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The iClosed Zapier integration gives you 12 triggers, 8 actions and 5 searches. Every trigger is instant, so a booked or cancelled call reaches your Zap right away, even on the Free plan. Here is what each one does and what it costs.

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Overview

What the iClosed Zapier integration actually does for a sales team

The integration links your iClosed account, the scheduling and sales analytics tool your closers and setters live in, to Zapier, so that something happening in iClosed (a call booked, an outcome logged, a contact updated) starts an automation, and so that other steps can write back into iClosed without anyone copying data by hand.

Three results come up again and again. First, a contact record that stays current on its own: when a custom field answer changes, Contact Custom Field Updated fires and a second step can react, for example by handing the lead to the right setter with Assign Setter Owner. Second, a call history nobody has to rebuild: Call Booked, Call Rescheduled and Call Cancelled report each change of the agenda, and Create Note leaves a written trace on the contact. Third, revenue that ties back to a conversation: Transaction Synced tells you when a payment is matched to a deal, and Create Transaction lets another tool push a sale into iClosed.

What makes this app unusual is that all twelve triggers are instant. iClosed tells Zapier the moment something happens; Zapier does not wait for a timed check. On most apps a reader on the Free plan waits 15 minutes between checks. Here, nothing waits, whatever the plan.

Now the limits. Zapier cannot reach into iClosed for anything that happened before your Zap was switched on: an old pipeline stays where it is. It cannot book a call either, since there is no action for that, only Cancel Call and Add Call Outcome on calls that already exist. And it will not tell you when a lead is qualified or disqualified as such: the closest signal is Contact by Status. If your team already runs Make, the iClosed Make integration covers the same app from another angle, and Make vs Zapier lays out the criteria side by side.

Vocabulary

Zapier words, in plain English

Eight words cover everything on this page. Each one is used exactly as defined here.

Zap
The automation you build on Zapier: one trigger, followed by one or more actions that run each time the trigger event happens.
Trigger
The event in an app that starts the Zap, like a call booked in iClosed. Once the Zap is on, Zapier waits for it.
Action
The step that does the work once the Zap has started: it creates, updates or cancels something for you.
Task
What Zapier bills you for: one action that your Zap completed successfully. Your plan counts these and nothing else.
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 carry on only when what arrived matches the condition you set, and quietly stops it otherwise.
Search step
A step that looks up something already in an app, such as a contact or a user, so later steps can use what it found.
Multi-step Zap
Any Zap beyond one trigger and one action. A second action, a filter or a search turns it into one, and it then needs a paid plan.
Cost

What it really costs to run iClosed on Zapier

iClosed is not a premium app, so it works on the Free plan. The trigger never costs anything; only actions that succeed count.

  • Trigger0 tasks
  • Each successful action1 task
  • Free plan100 tasks a month, two-step Zaps
  • iClosed premium appNo

Each successful action is one task, and in a Zap with three actions every one of them counts on its own. A failed action is not billed. The Free plan gives you 100 tasks a month, unlimited Zaps, and two-step Zaps only: one trigger, one action. Add a filter, a search or a second action and you need a paid plan, even though the app itself stays free to use. The polling grid below does not apply to iClosed, since every trigger here is instant.

Connect

Connect your iClosed account to Zapier

  1. 01

    Open the Apps page

    In your Zapier account, go to Apps and click + Add connection. A connection is your iClosed account linked once to Zapier, then reused by every step that touches iClosed.

  2. 02

    Pick iClosed

    Search for iClosed by name in the dialog, select it, then click Add connection. You need an iClosed account, plus access to any calendar or contact you do not own but want the Zap to touch.

  3. 03

    Sign in and grant access

    A new tab opens: sign in to iClosed there, then allow Zapier to access the account. From then on, every trigger, action and search of this page can use that connection.

First Zap

Your first iClosed Zap, step by step

GoalWhen a contact's custom field answer changes, keep only the answers that matter, find the right setter and assign the lead to them.

  1. 01

    Build: set the trigger

    Create a Zap, choose iClosed and the event Contact Custom Field Updated. Pick the custom field to watch: that choice is required, and it decides which answers start the Zap.

  2. 02

    Test the trigger

    Run the test. Zapier brings back the three most recent items of the connected account, so you map the next steps on a real contact rather than on a guess.

  3. 03

    Add the filter

    Click the plus icon, choose Filter, and in Configure & test set the field, the rule and the value. Use a text rule on a text answer, or the filter never passes.

  4. 04

    Find the setter

    Add the Search Users step and type the email of the setter who handles this answer: the filter already kept only that answer, so one Zap serves one setter. Its result gives Assign Setter Owner the user it needs, together with the contact from the trigger step.

