Thoughts on using Zapier in your business
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—Brian (July 2024)
- Online automation tool which connects apps and web services to automate tasks without coding
- Many anecdotes of employees “automating their entire jobs”
- Anything employees have access to can be connected to Zapier
- They are not transparent. Limited visibility. They claim GDPR compliance, but that has been challenged for lack of transparency
- Poorly designed employee-created workflows can automate the exfiltration of huge amounts of corporate data
- Employees can use Zapier on their own, connected to the apps they have access to. This is complicated to detect and manage.