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Gumloop is a powerful platform for building your own AI agents and automation workflows. Appy.AI hands you a ready-made team of specialists in Slack or Teams and still lets you build your own when you want to.
$100 in free credits
No card required.Gumloop gives technical teams a canvas to construct automations. Appy.AI gives business teams a team to delegate to.
Appy.AIGumloopAppy.AIGumloopA managed team of pre-built AI specialists led by Violet, run from a native Slack or Microsoft Teams experience.
A no-code platform to build your own AI agents and visual, node-based automation workflows.
A managed team of pre-built AI specialists led by Violet, run from a native Slack or Microsoft Teams experience.
A no-code platform to build your own AI agents and visual, node-based automation workflows.
Delegate in plain language to Violet, who orchestrates the right specialists for you.
Build automations by dragging and connecting nodes on a canvas, then run them or configure new agents from scratch.
Delegate in plain language to Violet, who orchestrates the right specialists for you.
Build automations by dragging and connecting nodes on a canvas, then run them or configure new agents from scratch.
Native Slack and Microsoft Teams presence, with email, webhook, and event triggers.
Reach agents in Slack, Teams, and email, oriented around running your workflows.
Native Slack and Microsoft Teams presence, with email, webhook, and event triggers.
Reach agents in Slack, Teams, and email, oriented around running your workflows.
Over 1,000 business tools via managed OAuth, plus HTTP and custom connectors.
Limited. Around 130 native integrations plus 50+ MCP servers you connect and extend.
Over 1,000 business tools via managed OAuth, plus HTTP and custom connectors.
Limited. Around 130 native integrations plus 50+ MCP servers you connect and extend.
Built-in database per agent — define tables by chatting with Violet; agents read and write live.
Limited. Connects to your established external databases (Postgres, BigQuery, Sheets) via connectors; no built-in store.
Built-in database per agent — define tables by chatting with Violet; agents read and write live.
Limited. Connects to your established external databases (Postgres, BigQuery, Sheets) via connectors; no built-in store.
Native PDFs, Excel, PowerPoint, decks, and websites generated directly and delivered in Slack or Teams, no app to wire up.
Limited. Outputs via the apps you connect, or HTML; native office decks need the right app wired in to work.
Native PDFs, Excel, PowerPoint, decks, and websites generated directly and delivered in Slack or Teams, no app to wire up.
Limited. Outputs via the apps you connect, or HTML; native office decks need the right app wired in to work.
Image, chart, AI video, voiceover, and outbound-call generation all built in.
Limited. Image generation and web tools built in; richer media like video and voice are limited.
Image, chart, AI video, voiceover, and outbound-call generation all built in.
Limited. Image generation and web tools built in; richer media like video and voice are limited.
Org-wide shared business memory across every agent and AI coworker.
Limited. Per-agent reflections and stored context for the agents you build.
Org-wide shared business memory across every agent and AI coworker.
Limited. Per-agent reflections and stored context for the agents you build.
Install, connect tools, and start delegating in minutes — no building required.
Time intensive. Productive once your agents and flows are configured for every use case.
Install, connect tools, and start delegating in minutes — no building required.
Time intensive. Productive once your agents and flows are configured for every use case.
Free starter with $100 in credits. Team plans from $50/mo per workspace — not per seat.
Free tier; Pro $20, Max $100–$200; Team about $20–25/seat (5-seat minimum), billed per user.
Free starter with $100 in credits. Team plans from $50/mo per workspace — not per seat.
Free tier; Pro $20, Max $100–$200; Team about $20–25/seat (5-seat minimum), billed per user.
Gumloop hands you a powerful canvas and the tools to build agents and workflows. That's the right model if you have people who want to build. But it also means the value starts after the building — someone has to design the agent, wire the workflow, and test it before anything ships.
Appy.AI starts the other way around. You arrive to a team of 14 specialists and a library of curated skills that already work — tested, tuned, and producing real output on day one. We did the legwork so your team doesn't start from a blank page. You can still shape any specialist to your business by talking to Violet; the difference is that tuning is upside, not a prerequisite for getting value.