  5. 05

    Assign, test, publish

    Add Assign Setter Owner, map the contact and the user found, test the step, then Publish. This Zap has a filter and a search, so it runs on a paid plan.

Triggers

The 12 iClosed triggers, and when each one is worth it

12 events start a Zap when something happens in iClosed, and 12 of them are instant: the app calls Zapier straight away, whatever your plan.

1

Contact Custom Field Updated

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a contact custom field is updated in iClosed.”

Starts your Zap when someone changes the answer stored in a custom field on an iClosed contact, so the qualification questions your form collects can drive what happens 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
a coaching business routes high-budget applicants to a senior setter as soon as the budget answer changes.
Watch out
you must pick one custom field when you set it up; a Zap watches that field only, so a second field means a second Zap.
2

Setter Owner Assigned

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a setter owner is assigned to a contact”

Reacts when a contact gets a setter as owner, which is the moment a lead stops being anyone's and becomes someone's job.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan.
When to use it
ping the setter in your team chat or add the lead to their personal follow-up list the second the lead lands on their desk.
Watch out
if another Zap of yours uses Assign Setter Owner, the two can feed each other, so check that one does not undo the other.
3

Call Cancelled

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a call is cancelled by an Invitee or by a Closer.”

Fires when a call drops out of the calendar, whether the invitee called it off or the closer did.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan.
When to use it
send the prospect a rebooking link from your email tool while they still remember why they booked in the first place.
Watch out
both sides trigger it, so a call your closer cancels starts the Zap too; write the rebooking message so it still reads well in that case.
4

Call Outcome

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when an outcome of a call is added in iClosed.”

Runs when a closer logs the outcome of a call in iClosed, the one moment where you know how the conversation actually went.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan.
When to use it
send the contract or the onboarding sequence the minute a closer logs the outcome you chose, without waiting for anyone to remember.
Watch out
the outcome to watch is a required setting, so a Zap follows one outcome; handling two outcomes differently takes two Zaps.
5

Call Rescheduled

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when an upcoming call is rescheduled to a new date.”

Picks up an upcoming call that has been moved to a new date, so the rest of your tools stop pointing to the old slot.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan.
When to use it
update the reminder sequence in your messaging tool so the prospect is not reminded of a call that no longer exists.
Watch out
the Event Type is required, so a Zap covers one kind of call; a discovery call and a closing call need a Zap each.
6

Contact by Status

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when contact status is changed on every step of it's scheduler journey”

Follows a contact through the scheduler journey and starts the Zap when their status changes at a given step.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan.
When to use it
catch people who started booking but left halfway, and hand them to a recovery sequence before they cool down.
Watch out
you must choose a final status; an optional setting can also send the last status reached when the contact left before getting there, which is exactly what recovers drop-offs.
7

Note Added

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a note is added.”

Fires whenever someone writes a note on a contact, which turns your closers' own comments into a signal other tools can read.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan.
When to use it
copy every closer note into the shared deal log your sales manager reviews, so nobody has to open iClosed to follow a pipeline.
Watch out
a Zap that answers this trigger with Create Note writes a new note, which fires the trigger again and loops.
8

Data Intelligence

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when email, phone is validated or credit score is calculated”

Reports the result of iClosed's own checks: an email validated, a phone number validated, or a credit score calculated for a contact.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan.
When to use it
push leads with a confirmed phone number into your dialler queue, and leave the others for a second email touch.
Watch out
the kind of check to listen to is required when you set it up, so one Zap follows one kind of result.
9

Contact Updated

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a contact is updated.”

Starts the Zap when a contact's details change in iClosed, the broadest trigger of the app and the easiest to over-use.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan.
When to use it
keep the same person in sync in your CRM or email tool, so a new phone number or company name never has to be typed twice.
Watch out
the setting called Trigger is required; and never pair this trigger with Update Contact on the same record, or the Zap sets itself off forever.
10

Call Booked

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a new call is scheduled in iClosed.”

Runs as soon as a new call is scheduled in iClosed, the classic starting point for anything that should happen before the call.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan.
When to use it
prepare the closer's brief on the contact, or add the prospect to a pre-call email sequence that sets expectations.
Watch out
the Event Type is required, so the Zap only hears about bookings on the event type you chose.
11

Appointment Setting Outcome

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when appointment setting outcome is added.”

Picks up the moment a setter records the outcome of their own conversation, the step that comes before the closer's call.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan.
When to use it
tally setter results in a shared sheet so the sales manager sees which setters book qualified calls, without anyone filling a report.
Watch out
the outcome to watch is required, so the Zap reacts to one setter outcome and stays silent on the rest.
12

Transaction Synced

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a transaction is synced with a Deal.”

