AI agent automation tools — AI data 2026 | Stack Overflow Developer Survey

Developer Survey 2026

Question

Have you used any of the following workflow automation tools in the past year? Do you want to use any of the following in the next 6 months?

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v2026.1

Data

	Respondents	Percent
Make	1,625	38.9%
n8n	1,364	32.7%
Zapier	771	18.5%
Temporal	249	6.0%
Prefect	125	3.0%
Trigger.dev	100	2.4%
Inngest	96	2.3%
Gumloop	93	2.2%
Relay.app	92	2.2%
DBOS	89	2.1%
Activepieces	82	2.0%
Bubble Lab	79	1.9%
Cofia	69	1.7%

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Stack Exchange Inc. (2026). “AI agent automation tools”. Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2026. Licensed under ODbL 1.0. https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026/ai/data/ai-automate

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|  | Respondents | Percent |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| Make | 1,625 | 38.9% |
| n8n | 1,364 | 32.7% |
| Zapier | 771 | 18.5% |
| Temporal | 249 | 6.0% |
| Prefect | 125 | 3.0% |
| Trigger.dev | 100 | 2.4% |
| Inngest | 96 | 2.3% |
| Gumloop | 93 | 2.2% |
| Relay.app | 92 | 2.2% |
| DBOS | 89 | 2.1% |
| Activepieces | 82 | 2.0% |
| Bubble Lab | 79 | 1.9% |
| Cofia | 69 | 1.7% |

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