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The CONSENSUS Zapier integration gives you 2 triggers, 0 actions and 0 searches. In plain terms: CONSENSUS can start an automation when a lead arrives or a demo gets watched, but nothing can write back into it. Here is what that buys you.

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Overview

What the CONSENSUS Zapier integration actually does

CONSENSUS runs interactive video demos that prospects watch on their own time. Hooked up to Zapier, it becomes a starting point: each new lead, or each demo someone watches, can kick off work in the rest of your tools. It only goes one way, out of CONSENSUS.

Three things people usually build with it. First, a lead alert: New Lead fires, and your sales channel or CRM hears about the prospect while they are still warm. Second, a follow-up queue: Demo Watched fires when someone views a demo from Sales Accelerator, so a rep can call the people who watched it, not the whole list. Third, a running log: either trigger feeds a sheet, which gives you a record of demand that does not depend on anyone remembering to export it.

Now the part the listing does not spell out. CONSENSUS has no actions and no search steps on Zapier. A Zap cannot create a demo, update a lead or look anything up inside CONSENSUS. If your plan needs data pushed back into it, Zapier will not do that job, and you will have to handle that side some other way.

Both triggers are instant (more on that below), which is good news on a free plan. If you are weighing tools before you commit, the n8n vs Zapier and Make vs Zapier comparisons lay out the trade-offs.

Vocabulary

Zapier vocabulary in one minute

Seven words come back on every line of this page. Here is what each one means, without the jargon.

Zap
The automation you build on Zapier: one trigger, then one or more actions that run each time that trigger event happens.
Trigger
The event in an app that starts the Zap. Once the Zap is switched on, Zapier waits for that event and nothing else.
Action
What the Zap does after it starts: the step that writes, sends or moves something for you in another app.
Task
The unit Zapier bills. One task equals one action your Zap completes successfully, and your plan counts those.
Polling vs instant
A polling trigger is checked by Zapier on a timer. An instant trigger is reported by the app itself the moment the event happens.
Filter
A step that lets the Zap continue only when the incoming item meets a condition you set, and stops it the rest of the time.
Connection
Your CONSENSUS account linked to Zapier once, then reused by every step in every Zap that touches CONSENSUS.
Cost

What it costs you in tasks

CONSENSUS is not a premium app, so it works on the free plan. The trigger itself never costs a task.

  • Premium appNo, works on the free plan
  • Free plan tasks100 per month
  • Free plan Zap sizeTwo steps: one trigger, one action
  • Trigger costZero tasks

Only a successful action is billed: a lead posted to Slack is one task, and a failed post costs nothing. The free plan gives you 100 tasks a month. Catch: it stops at two steps, one trigger plus one action, and nothing more. Add a filter or a second action and you have a multi-step Zap, which needs a paid plan. The interval grid below only concerns polling triggers; both CONSENSUS triggers skip it, because the app reports each event itself.

Connect

Connect CONSENSUS to Zapier in three steps

  1. 01

    Open your Apps page

    In your Zapier account, go to Apps and click + Add connection. Before that, make sure you hold a CONSENSUS account, plus access to anything you do not own yourself that the Zap should follow.

  2. 02

    Pick CONSENSUS

    Type CONSENSUS into the search box of the dialog, select it, then confirm with Add connection. Zapier hands you over to CONSENSUS so you can sign in there.

  3. 03

    Sign in and grant access

    Log in to CONSENSUS with the account whose leads and demos you want to follow, then allow Zapier to reach it. The connection now shows up in your list, ready for any Zap.

First Zap

Your first Zap: hot leads to Slack

GoalPost each new CONSENSUS lead to a sales channel, but only the ones worth a fast reply.

  1. 01

    Create the Zap

    Start a new Zap, pick CONSENSUS as the app that starts it and New Lead as the event, then select the connection you made earlier.

  2. 02

    Test the trigger

    Run the test. Zapier pulls the three most recent leads from your account, so you can pick a real one and see exactly which values CONSENSUS sends.

  3. 03

    Add a filter

    From the plus icon, add Filter. Choose one value you spotted in the test, a rule, and what to compare it with. Text rules only work on text, so pick the right type.

  4. 04

    Add the Slack action

    Add Slack with Send Channel Message, choose the channel, and map the lead values from the trigger into the message so a rep sees who it is at a glance.

  5. 05

    Test, then publish

    Run each step once and read what came back. When the message looks right, click Publish. The filter makes this a multi-step Zap, so it needs a paid plan.

Triggers

The 2 CONSENSUS triggers

2 events start a Zap when something happens in CONSENSUS, and 2 of them are instant: the app calls Zapier straight away, whatever your plan.

