Tines

Tines is an intelligent workflow automation platform co-headquartered in Dublin and Boston, founded in 2018 by Eoin Hinchy and Thomas Kinsella: both former security engineers at DocuSign and eBay. It started as a purpose-built security orchestration tool and has expanded to serve IT, engineering, and operations teams across the enterprise. $272M raised from Goldman Sachs, SoftBank, Felicis, Accel, Blossom Capital, and CrowdStrike. Valued at $1.125B following its Series C in 2025. G2 rating: 4.7/5 from 401 reviews. Customers include Coinbase, Databricks, Mars, Reddit, SAP, Canva, Elastic, Dropbox, Intercom, and McKesson. In June 2025, Tines launched native AI agents within its workflow platform: enabling customers to choose between deterministic logic, human-in-the-loop copilots, or full AI autonomy within the same workflow. This full-spectrum approach means teams can automate mission-critical workflows without committing entirely to autonomous AI where governance or compliance requires human oversight. The platform shipped 60 "What''s New" updates in 2025, a rate of more than one per week. In February 2026, Tines launched Story Copilot: a natural language workflow builder that lets users describe what they want to automate and generates the workflow automatically, cutting build time from hours to minutes. MCP (Model Context Protocol) server support launched August 5 2025 and is available on all plans including the free Community Edition. Users build custom remote MCP servers directly on the Tines Storyboard using a templated action, then connect to any MCP client including Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, and Continue. Tines can also connect to external MCP servers from its AI Agent action. Four access control modes are available. MCP server builds count toward the flow limit on each plan. This makes Tines one of the few workflow platforms where you can both build an MCP server and consume one within the same environment. Pricing: Community Edition is free with 1 builder and 3 flows. In March 2026 Tines launched Starter Edition at Product Hunt, a new self-serve tier for smaller organizations that bridges the gap between Community and Enterprise. Enterprise pricing is custom and requires a sales conversation. Monthly and annual billing are both available. Who Tines is not for: teams needing transparent, published pricing before entering a sales conversation will find Zapier ($16-$69/month) or Make ($9-$16/month) more accessible for budget planning. Teams in marketing, sales, or product will find fewer pre-built workflow templates for their use cases versus n8n or Zapier, as Tines''s community content is concentrated in SecOps and ITOps. Teams wanting turn-key hosted AI agent builders without workflow infrastructure should evaluate Lindy or Relay.app instead. Current state Q2 2026: Tines holds SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 42001 (AI management system), GDPR, and CCPA certifications as of May 2026, confirmed via the Tines Trust Center. The ISO 42001 certification is notable: it is the international standard for AI management systems and positions Tines as one of the few workflow automation platforms with audited AI governance. MCP server support remains available on all plans including the free Community Edition.