A node graph is a precise, powerful thing — and building one is real work that rewards people who think in pipelines. For a lot of business teams, that's exactly the work they were hoping AI would take off their plate.
With Appy.AI you describe the outcome in plain language and Violet figures out the steps — which specialist, which tools, in what order — and coordinates it for you. There's no canvas to lay out, no branches to wire, no run to debug. If you ever want that level of control, you can build custom agents and skills with reference files and executable code. But the default is delegation, not construction.
Appy.AI connects to over 1,000 business tools through managed OAuth that we keep working for you, and it lives as a first-class teammate in Slack, Teams, and Telegram — you @mention it or DM it like a colleague, and it can also start work from an email, a webhook, or a business event.
Gumloop covers around 130 native integrations and extends through 50+ MCP servers you connect yourself — flexible, but more of it lands on you to wire and maintain. The throughline matches everything else here: Appy.AI is built so the connection, the channel, and the upkeep are already handled.
Both run on frontier AI models. The real question is whether you want a partner to think with or a team to hand the work to.
Choose Appy.AI if...
Choose Gumloop if...
Honest answer: these are different tools for different people. Gumloop is a powerful build-your-own platform for technical and enterprise teams. Appy.AI is a done-for-you AI team for business teams who'd rather delegate than build — and still want the option to create bespoke solutions.
These teams didn't want to build an automation platform — they wanted work done. Here's what they say after Appy.AI joins the team.
"I love the product. I can't not use it now... something like this needs to be part of my daily communication."
"Because it's embedded where I work, it feels conversational, like I'm interacting with my team"
"Appy is helping me go from AI chat, to AI co-creator to the next level of AI co-founder"
"I love the product. I can't not use it now... something like this needs to be part of my daily communication."
"Because it's embedded where I work, it feels conversational, like I'm interacting with my team"
"Appy is helping me go from AI chat, to AI co-creator to the next level of AI co-founder"
"I would say Open Claw is like this promising intern - Appy seems like a team of professionals. Delivering PPT without asking was slick!"
"With the ability to create new agents and new workflows and triggers, you've basically created OpenClaw. But it's in Slack and it's secure. I can't get myself in trouble."
"When the specialists go to work, it's going to be better than Chat. It's closer to client ready."
"We're a small business, resources are limited. The opportunity here is that Appy can make our impact larger and more efficient."
"I have a new hire starting next week and I'm going out of the office. It was so easy to take my onboarding program in Notion and just ask Appy to send out Slack messages daily in the new hire's channel..."
"ChatGPT is more of a generalist. Working with Appy I didn't have to do that usual, 'you are an expert and these are your domains of expertise...' It was nice to just be able to give it something and it automatically handed it off to the agent to best handle it."
The questions teams ask most when weighing Appy.AI against Gumloop. Can't find what you're looking for? Contact us.
Gumloop is a build-your-own platform — a visual workflow builder plus agents you create and wire yourself. Appy.AI is a done-for-you team of specialists you delegate to in plain language, ready on day one, with the option to build custom agents and skills when you want.
No. Appy.AI comes as a working team of specialists plus curated skills that already produce real output. You can tune any of them by chatting with Violet, but you don't have to build anything to get value.
Yes — fully. Appy.AI supports creating custom agents and skills, including reference files and executable code. The difference from Gumloop is that building is optional, not the starting point.
On formal governance today, yes — Gumloop lists SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, SSO/SCIM, Zero Data Retention, and VPC deployment. If those certifications are a hard requirement for your organization today, that's worth factoring in.
Appy.AI connects to over 1,000 business tools via managed OAuth, plus HTTP and custom connectors. Gumloop offers around 130 native integrations and extends through 50+ MCP servers you connect yourself.
Both meter usage in credits. Appy.AI starts free ($100 credits) with Team plans from $50/mo per workspace. Gumloop is free at 2,000 credits, Solo from $37/mo, and Team from $244/mo, with custom enterprise pricing.
Appy.AI — you get results by chatting in plain language, with nothing to build or wire. Gumloop rewards people who are comfortable designing workflows and want that level of control.