Tells you when a transaction is matched with a deal in iClosed, which is where a call finally turns into money on record.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan.
When to use it
open the client folder and send the welcome pack the moment a payment is attached to the deal of a closed call.
Watch out
a Zap built on Create Transaction can end up firing this trigger, so check that two Zaps are not writing the same sale in circles.
Actions

The 8 iClosed actions, grouped by what you want done

iClosed gives you 8 actions. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

1

Add Call Outcome

Action

In Zapier“Action for add call outcome in iClosed.”

Logs how a call ended, from outside iClosed, on a call that already exists.

When to use it
your video tool or dialler knows the call was a no-show and the outcome gets written without the closer stepping in.
Watch out
the Event Call ID and the outcome are both required, so pair it with Search Call when you only know the contact.
2

Update Contact Custom Field

Action

In Zapier“Action for updating contact custom field answer in iClosed”

Fills in or changes the answer of one custom field on a contact, the place where your own qualification data lives.

When to use it
store the lead source captured by an ad form in the custom field your team filters on.
Watch out
use Search Custom Fields first if you do not know the field by heart.
3

Assign Setter Owner

Action

In Zapier“Action for assigning Setter owner in Global Data - Appointment Settings.”

Hands a contact to a setter as owner, in the appointment settings of iClosed.

When to use it
share out inbound leads by region or language without a manager doing it by hand.
Watch out
it needs both the Contact ID and the User ID of the setter; Search Users finds the second one from an email.
4

Cancel Call

Action

In Zapier“Action for cancelling a call in iClosed.”

Cancels a scheduled call in iClosed from another tool.

When to use it
a refund or a disqualifying answer comes in from elsewhere and the closer's slot frees up on its own.
Watch out
it needs the Event Call ID of that call, which Search Call can look up; and it will set off any Zap built on Call Cancelled.
5

Create Contact

Action

In Zapier“Create a contact in iClosed app”

Adds a new person to iClosed from another tool, ready for a setter or a closer to pick up.

When to use it
a lead fills in a webinar form and appears in iClosed before anyone has to type their details.
Watch out
the email is required, so a source that does not carry one cannot create the contact.
6

Create Note

Action

In Zapier“Create a note in iClosed app.”

Writes a note on an existing contact, so context gathered elsewhere sits where closers actually look.

When to use it
paste the answers of a pre-call questionnaire onto the contact before the call starts.
Watch out
both the Contact ID and the note text are required; add a Search Contact step before it when the trigger only gives an email.
7

Create Transaction

Action

In Zapier“Create a transaction in iClosed”

Records a sale in iClosed from the tool that actually took the payment, so revenue lines up with the calls that produced it.

When to use it
your checkout tool confirms a payment and the matching transaction appears on the buyer in iClosed.
Watch out
it needs the contact's email; if the buyer paid with another address, the transaction will not land on the right person.
8

Update Contact

Action

In Zapier“Updates a contact in iClosed.”

Changes the details of a contact that already exists, instead of creating a duplicate.

When to use it
a prospect corrects their phone number in your support tool and iClosed follows.
Watch out
it needs the Contact ID, and running it from Contact Updated on the same contact sets off a loop that eats tasks.
Searches

The 5 iClosed searches

5 search steps look for data that already exists in iClosed, so a later step can use it.

A search finds something that already exists in iClosed and passes it to the steps that follow. In the editor, searches sit at the bottom of the Action event list, under SEARCH; some action fields also offer + Add search step, which inserts one before the action and wires the result in. iClosed decides whether a search wants an exact value or a close one. None of these five offers a find-or-create version.

1

Search Custom Fields

Search

In Zapier“Search Custom fields by name and description”

Looks up a custom field by its name or description, so you do not have to know its identifier by heart.

When to use it
just before Update Contact Custom Field, when the field to fill depends on what the earlier step brought in.
2

Search Contact

Search

In Zapier“Search contact by email or Phone Number”

Finds a contact from an email address or a phone number, which is usually all another tool knows about a person.

When to use it
a form or a payment arrives with an email, and you need the contact before writing a note on it.
3

Search Call

Search

In Zapier“Search Call in iClosed by Contact ID, Date, Type or Closer Owner.”

Finds a call from a contact, a date, a type of call or the closer who owns it.

When to use it
before Add Call Outcome or Cancel Call, both of which need to know which call to touch.
Watch out
the Contact ID is required, so a Search Contact step often comes first.
4

Search Transaction

Search

In Zapier“Search transaction by email or Phone Number”

Checks for a transaction from an email or a phone number, to see whether a sale is already on record.

