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The 2025 Zappy Awards Application Is Now Open!

Automation and AI are ushering in a brand‑new era of work—and the Zappy Awards spotlight the makers who are illuminating the path forward.

By Xander Castro · July 16, 2025
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Every year, Zapier users automate billions of tasks, including more than 250 million AI tasks. To celebrate the builders and innovators behind these workflows transforming the way we work, the Zappy Awards are back!

Submit an application and tell us how you’re leveraging Zapier and AI to transform the work you do for your team, customers, or industry. If you're selected as a winner, you'll win $5,000, and other prizes, including us spotlighting your story.

What’s new for 2025

  • Sharper categories. We've refined the lineup to highlight pros lighting the way with automation + AI.

  • Community recognition. We'll spotlight the winners during our annual virtual event, ZapConnect, on September 25—and feature them across social media, email newsletters, video content, and more.

  • More perks. $5,000USD cash plus your choice of a 60-minute AI audit with Zapier experts or a co‑hosted community meetup.

2025 award categories

  • Marketing Automator of the Year: Celebrating a growth marketer who lets AI and automation scale campaigns while they sleep.

  • Sales Automator of the Year: Honoring a deal-maker who optimizes every touch with AI-driven workflows.

  • IT Automator of the Year: Recognizing a previously unsung architect who turns complex stacks into self-healing systems.

  • Operations Automator of the Year: Celebrating an Ops leader who is rewriting the playbook for efficiency and excellence.

  • Customer Support Automator of the Year: Honoring a CX pro who unifies product, marketing, and success with lightning-fast automations.

  • HR Automator of the Year: Recognizing an HR trailblazer who uses AI-driven automation to reinvent every stage of the employee journey.

  • Non-Profit Automator of the Year: Celebrating a change-maker who has amplified impact and community outcomes with smart automation.

  • AI Solution Innovator of the Year: Applauding a trailblazer who has designed the most ground-breaking AI solutions for redefining business-as-usual.

  • Automation Hero of the Year: Recognizing an everyday champion who has built the brightest and most sophisticated automations.

  • Z-Suite AI Orchestrator of the Year: Honoring an exec or founder who has illuminated the path towards being an AI-first organization.

How to apply

  1. Record a short video (2 min max) or write a concise case study that shows the workflows and solutions that you’ve built with Zapier, including:

    • The problem you tackled

    • The Zap/AI workflow you built (screens or demo encouraged)

    • The outcome—numbers, time saved, revenue generated, or customer love

  2. Fill out the application form (one workflow per category; you may enter multiple categories).

  3. Submit by August 6, 11:59 p.m. PST.

Zapier's CEO, Wade Foster, and a panel of Zapier experts will review every entry and select one winner per category. Finalists will be notified before ZapConnect. For full details, review the terms and conditions here.

Begin Your Application

Need inspiration? Check out last year’s winning workflows → zapier.com/blog/zappy-awards-winners-2024

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