Google Apps Script
Write small scripts that automate Google Sheets, Docs and Gmail.
Cost
Completely free
Free with a Google account, subject to daily quotas.
Open source
No
The code is private. You depend on the company that makes it.
Your data
Goes to their servers
Your files and text are sent to the company running the service.
Use it for this
Automating work you already do inside Google Workspace, for free.
Do not use it for this
Anything outside the Google ecosystem.
A moment where you would reach for it
Automatically emailing a summary every Monday from a spreadsheet that updates during the week.
How hard is it to pick up?
Takes real effort to learn. Worth it if you need what it does.
Other things that do this job
No tool is best at everything. These solve a similar problem, with different trade-offs.
About this entry
Checked on 1 Sept 2026. Prices and free limits change without warning, and often quietly. Treat everything above as a starting point and confirm on the official site before you rely on it.
Nothing here is sponsored. A tool appears because it solves a real problem, not because someone paid for it to be listed.