspace | $39/workspace | 10,000 tasks/month; unlimited automations; 1 user; 2-minute update time. |
| growth | $124/workspace | $99/workspace | 30,000 tasks/month; unlimited automations and users; 2-minute update time. |
| business | $299/workspace | $239/workspace | 150,000 tasks/month; unlimited automations and users; 2-minute update time. |
free tier100 tasks/month, 5 automations, 15-minute update time, 1-step automations and no webhooks
billingmonthly + annual; displayed annual prices are effective monthly rates
hidden costsOnly successful external action, search, condition and data-modification steps consume tasks; triggers, failed steps and many internal tools are free. Automations can queue or stop when tasks run out, and applicable taxes are extra.
pricing sources checked 2026-08-11 · pricing source ↗
Questions about Integrately
Can you build your own Integrately with AI?
A full replacement is not the recommended project. A consolation build is possible, but the paid product's decisive value sits outside a solo rebuild. For Integrately, connect two services through a fixed trigger and action with retries. The hard boundary is integration catalog, prebuilt recipes, oauth, schema upkeep, and hosted execution, plus connector breadth and execution reliability.
What does the Integrately build prompt cover?
The prompt starts with this scope: Connect two specific services through a fixed trigger and action, execute a small durable workflow, expose retries and logs, and avoid claiming a general integration platform. Full-product capabilities excluded from the comparison include: integration catalog, prebuilt recipes, OAuth, schema upkeep, and hosted execution; thousands of connectors; maintained OAuth applications. Follow the implementation plan and its prerequisites before expanding the build.
How do I use the prompt, AGENTS.md and agent skills?
Start with the Integrately prerequisites and stack, then copy the prompt into your coding agent. Save the project rules as AGENTS.md in the project root. Linked skills are optional packages or source instructions for specific tasks; review their current contents and install only those matching the chosen stack. A skill does not supply API credentials or verify the finished app.
How long will this Integrately project take?
The catalogue estimate is closest consolation build: one sitting for the limited scope. Setup, integration approvals, debugging, deployment and ongoing maintenance can add time. This is an estimate, not a delivery guarantee.
What would I give up by replacing Integrately?
integration catalog, prebuilt recipes, OAuth, schema upkeep, and hosted execution; thousands of connectors; maintained OAuth applications; schema-drift handling; high-scale durable execution and support. People still pay for Integrately because one automation is easy; maintaining hundreds of connectors and making every run recoverable is the business. The recurring cost buys OAuth review, token refresh, webhooks, polling, schemas, retries, idempotency, queues, secrets, rate limits, observability, and upgrades, not just the visible interface.
What price is this guide comparing against?
The recorded Starter plan is $29.99/mo (monthly), checked 2026-07-31. Check the linked pricing source before buying. Building your own also has hosting, API and maintenance costs; the recorded amount is not a guaranteed saving.
What can I use instead of building Integrately?
Activepieces Community Edition: A fixed trigger, an action, retries, and enough connectors to retire small Integrately flows. Automatisch: Straightforward app automations without the task counter or the connector sprawl. n8n Community Edition: More canvas than one-click recipe, but the trigger-action job is free on your server. Compare all listed options at https://howtovibecodeit.dev/integrately/alternatives. Check each option's license, hosting needs and feature limits.