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The LSArespond Zapier integration gives you 1 trigger, 0 actions and 0 searches. That single trigger, New Lead Created, fires the moment a Google Local Services Ads lead lands in LSArespond, and your Zap hands it to the next tool.

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Overview

What the LSArespond Zapier integration actually does

LSArespond pulls the leads your Google Local Services Ads bring in and works them with autoresponders and AI. The Zapier side is narrow and honest: one event, New Lead Created, that LSArespond reports to Zapier as it happens. Everything after that event runs in other apps.

Three outcomes cover most setups. A CRM record per lead: New Lead Created starts the Zap and the next step writes the contact where your sales team already lives, so nobody retypes the lead by hand. A heads-up for whoever answers the phone: the same trigger can post the lead to a team chat channel so whoever calls back sees the lead without opening LSArespond. A running log: one row per lead in a spreadsheet gives you a plain list to count, sort and share with anyone who never opens the CRM.

Now the limits. Zapier cannot write anything back into LSArespond: there are no actions, so a Zap will never update a lead, change its status or tag it. There are no searches either, so a Zap cannot look up a lead that already exists. And the trigger only sees leads created after the Zap is switched on; last month's leads stay where they are.

If you are weighing tools before you build, the n8n vs Zapier and Make vs Zapier comparisons are a good next tab.

Vocabulary

Zapier words in one minute

Seven terms come back on every Zapier page. Here they are in plain words, once.

Zap
The automation you build: one trigger, then one or more actions that run each time the trigger event happens.
Trigger
The event in an app that starts the Zap. Once the Zap is on, Zapier waits for it. Here, a new lead in LSArespond.
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 action that completes successfully is one task; your plan counts those, nothing else.
Polling vs instant
A polling trigger is checked on a timer by Zapier. 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 data meets your condition, and stops it quietly otherwise.
Multi-step Zap
Any Zap beyond one trigger and one action. A second action or a filter makes one, and it then needs a paid plan.
Cost

What a lead costs you in tasks

The trigger itself never costs a task, and neither does Zapier watching for new leads. You pay only for actions that go through. LSArespond is not a premium app, so it works on the free plan.

  • Premium appNo, works on the free plan
  • Free plan100 tasks a month, two-step Zaps
  • Trigger cost0 tasks
  • Trigger typeInstant

The free plan gives you 100 tasks a month and Zaps of two steps: New Lead Created plus one action. Add a filter or a second action and the Zap becomes multi-step, which needs a paid plan. A three-action Zap uses three tasks per lead; an action that fails is not counted. The interval grid below applies to polling triggers only: New Lead Created is instant, so it does not apply to this app: a lead never waits for a check.

Connect

Connect LSArespond to Zapier in three steps

  1. 01

    Open your connections

    In Zapier, go to the Apps page of your account and click + Add connection. A connection is your LSArespond account linked once, then reused by every Zap that touches it.

  2. 02

    Find LSArespond

    Type LSArespond in the search box of the dialog, pick it from the list, then click Add connection. The connection is set once per LSArespond account.

  3. 03

    Sign in and allow access

    A new tab opens on LSArespond. Sign in, then grant Zapier access to the account. When the tab closes, the connection shows in your list, ready for New Lead Created.

First Zap

Your first Zap: only qualified leads reach the CRM

GoalEvery new LSArespond lead that matches your condition becomes a record in your CRM, and the others stay out.

  1. 01

    Create the Zap

    Start a new Zap in the Zapier editor. Pick LSArespond as the app that starts it, New Lead Created as the event, then select the connection you just added.

  2. 02

    Test the trigger

    Run the test. Zapier brings back the three most recent leads; pick one that looks like a real lead so the next steps map onto real values.

  3. 03

    Add the filter

    Click the plus icon and add Filter. Choose the field to look at, the rule and the value to compare with. Pick a text rule for text, a number rule for numbers.

  4. 04

    Add the CRM action

    Add your CRM as the action app, choose the event that creates a record, then map the lead fields from the trigger into the CRM fields.

  5. 05

    Test and publish

    Test the action and read what came back in the CRM. If it looks right, click Publish. With the filter, this is a multi-step Zap, so it needs a paid plan.

Triggers

The LSArespond trigger

1 event starts a Zap when something happens in LSArespond, and one of them is instant: the app calls Zapier straight away, whatever your plan.

