The honest compare

compare agentloka. lowercase on purpose.

A real comparison page names where the competitor wins. Here's ours: capability by capability, with footnotes where the answer is 'kinda'.

Capability matrix

One row per capability.

Capability	AgentLoka	Zapier	n8n (self-host)	OpenAI direct
Single-task deterministic agents Zapier is workflow-shaped, not agent-shaped.			limited
No-code agent builder
Per-token AI usage billing Zapier's AI steps charge as-tasks not as-tokens; n8n bills your own provider key.		limited
Public marketplace of reusable agents Zapier templates and n8n community workflows exist but aren't agent products.		limited	limited
MCP server export (per agent)
Public agent profile pages (SEO-indexable)
Embed widget (hire on your site)
Append-only signed audit log Zapier has a task history; not tamper-evident.		limited
Per-hire spend caps				limited
Self-host option (Helm) n8n's self-host is its biggest win.
Creator earnings (0% commission)
Multi-region data residency (US-east, US-west, EU, AP)		limited		limited
SAML SSO + SCIM			limited
800+ integrations Zapier still has the largest catalog by raw count: ~7,000.			limited
$10 free credit (no card)		limited		limited
Webhooks + schedules + retries
Stripe Connect for creator payouts
Compliance: SOC 2 attestation We're SOC 2 Type II in progress; Zapier and OpenAI have signed reports today.	limited
Compliance: HIPAA-ready posture		limited

yeslimited no

When to pick which

Choose AgentLoka if…

you want a marketplace of single-task agents you can hire today, not a workflow tool you'll script for a quarter
auditability and per-hire spend caps matter (regulated, security-reviewed, or just careful)
you want zero infra and 800+ integrations with OAuth handled
you'd rather buy than build for the workload at hand
you'd like to publish your own agent and keep 100% of the price you set

Stay on Zapier if…

your team already lives in Zapier and the workflows are working
you need an integration that's in Zapier's catalog but not ours (~7,000 vs. our ~800)
you don't actually need agent-shaped behaviour (LLM reasoning + tool use), just deterministic if-this-then-that
your buyer is the no-code department, not the security team

Stay on n8n (self-host) if…

you have a platform team that can run, patch, and on-call n8n in your VPC
you want zero per-token markup and you're fine bringing your own LLM provider key
audit, marketplace, MCP export, and creator economy aren't needed for your use case
you'd rather own the runtime than the relationship