3 tools that do the same job as Make, compared on checked pricing and features. Make's cheapest paid plan is $9 a month for one person, and none of the alternatives cost less. Three of the three have a free plan.
Prices checked against each vendor's own pricing page; Make's on October 5, 2026.
Cheapest paid plan that covers the team, per month before tax, at the yearly rate where one is published. Each tool's prices were checked against its own pricing page, most recently on October 5, 2026.
1. Zapier
Best for non-technical teams linking many SaaS apps with short, simple automations
Zapier is an automation platform that connects business apps through Zaps, a trigger followed by actions, across what Zapier says are more than 9,000 apps. Plans are priced by monthly tasks: each successful action step uses one, while triggers and filters use none.
One person
$19.99/mo
Professional · Make: $9/mo
Team of 10
$69/mo
Team · Make: $9/mo
Free plan
Free
Choose Zapier if…
You need what Make lacks: versioning & environments.
Stay with Make if…
Price matters for one person: Make is $9/mo, Zapier $19.99/mo.
Price matters for a team of 10: Make is $9/mo, Zapier $69/mo.
n8n is a workflow automation tool for technical teams, with a visual builder, code nodes and AI agent nodes, run on n8n Cloud or self-hosted for free. Cloud plans are priced by monthly executions, and one execution is a full workflow run however many steps it has.
One person
€20/mo
Starter · Make: $9/mo
Team of 10
€20/mo
Starter · Make: $9/mo
Free plan
Community Edition
Choose n8n if…
You need what Make lacks: versioning & environments and self-hosting option.
Stay with Make if…
Price matters for one person: Make is $9/mo, n8n €20/mo.
Price matters for a team of 10: Make is $9/mo, n8n €20/mo.
You rely on what n8n lacks: 1,000+ app integrations.
Pipedream now sells Connect, managed authentication and prebuilt API tools for developers adding integrations to AI agents and apps. Its Workflows automation product takes no new signups and shuts down on March 31, 2027.
One person
$99/mo
Startup · Make: $9/mo
Team of 10
$99/mo
Startup · Make: $9/mo
Free plan
Free
Choose Pipedream if…
You need what Make lacks: versioning & environments.
Stay with Make if…
Price matters for one person: Make is $9/mo, Pipedream $99/mo.
Price matters for a team of 10: Make is $9/mo, Pipedream $99/mo.
You rely on what Pipedream lacks: governance & audit logs, AI steps & agents and branching & conditional logic.