1

New Lead Created

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a new lead is created.”

Starts your Zap each time LSArespond records a new lead from your Local Services Ads account, and passes that lead's details to the steps you add after it. It is the only door between LSArespond and the rest of your tools on Zapier, so every scenario on this page begins here.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
you want each fresh lead to land in your CRM, a chat channel or a sheet without anyone exporting it.
Watch out
it only sees leads created after you publish; older leads are never replayed into the Zap.
When it breaks

When an LSArespond Zap breaks

Zapier attaches no help article to LSArespond and lists no limit of its own for it. What breaks here is what breaks on any Zap, applied to a lead flow.

Four cases come up. None of them is exotic, and each has a plain fix. For anything else, Zapier troubleshooting is the place to start.

  • Old leads never arrive

    A Zap reacts only to what happens after it is switched on. Leads already in LSArespond are not picked up; moving that backlog is a separate job.

  • The Zap keeps setting itself off

    A Zap that writes into the very place its own trigger watches restarts itself again and again, and the task count drains fast. Keep the output elsewhere.

  • A big batch gets held back

    If a bulk import suddenly creates a large pile of leads at once, Zapier's flood protection can hold the batch back instead of running every one.

  • The filter never lets anything through

    Filter rules are typed: a text rule only works on text, a number rule only on numbers. Picking the wrong type is the usual reason nothing passes.
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FAQ

LSArespond Zapier integration: questions people ask

01Is the LSArespond Zapier integration free?
Yes, as long as your Zap stays at two steps. LSArespond is not a premium app, so the free plan covers it: 100 tasks a month and Zaps made of one trigger and one action. New Lead Created plus one action, such as creating a CRM record, fits inside that. The moment you add a filter or a second action, the Zap becomes multi-step and you need a paid plan. Zapier does not publish a separate price for this app; the cost is the plan you are on.
02How many tasks does one LSArespond lead use?
As many as the actions that succeed after the trigger. New Lead Created itself costs nothing, and Zapier waiting for the next lead costs nothing either. A Zap that only creates a CRM record uses one task per lead. A Zap that also posts to a chat channel and adds a spreadsheet row uses three. If an action fails, that action is not counted against your plan. A few apps take more than one task per action, so check the app you send leads to.
03Does the LSArespond trigger work in real time?
Yes. New Lead Created is an instant trigger: LSArespond tells Zapier about the lead as soon as it is created, and the Zap starts right away. The plan interval grid, which goes from 15 minutes on Free down to 1 minute on Team and Enterprise, does not apply to it. That is the useful part for a free account: a lead reaches your CRM just as fast as it would on a paid plan. In the editor, a Zap built on an instant trigger shows a lightning bolt.
04What does it take to connect LSArespond to Zapier?
An LSArespond account and a Zapier account. From the Apps page in Zapier, click + Add connection, search for LSArespond, click Add connection, then sign in to LSArespond in the tab that opens and grant access. If the Zap will touch anything you do not own yourself, you need read or write access on it. Once the connection exists, every Zap that uses LSArespond reuses it, so you only go through these steps once per account.
05Why does a test of New Lead Created come back empty?
Because the test reads recent leads, and the connected account has none yet. When you test a trigger, Zapier brings back the three most recent items of the account so you can map fields on a real one. An LSArespond account that has not received a lead has nothing to show. Let one real lead come in, run the test again, and pick it. Mapping on a real lead is also how you catch a missing field before the Zap goes live.
06What if the LSArespond operation a workflow needs is not there?
Then Zapier cannot do it with this app today. The integration has one trigger and no actions or searches, so updating a lead, changing its status or finding an existing lead is not on the menu. What you can do is work the lead in the next app: create, update or route it in your CRM, chat or sheet. If the missing piece has to happen inside LSArespond itself, it stays a manual step there.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for LSArespond?
Decide by criteria, not by brand. On Zapier, LSArespond offers one instant trigger, which fits a simple lead hand-off, and a two-step version runs on the free plan. Check next whether Make or n8n list LSArespond at all, since that decides more than any feature. Then compare how each tool counts usage against your lead volume: on Zapier, every successful action is one task. Finally, weigh who maintains the flow: the tool your team already knows is often the cheapest one to keep running.
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