Relay.app

Relay.app Pricing 2026 — Steps, AI Credits & Human-in-the-Loop

Relay.app is the approval-first automation tool: every plan bundles AI credits and human-in-the-loop steps. Here's what the step-based pricing really means at your volume.

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Prices verified July 2026 · taken from Relay.app's official pricing · all figures per run

As of July 2026, the cheapest plan we track for Relay.app costs $98 per month at 1,000 runs and $938 at 100,000 runs (cheapest qualifying plan, 3-step workflows, monthly billing), from Relay.app's official pricing, verified by hand.

Heads up: Relay.app is shutting down. The vendor announced on July 16, 2026 that new signups are closed; free accounts end August 15, 2026 (data deleted) and paying customers' access ends September 14, 2026. Don't start new projects here — the pricing below stays for reference during the wind-down. See Relay.app alternatives for migration options.

Relay.app plans & real cost

Cheapest qualifying plan at four typical run volumes (3-step workflows) — prices generated live from our data, never hand-typed. Toggle to see prices when billed annually.

Cloud

1,000 runs

$98/mo

1,000 runs / month
Professional 3k

5,000 runs

$198/mo

5,000 runs / month
Professional 10k

20,000 runs

$498/mo

20,000 runs / month
Professional 40k

100,000 runs

$938/mo

100,000 runs / month
Professional 200k

Relay.app cost by volume (monthly)
runs/mo	monthly cost
1,000	$98/mo
5,000	$198/mo
20,000	$498/mo
100,000	$938/mo

Relay.app vs alternatives

Price for 20,000 runs / month across every tool we track. Use the Monthly / Annual toggle above to switch how the prices are billed.

Tool	Price for 20,000 runs (monthly)	Integrations	Self-host
Relay.app	$498	186+ app connectors	No
Zapier	$433.5	9,839+ app connectors	No
Make	$64.71	2,599+ app connectors	No
n8n	$25	572+ official nodes	Yes (free SW)
Pipedream	$153	3,400+ app connectors	No
Activepieces	$25	756+ pieces	Yes (free SW)
Automatisch	$25	92+ connectors	Yes (free SW)
Node-RED	$25	6,142+ community modules	Yes (free SW)
Pabbly Connect	$79	1,862+ app integrations	No
Zoho Flow	$96	1,044+ apps	No
Latenode	$1.2	858+ apps	No
IFTTT	$4.99	1,050+ services	No

See all Relay.app alternatives → · Cheapest automation tool → · Full interactive comparison → · Plan limits & run caps →

When Relay.app is worth it

Use case	Verdict
Approval / human-in-the-loop workflows	Use Relay.app
AI steps without managing your own API keys	Relay.app fits well — credits included
Small teams sharing workflows	Team plan fits
High-volume automation	Step caps bite — compare Make or self-host n8n
Complex branching at scale	n8n or Latenode is stronger
Need to eliminate the monthly bill	Self-host n8n

Frequently asked questions

On the cheapest qualifying plan (3-step workflows, monthly billing) Relay.app runs $98 at 1,000 runs, $198 at 5,000 runs, $498 at 20,000 runs and $938 at 100,000 runs. See the plans and comparison table above for the full breakdown.

At 20,000 runs/month the cheapest pick we track is Latenode at $1.2 vs Relay.app at $498. Use the calculator for your exact volume.

Each executed action in a workflow run consumes one step from the monthly allowance. Triggers, data transforms and path/branch evaluations are free — but human-in-the-loop step activations do count, so approval-heavy workflows (Relay's speciality) still consume steps. We normalise this to runs × steps so it lines up with task-based tools in the table above.

Every plan includes a monthly pool of AI credits usable with GPT, Claude and Gemini models — no separate API key or billing needed, until you exhaust the pool.

Taken from official pricing pages and verified by hand. Values marked ~ are estimates for custom enterprise tiers. Every change we record lands in the price changelog.