Salesforce Essentials offers Free Trial, but Zapier does not.
Zapier is designed for Large Enterprises, Medium Business and Small Business.
Salesforce Essentials is designed for and Small Business.
Pricing for Zapier Starts at $19.99/Month when Billed Yearly whereas for Salesforce Essentials Starts at $25/User/Month when Billed Yearly.
Some top alternatives to Zapier includes Pabbly Connect, Integrately, eZintegrations, Zoho Flow, ZapUp by 500apps, SaaS Integrator, Built.io Flow, Activepieces and ApiX-Drive.
Some top alternatives to Salesforce Essentials includes Salesforce Sales Cloud, Pipedrive, Thryv, Vendasta, ClickUp, Zoho CRM, Freshsales, HubSpot CRM, SalesCRM, SimpleCRM, Efficy CRM, FreeCRM, Client Book CRM, Second CRM, Snapforce CRM, iEnterprise CRM and SalesPro CRM.