Our pick for most teams
91.1/ 100
- Price
- From $10.59/mo · $108/yr
- Free plan
- 1,000 credits/month, 2 active scenarios, 15-minute minimum interval, 5-minute max execution, 512MB data transfer, 7-day logs
Make vs n8n: Make fits most teams of 5
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Marketing agencies and SaaS ops teams building multi-step automations
69.1/ 100
- Price
- From $24/mo · $240/yr
- Free plan
- No free Cloud plan listed; a standard self-hosted version is available on GitHub
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Which one fits your team
- Checked 2026-10-14
- 4 sources
The score is worked out from the facts below. How we score tools. What we earn is not part of it.
Make: who it fits and who it does not
- Good for
- Marketing agencies and SaaS ops teams building multi-step automations
- Technically minded small businesses wanting no-code automation
- Workflows needing data transformation and conditional routing
- Not for
- Users wanting the simplest possible setup (Zapier is easier)
- Users needing full code control or self-hosting (n8n)
- Users needing autonomous AI agents
- The catch
- More flexible visual builder than simpler tools, but it takes longer to learn and credit use can be hard to predict.
Data last verified: 2026-10-14
n8n: who it fits and who it does not
- Good for
- Developers wanting granular control and custom code
- Teams needing self-hosting for data privacy
- Agencies and freelancers building automations for clients
- SMBs and enterprises (SSO, SAML, audit logs on enterprise plan)
- Not for
- Non-technical users (steeper than Zapier or Make)
- Teams without skills for self-hosting
- Users who need the largest connector/template catalog
- The catch
- Maximum flexibility and self-hosting, but a steeper learning curve and fewer connectors than Zapier or Make; large workflows get hard to manage.
Data last verified: 2026-10-14
What each one costs over five years
Same team size, cheapest plan of each, paid monthly or yearly.
Make
Five years for a team of 5, paid yearly: $540
On the Core plan, at today's price. We do not assume a rise.
- Paid monthly, one year
- $127.08
- Paid yearly, one year
- $108
Paying yearly saves $19.08 a year (15%).
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Vendor pricing page · checked 2026-10-18n8n
Five years for a team of 5, paid yearly: $1,200
On the Starter plan, at today's price. We do not assume a rise.
- Paid monthly, one year
- $288
- Paid yearly, one year
- $240
Paying yearly saves $48 a year (17%).
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Vendor pricing page · checked 2026-10-19The four facts that decide it
| Make | n8n | |
|---|---|---|
| Score out of 100 | 91.1 | 69.1 |
| Cheapest plan | Core | Starter |
| Free plan | 1,000 credits/month, 2 active scenarios, 15-minute minimum interval, 5-minute max execution, 512MB data transfer, 7-day logs | No free Cloud plan listed; a standard self-hosted version is available on GitHub |
| Works with (apps) | 6 | 6 |
Every figure comes from the vendor's own pages, listed under Sources.
Make
- Score out of 100
- 91.1
- Cheapest plan
- Core
- Free plan
- 1,000 credits/month, 2 active scenarios, 15-minute minimum interval, 5-minute max execution, 512MB data transfer, 7-day logs
- Works with (apps)
- 6
n8n
- Score out of 100
- 69.1
- Cheapest plan
- Starter
- Free plan
- No free Cloud plan listed; a standard self-hosted version is available on GitHub
- Works with (apps)
- 6
Feature by feature, on the same list
Open a row for the vendor's own wording and the page we read it on.
Visual builderMake: Yesn8n: Yes
Several steps in one runMake: Not verifiedn8n: Yes
- Make
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
- n8n
- Workflow executions with unlimited steps on Starter, Pro and Business Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
If-this-then-that rulesMake: Yesn8n: Yes
- n8n
- 'Route with switches and if nodes, loop and merge the branches back together' Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Runs on a scheduleMake: Yesn8n: Yes
- Make
- Scheduling: 15-minute minimum (Free); 1-minute on Core and above Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Starts from other apps (webhooks)Make: Yesn8n: Yes
Retries when a step failsMake: Yesn8n: Yes
- Make
- Error handler modules (Rollback, Break, Resume, Commit, Ignore) don't consume credits Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Ready-made app connectionsMake: Yesn8n: Yes
Add your own codeMake: Yesn8n: Yes
Team sharingMake: Yesn8n: Yes
- n8n
- Shared projects: 1 (Starter), 3 (Pro), 6 (Business), unlimited (Enterprise) Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Earlier versions keptMake: Not verifiedn8n: Yes
- Make
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
- n8n
- Workflow history 1 day (Starter), 5 days (Pro), 365+ days (Enterprise); Git version control on Business Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
What you risk by starting
Make
Trial, refunds and getting your data out of Make.
n8n
Trial, refunds and getting your data out of n8n.
Where these facts come from
Make
https://www.make.com/en/pricing · checked 2026-10-14https://www.make.com/en · checked 2026-10-14What to do next
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Data last verified: 2026-10-14