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The Relay app alternative for teams that pay retail for AI.

Pilotran is Relay's shape — humans in the loop, AI drafts, review before send — with the two things Relay leaves in place removed: token markup on your AI usage, and a missing MCP endpoint for Claude / ChatGPT to drive workflows.

7-day trial · card requiredBYO Anthropic / OpenAI50+ ready templatesMCP native
Start free trial →Import from Relay →

Why teams switch

01

Bring your own AI key. Pay Anthropic direct.

Relay marks up your AI usage inside their pricing. On a workflow that fires 500 times a month with three LLM steps per run, that markup is $50–$150/month on top of your subscription — and it scales with your usage, so their revenue grows with yours. Pilotran runs LLM calls against your own Anthropic or OpenAI key on every paid plan. You pay the provider directly. No markup. No per-run surcharge.

$50–$150/mo saved on a typical marketing-ops workload
02

Undo any run. Reverse a bad send.

When an AI step drafts and sends the wrong Slack message, Relay's answer is a rollback of the workflow definition — not the side effects. Pilotran records every external action a run takes and offers a compensating action when you click Undo. The wrong Slack message gets deleted. The wrong CRM note is retracted. Actually reversible, not just documented.

Reversible email, Slack, Notion, HubSpot actions
03

An MCP endpoint your team already uses.

Your team lives in Claude Desktop and ChatGPT. Pilotran exposes an MCP server that lets those tools invoke your workflows directly — ask Claude to run your inbox triage, and it does. Relay doesn't have this. If your team is standardizing on Claude / ChatGPT as their AI surface, Pilotran fits the shape.

Native Claude Desktop + ChatGPT integration via MCP
04

50+ templates, not a blank canvas.

Relay's builder is polished, but it starts you at zero. Pilotran ships 50+ ready-made workflows for the marketing-ops shapes teams actually build first — inbox triage, newsletter digest, cold-email personalization, meeting-notes to Notion, churn prediction. Activate a template, connect one app, ship the same afternoon.

Ship in an afternoon, not a sprint

Feature by feature

Where the two products actually differ. Read our full objective comparison if you want the balanced view.

FeaturePilotranRelay
BYO Anthropic / OpenAI key (no markup)yesno
Approval stepsyesyes
Templates you can start from50+Handful
Failure Doctoryesno
MCP server — Claude Desktop / ChatGPTyesno
Audit logyesEnterprise only
Undo runsyesno

Pricing, honestly

Both plans that a typical 3-person marketing-ops team lands on. Read the full Pilotran pricing for solo and business tiers.

Pilotran
Recommended
Team
$99/mo
  • 5,000 workflow runs / month
  • 500 assistant messages / month
  • 3 team seats
  • Chat-to-build included
  • Bring your own Anthropic / OpenAI key
7-day free trial · card required · cancel anytime
Relay
Professional
$19/user/mo
  • Starts at $19 per user, per month
  • AI credits sold on top — usage-based markup
  • Approval steps included
  • Templates: handful, limited catalogue
  • No exposed MCP endpoint
Pricing source: relay.app/pricing · Sep 2026
Migrate in an hour

Bring your Relay workflows with you.

Export a workflow from Relay as JSON, upload it in Pilotran, and preview the mapped steps before you confirm. Steps that need attention are surfaced individually — no silent failures. Runs are paused until you activate.

Start import →Ask us to migrate for you

Frequently asked

Can I import my Relay workflows into Pilotran?+

Yes. Pilotran ships a Relay migration importer — export your Relay workflow as JSON, upload it in Pilotran, review the mapped steps in the preview panel, and confirm. Steps that need attention are surfaced individually before the workflow is created. See /workflows/import when you're signed in.

How does BYO AI key actually work?+

Paste your Anthropic or OpenAI key in Settings → AI. Pilotran uses that key to execute every LLM call on your workflows. Your key stays encrypted at rest, is never exposed to workflow AI prompts, and is used only for your runs. Anthropic and OpenAI bill you directly.

What can I actually undo?+

Any external action a run took: emails sent (recall or compensating send), Slack messages posted (deleted), Notion pages created (archived), HubSpot notes added (retracted). Undo lasts for 24 hours after the run finishes — long enough to catch a mistake, short enough that the counterparty context is still fresh.

Does the MCP endpoint require Claude Desktop specifically?+

No. Any MCP-compliant client works — Claude Desktop, ChatGPT (via MCP support), or your own agent. Point the client at your workspace's MCP URL and it can list, invoke, and read the output of any workflow you've enabled.

What if I miss Relay's canvas?+

Honest answer: Relay's visual builder is more mature than Pilotran's today. If a highly polished drag-and-drop canvas is the primary reason you picked Relay, wait a quarter. If BYO keys, undo, MCP, and the template library matter more, the switch pays off inside the first month.

Is there a free trial?+

There's a free plan you can stay on indefinitely — no card, 50 runs a month, one active workflow. On top of that, every paid plan comes with a 7-day trial. Card required to start the trial (so no charge lands as a surprise on day 8), cancel anytime from Settings, full refund within 14 days no questions asked.

Try these on Pilotran

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How to summarize newsletters with AI (and email yourself one digest).
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How to turn meeting notes into action items with AI.
Guide
How to chase overdue invoices with AI — without sounding like a bot.

Ship a workflow this afternoon.

Free 7-day trial. Bring your own Anthropic or OpenAI key. Cancel with one click if it isn't a fit.

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