When to use it
before Create Transaction, so a payment that is retried does not appear twice on the same buyer.
5

Search Users

Search

In Zapier“Search Users by email and phone number.”

Finds a member of your iClosed team from their email or phone number.

When to use it
feed Assign Setter Owner with the setter's user when your routing sheet only lists people by email, so the right setter gets the lead without anyone opening iClosed.

The three settings every search exposes

  1. Successful if no search results are found?
    Left on its default, a search that finds nothing stops the Zap there and skips the steps that needed it. Switch it on and the Zap carries on empty-handed.
  2. Create X if it doesn't exist yet?
    The box that turns a search into find-or-create. None of the iClosed searches exposes it, so a missing contact has to be created in a separate step.
  3. If multiple search results are found?
    Three ways out when several items match: keep the first one (the default), stop the Zap, or pass all of them on together.
When it breaks

When an iClosed Zap breaks

Zapier lists no help article and no rate limit specific to iClosed. What breaks is what breaks on any app, with an iClosed twist.

Most of these cases come from how the Zap is drawn, not from iClosed itself. If a Zap keeps stopping for reasons you cannot see, the Zapier troubleshooting page goes further.

  • No catch-up on old calls

    A Zap only reacts to what happens after you publish it. The calls booked and the contacts updated last month will never pass through it; moving that backlog is a separate job.

  • The Contact Updated loop

    Contact Updated followed by Update Contact on the same person writes a change, which fires the trigger, which writes again. The task count drains fast. Same risk with Note Added and Create Note.

  • A bulk import held back

    Importing a large list of contacts at once can make a trigger send a huge batch in one go, and Zapier's flood protection may hold it back until you review it.

  • A search that comes back empty

    When Search Contact or Search Call finds nothing and the setting is left on its default, the Zap stops there and the action after it never runs.
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FAQ

iClosed Zapier integration: the questions people ask

01Is the iClosed Zapier integration free?
Yes, iClosed is not a premium app, so you can use it on the Free plan. That plan gives you 100 tasks a month and lets you build as many Zaps as you like, but each Zap is limited to two steps: one trigger and one action. The moment you want a filter, a search or a second action, for example to find a setter before assigning a lead, the Zap becomes multi-step and needs a paid plan. The trigger itself never counts, so a busy calendar does not burn your quota on its own.
02How many tasks does an iClosed Zap use?
One task per action that succeeds, and nothing for the trigger. A Zap that writes a note each time a call is booked uses one task per booking. A Zap that updates a custom field and then assigns a setter uses two, because each successful action counts separately. An action that fails is not billed. A few apps and actions take more than one task when they complete, so look at the task history of a new Zap during its first days to see what it really consumes.
03Does iClosed trigger Zapier in real time?
Yes, all twelve iClosed triggers are instant. iClosed calls Zapier as soon as the event happens, and the Zap starts at once, whatever your plan. That is unusual: on most apps the Free plan checks for new data every 15 minutes, and the paid plans every 2 minutes or every minute. None of that applies here. In the editor, a Zap built on an instant trigger shows a lightning bolt, which is a quick way to confirm it before you publish.
04What does it take to connect iClosed to Zapier?
An iClosed account and a Zapier account, nothing else. In Zapier, open Apps, click + Add connection, search iClosed, click Add connection, sign in to iClosed in the tab that opens, then give Zapier access to the account. If the Zap has to touch calendars or contacts that belong to someone else on your team, the account you connect needs access to them before you build the steps that depend on them.
05Why does a Zap with Contact Updated keep running on its own?
Because it writes into the very thing it watches. If Contact Updated starts the Zap and a later step uses Update Contact on that same contact, the update counts as a new change, which starts the Zap again, and so on. Each round costs tasks, so the counter climbs quickly. Break the circle by never writing back to the contact that started the Zap, and send the change to a different system instead of iClosed. The same pattern appears with Note Added and Create Note.
06What if the iClosed operation you need is not in Zapier?
Then the Zapier integration cannot do it as it stands. There is no action to book a call, for example, only to cancel one or to log its outcome, and no trigger dedicated to a lead being qualified. Look first at whether a nearby operation does the job: Contact by Status is the closest signal to a qualification, so test it on real contacts. Otherwise, check the iClosed page of another platform, or ask a specialist to look at a different route, for instance with a Zapier agency.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for iClosed?
It depends on what matters most to your team, not on a ranking. On the Zapier side, the facts are on this page: twelve instant triggers, even on the Free plan, and billing per successful action. To decide, compare three things from one platform to the next: the operations each one offers for iClosed, how a run is billed, and who will maintain the flows over time. The right answer changes from one team to another, and a test Zap on real data settles more than any feature table.
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