IFTTT vs Skyvern
IFTTT and Skyvern are both workflow automation software. IFTTT is a commercial product from IFTTT. Skyvern is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 23k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick IFTTT when
- An individual wants simple personal or smart-home automations.
- Pick Skyvern when
- You need to automate tasks across many websites without APIs, such as portals, quotes or applications, and selector-based scripts keep breaking.
Side by side
Consumer automation connecting apps and smart home devices with simple if-this-then-that applets.
Automates browser workflows with LLMs and computer vision, filling forms and navigating sites from instructions rather than brittle selectors.
Free-tier limits have tightened and it is too simple for business workflows.
AGPL license, LLM costs per run, and results are less predictable than scripted automation.
Production-ready
Usable
Cloud service and mobile app
Self-hosted server and cloud service
Not published
Python, TypeScript, Playwright and PostgreSQL
Closed source, sold by IFTTT
Open source, AGPL-3.0 (network copyleft)
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
Use inside your business is unrestricted. If you change it and let customers use it over the internet, you must publish your changes.
518 Wikipedia readers a month on phones
23k GitHub stars
Not known
Established: started 2 years ago, latest release v1.0.56.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.