1

Demo Watched

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a demo is watched from Sales Accelerator.”

This one starts your Zap each time a prospect views a demo from Sales Accelerator. It tells you who engaged with the content, which is a different signal from who simply filled in a form.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
build a callback list for reps, so the people who watched a demo get a phone call while they still remember it.
Watch out
only demos viewed after the Zap is published come through; earlier views stay in CONSENSUS.
2

New Lead

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a new lead is collected in Consensus.”

Every time CONSENSUS collects a fresh lead, this trigger hands it to Zapier, ready to be posted, logged or pushed into a CRM by the action you pick next.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
alert sales the second someone leaves their details, instead of waiting for a weekly export.
Watch out
a bulk import that creates many leads at once can be held back by Zapier's flood protection, so expect a pause rather than a flood of messages.
When it breaks

When a CONSENSUS Zap breaks

Zapier attaches no help article to CONSENSUS, and no app-specific limit has been documented. What goes wrong comes from Zapier itself.

Four cases cover most of the head-scratching. If one of them does not match what you see, the Zapier troubleshooting page walks through the wider list.

  • Old leads never show up

    A Zap only reacts to events after it is switched on. Leads and watched demos from before that moment are not picked up; moving them is a separate job.

  • A big import goes quiet

    When a trigger suddenly returns a huge batch, after a bulk import or a migration, Zapier's flood protection can hold those items back instead of running them all.

  • The filter never lets anything through

    Filter rules are typed. A text rule only reads text and a number rule only reads numbers, so picking the wrong type stops every single lead.

  • Publish is blocked on the free plan

    The free plan builds two-step Zaps only. A filter or a second action turns it into a multi-step Zap, which asks for a paid plan before it runs.
Need help

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FAQ

CONSENSUS and Zapier: the questions people ask

01Is the CONSENSUS Zapier integration free?
Yes, as long as the Zap stays at two steps. CONSENSUS is not a premium app, so it works on the Zapier free plan, which allows 100 tasks a month and Zaps of one trigger plus one action. The moment you add a filter or a second action, the Zap becomes multi-step and Zapier asks for a paid plan. Building a simple alert, like a new lead posted to a channel, costs nothing beyond those monthly tasks. Anything that sorts or branches the leads first will need a subscription.
02How many tasks does a CONSENSUS Zap use?
One per successful action, and nothing for the trigger. When New Lead or Demo Watched fires, Zapier does not bill that event. It only counts the actions that complete afterwards. A Zap that sends one Slack message per lead uses one task per lead. A Zap that writes to a sheet and also posts a message uses two. An action that fails is not counted against your plan, so a broken step wastes time but not tasks.
03Do CONSENSUS triggers work in real time?
Yes, both of them are instant. CONSENSUS tells Zapier the moment a lead is collected or a demo is watched, so the Zap starts right away whatever your plan. The polling interval of 15 minutes on the free plan does not apply here, because Zapier never has to go and check. In the editor, a Zap built on an instant trigger shows a lightning bolt, which is a quick way to confirm it.
04What do you need to connect a CONSENSUS account?
A CONSENSUS account and a Zapier account, nothing else. You open the Apps page in Zapier, add a connection, search for CONSENSUS, then sign in and grant Zapier access. If the leads or demos you want to follow belong to someone else, you also need read access to them, granted by whoever owns them. Once connected, the same connection serves every Zap that uses CONSENSUS, so you only do this once per account.
05Can a Zap update a lead inside CONSENSUS?
No. On Zapier, CONSENSUS only offers two triggers and no actions or searches, so data flows out of it and never back in. A Zap can tell your CRM, your team chat or a spreadsheet that a lead arrived or a demo was watched. It cannot change a lead, create a demo or look up a contact in CONSENSUS. Plan any write-back as a separate step outside Zapier, and keep the Zap for alerts.
06What if the operation you want does not exist?
Then Zapier cannot do it for CONSENSUS today, and no setting will unlock it. The listing has exactly two triggers, New Lead and Demo Watched. If your idea starts with one of those events, you can build it, because the rest of the Zap happens in other apps. If it needs CONSENSUS to receive data, it falls outside what this integration covers, and a different route is needed for that part.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for CONSENSUS?
It depends on criteria, not on a winner. On Zapier, the facts are clear: two instant triggers, no premium fee, and a free plan that handles one trigger plus one action. If that shape covers your need, it is the shortest path. If you need filters, several actions or data written back into CONSENSUS, check what each platform's own CONSENSUS catalog offers before deciding, and compare the plan you would need on each.
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