Automation & agents
48 scored tools, ranked by overall score. Last checked on 25 October 2026. Refine with the Finder →
The three to remember
The best free agent with your own key; it executes commands, keep an eye on API costs.
- · Utility 9/10, best of the selection
- · Free, no limits
- · One security caveat, see the card
Official and cautious by design; limited to paid plans.
- · Utility 7/10
- · Paid, from €18
- · No known security caveat
The most serious alternative to OpenClaw, cleaner on privacy (MIT, zero telemetry), and able to import your OpenClaw config.
- · Utility 8.5/10
- · Free tier to get started
- · No known security caveat
| Tool | Price | Score | Sec. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actions ComposioRisingMore than 1,000 action toolkits for SaaS services, with managed OAuth. | Freemium | 8.4 | Security: one caveat, see the card |
| Arcade.devRising7,500 tools across 81 MCP servers, with per-call OAuth and tokens never exposed to the model. | Freemium | 8.4 | Security: one caveat, see the card |
| agent-browser (Vercel)Command-line driven browser for AI agents: accessibility snapshots with stable references (@e1), click, type, and screenshot. | Free | 8.1 | Security: one caveat, see the card |
| shell, apply_patch (Codex)RisingAtomic commands and patches, under dual sandbox and approval control. | Free | 7.9 | Security: serious reservations |
| Agent ReachGives an agent read and search access to the web, YouTube, Reddit, X, GitHub, LinkedIn, and a dozen other platforms, without a paid API key. | Free | 7.6 | Security: one caveat, see the card |
| Zapier MCP et AI Actions30,000 actions across 9,000 apps behind a single MCP URL. | Freemium · from 18 € | 7.5 | Security: one caveat, see the card |
| Outils du GitHub MCPIssues, pull requests, code and security alerts, in read and write mode. | Free | 7.3 | Security: one caveat, see the card |
| Bash (Claude Code)Executes shell commands in a persistent session. | Free | 7.1 | Security: serious reservations |
| Nœuds outils n8nAny n8n node exposed as a tool to an agent. | Freemium | 7.1 | Security: one caveat, see the card |
| Pipedream Connect10,000 tools across 2,000+ applications with managed OAuth. | Freemium | 7.1 | Security: one caveat, see the card |
| Stripe Agent ToolkitRisingAllows an agent to create payments, invoices, and subscriptions in Stripe. | Free | 6.9 | Security: serious reservations |
| Browserbase et StagehandRisingHosted Chrome browsers and act, extract, observe SDK for agents. | Freemium · from 18 € | 6.7 | Security: serious reservations |
| Browser UseRisingLLM-driven browser control, open source. | Freemium | 6.7 | Security: serious reservations |
| Outils d'agenda (Google, Outlook)Create and reschedule events. | Freemium | 6.7 | Security: one caveat, see the card |
| Outils SlackRead channels and post messages. | Freemium | 6.7 | Security: one caveat, see the card |
| Actors Apify comme outils7,000+ scrapers and automations callable by an agent. | Freemium | 6.5 | Security: one caveat, see the card |
| Outils Gmail (Composio, Arcade, Zapier)Read, sort and send emails from an agent. | Freemium | 6.5 | Security: serious reservations |
| bash (Anthropic, côté client)Claude requests shell commands that your code executes. | Free | 6.4 | Security: serious reservations |
| Outils Shopify pour agentsCatalog, orders, and payment via the agentic commerce protocol. | Free | 6.3 | Security: one caveat, see the card |
| Outils ElevenLabs Conversational AIFunction calling from an ElevenLabs voice agent. | Paid | 5.9 | Security: one caveat, see the card |
| Twilio ConversationRelayReal-time phone voice connected to an agent via WebSocket. | Paid | 5.9 | Security: one caveat, see the card |
| VapiFull-featured voice agent with telephony and function calling. | Paid | 5.9 | Security: one caveat, see the card |
| Outils cloud et Kubernetes (AWS, GCP, Azure, Terraform)Control infrastructure from an agent. | Free | 5.7 | Security: serious reservations |
| PayPal Agent ToolkitPayPal orders, invoices, disputes, and subscriptions for agents. | Free | 5.7 | Security: serious reservations |
| Playwright comme outilDeterministic browser automation, exposed to the agent. | Free | 5.7 | Security: serious reservations |
| shell (OpenAI)Shell hosted in a Debian container, network off by default. | Paid | 5.6 | Security: serious reservations |
| computer use (Anthropic)Lets Claude see the screen, move the mouse, and type on the keyboard on a machine. | Paid | 5.3 | Security: serious reservations |
| computer_use (OpenAI)Control of a browser or system by the model. | Paid | 5.3 | Security: serious reservations |
App : A product you use directly · Tool : A precise action the AI can call · MCP : Standardises the connection between an AI application and systems that expose tools or data · Built-in mode : A feature to switch on inside an assistant you already use (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini): nothing to install · Skill : A reusable method: instructions, procedures, sometimes scripts or templates · Plugin : A set of capabilities installed into an AI application or a host
Method
Overall score = utility (rated by the editorial team), reliability (GitHub activity, official publisher, reachable site), security (where data goes, permissions, known incidents) and accessibility (install, required level, price), weighted per category. A tool inactive for over six months is flagged and leaves the recommendations. No ranking is sold.
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