#44 - 🤖 Make AI Agent, Supabase MCP
Make successfully competes with Zapier but is now challenged by n8n 🔥
Hello Everyone,
SaaS is a very competitive market where new innovations change everything. I love this story about Make competing with Zapier. Make was gaining a huge advantage over Zapier. Now Zapier is launching a new product every month, including AI Agent in March 2024 - this wake-up from Zapier was incredible. Then n8n launched their AI Agent node in early 2024, which gave visual developers the best, simpler way to build great AI agents. Make was missing an AI agent 🥵.
The response from Make was awaited for months! But to be honest, Make created something much simpler for non-technical users, while n8n is more complex. So when choosing between stacks, also consider your learning curve time and how much it will cost you to learn a new tool.
Congrats to Make, n8n, Zapier and also ActivePieces for continuing to push innovation!
See you next week!
Benoît de Montecler
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1️⃣ Make is advancing into the agentic automation era. Users can now connect 2,000+ apps into agentic automation workflows using Make's powerful and playful visual builder. As the beta phase continues, users have the opportunity to provide feedback that will help shape and improve the platform to better meet their specific needs.
2️⃣ Supabase has launched an official MCP server. This new offering allows users to connect their favorite AI tools (such as Cursor or Claude) directly with Supabase.
3️⃣ Airtable announces the Beta launch of Airtable Assistant, a powerful AI solution combining app building, data analysis, and web research capabilities. This represents their biggest step toward democratizing software creation through natural language conversations.
4️⃣ n8n is adding two new nodes: an MCP Client tool for AI agents and an MCP Server Trigger for workflows. The client connects LLMs to any MCP-enabled service through a single interface, while the server trigger turns n8n into an MCP server, providing tools to external models. Users can run multiple MCP servers from one n8n instance. n8n has rolled out a significant new feature: folders, enabling users to organize their workspace with unlimited and nested folder options for improved content management. Additionally, users can now conduct workflow searches within these folders, facilitating easier management and retrieval of projects.
5️⃣ Activepieces launches MCP Server, enabling AI to perform real actions instead of suggestions. Send emails, post to Slack, create events, update records with 260+ integrations. Compatible with all MCP-ready AI.
6️⃣ Xano has enhanced its interface with smarter auto-complete and subpath navigation. When targeting specific paths inside objects or elements in arrays, Xano now recognizes the data structure automatically. Xano introduces NPM package support for Lambda functions plus a new AI Lambda Assistant. Extend functionality with custom packages for advanced data manipulation, specialized algorithms, and third-party integrations.
7️⃣ Softr introduces a new navigation block pre-loaded with Side, Top, and Hybrid layouts, plus collapsible menus. Users can set mobile navigation separately for a seamless experience. This feature is available for applications created after February 12th.
8️⃣ Retool is improving source control management with the introduction of a feature to disable catch-up commits, enabling teams to have greater control over feature branches during the public beta phase. This means teams can now manage commits manually, enhancing their source control processes. The platform has also optimized app load times through internal improvements and introduced key features for Retool Mobile, such as the Offline Assets app setting and a PDF Viewer component, enhancing functionality and user experience.
9️⃣ WeWeb has launched a new reset action for Forms, simplifying the user experience by allowing all input values to reset with a single workflow action. They've also made strides in their AI integration, improving existing elements like the Calendar, which now offers extensive customization options alongside various viewing formats. Additionally, the File Upload element now supports interactive drag-and-drop functionality to streamline the uploading process and the Timeline element has been upgraded to allow users to display information chronologically with customizable layouts, markers, and connectors for better organization.
🔟 SmartSuite now offers rich, interactive chart widgets directly on phones and tablets. They've integrated full chart support into the SmartSuite mobile app, ensuring dashboards remain powerful regardless of screen size.
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