TipIFTTT drops the limits on its free plan and adds an AI agent: automate everyday tasks without paying
On 28 October the automation service IFTTT removed the cap on how many rules you can run, even for free. Instead, every account gets a monthly allowance of credits. IFTTT also launched an AI agent that can watch web pages for you. Here is how it works and what to keep in mind.
IFTTT stands for If this, then that. The service links apps and devices with simple rules called Applets. For example: if an email with the word invoice arrives, save the attachment to a folder. You can also ask a bot, an AI you chat with like ChatGPT, to help you word the rule.
On 28 October IFTTT removed its limits on how many Applets you can have and which services you can use. This applies to every plan, including the free one. Until now a free account could only run a handful of rules. At the same time ifttt.com is being renamed IFTTT.ai.
Instead of limits, every account gets credits each month. The free plan has 1,000 credits a month. Credits are used when a rule starts and when a step succeeds. Failed steps, creating or editing rules and chatting with IFTTT cost nothing. If you run out, your rules pause until next month, but nothing is deleted. The cost of each step is shown while you build the rule.
The free plan costs nothing and checks for new events once an hour. The new Starter plan gives 5,000 credits and checks every 15 minutes. IFTTT said 2.99 US dollars a month at launch, but the pricing page currently shows 2.09 dollars a month, roughly 1.90 to 2.70 euros at the ECB rate of 28 October. Check the price before you buy. Prices on the website are in dollars, while App Store and Google Play purchases are charged in local currency. Existing paying users keep their price.
Also new is AI Agent. It can watch a web page and let you know when something new appears in a list, or when a number goes above or below a limit you set, such as a price. It can also take a task in plain words and pick which of your connected services to use.
Good to know: a rule that acts on its own can also make mistakes on its own. Start with notifications so you can see what happens before you let the agent act. Connect only the accounts you need, and remember that web pages change, so a page watch can stop working without warning. IFTTT is in English and does not mention the Nordic languages. For help wording a safe rule, use our prompt Make an everyday task automatic in Promptverkstan.
How to get started
- Sign in at ifttt.com or in the IFTTT app and check which plan you are on.
- Describe what you want in IFTTT’s chat, for example: notify me when the price on this page drops below 200 euros.
- Check which accounts the rule wants to connect and how many credits each step uses before you turn it on.
- Start with a notification. Let the rule act on its own only once you have seen it work.
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Sources
- IFTTT: Put AI to work for you (28 okt 2026) (retrieved 2026-10-29)
- IFTTT: Plans and pricing (hämtad 29 okt 2026) (retrieved 2026-10-29)
- IFTTT Help Center: What are credits and how do they work? (28 okt 2026) (retrieved 2026-10-29)
- IFTTT: AI Agent (hämtad 29 okt 2026) (retrieved 2026-10-29)
- ECB: referenskurser 28 okt 2026 (retrieved 2026-10-29)
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