by Celonis, Inc.Workflow automation
A visual scenario builder with 3,000+ apps, routers, error handlers and AI agents, billed by credits from $9 a month for 10,000 on annual terms, with a free plan of 1,000 credits.
A visual builder for branching, multi-step scenarios at a low price per action, with an EU data center on every plan.
Make prices automation by the credit at a low rate: 10,000 credits cost $9 a month on Core with annual billing, and that plan already runs unlimited active scenarios with routers, error handlers, the Code App, AI agents and the Make API. Scenarios are drawn as connected modules, which suits workflows that branch, loop or recover from errors. Every plan can store data in an EU or US data center, and the security page lists Make’s own SOC 2 Type II report and an ISO 27001-certified security program.
Against 3 other products we reviewed in Workflow automation: what you pay for with each, the five access facts, the plan limits we recorded and each review's bottom line. The note under the table says how each one was checked.
| Metric | Make | Power Automate | n8n Cloud | Zapier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What you're paying for | Worth the priceA visual builder for branching, multi-step scenarios at a low price per action, with an EU data center on every plan. | Compliance includedAutomation inside Microsoft 365, with HIPAA, ISO 27001, EU regions and Entra ID sign-in covered by Microsoft, from $15 per user a month. | Saves engineering timeWorkflows that mix visual steps with your own code, billed per run rather than per step, with a self-hosted edition as an exit. | Built-in reachConnect more than 9,000 apps in multi-step workflows without code, and pay only for actions that succeed. |
| Overall score | 7.8 | 8.5Best | 6.6 | 5.4 |
| Free option | Free plan | Free plan | 14-day free trial | Free plan |
| Card to start | –Not measured | –Not measured | No card needed | –Not measured |
| Getting access | Self-serve | Self-serve | Self-serve | Self-serve |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | $9/mo | $15/user/mo | $20/mo | $19.99/mo |
| Pricing model | Tiered | Per seat | Tiered | Tiered |
| Pricing page | Public prices | Public prices | Public prices | Public prices |
| Billing unit | Credits: most module actions use one, the trigger included; routers and error handlers none | Per-user licence with a daily request limit; per-flow or per-bot Process licences | Executions: one per run of a whole workflow, whatever its length | Tasks: one per successful action; triggers, polling and built-in tools use none |
| Free option | Free plan: 1,000 credits a month, 2 active scenarios; no trial stated | Free licence: standard connectors, no sharing, 6,000 actions a day; 30-day Premium trial | No free cloud plan; 14-day trial (1,000 executions), no card; Community Edition self-hosted | Free plan: 100 tasks a month, two-step Zaps, 1 user; 14-day Professional trial, no card |
| Reference scenario (2,000 runs, annual) | $9/mo on Core, 10,000 credits (10,000 needed), computed | $15/mo for 1 Premium user (10,000 requests a month needed), computed | $20/mo on Starter, 2,500 executions (2,000 needed), computed | $129/mo on Professional, 10K tasks (8,000 tasks needed), computed |
| Month-to-month price | $10.59 for Core 10,000 credits ($18.82 Pro, $34.12 Teams) | Not published (paid yearly) | $24 for Starter; $60 for Pro 10,000 executions | $193.50 for Professional 10K tasks; from $29.99 for 750 tasks |
| Usage past the plan | Extra credits at the plan rate plus 25%, manual or auto-purchase | Power Platform Requests add-on, $50 a month (licensing FAQ) | Not stated for Cloud plans | Pay-per-task at 1.25× the base rate (annual) or 2.5× (monthly), up to 3× the tier |
| Code steps | Make Code App (JavaScript or Python) from Core, 2 credits per second of code | C# in custom connectors; PowerShell, Python, JavaScript and .NET scripts in desktop flows | JavaScript and Python code steps on every plan | Code by Zapier on every plan; 30 seconds of included runtime per step on Professional |
| SOC 2 / ISO 27001 | SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3; ISO 27001-certified security program | In scope of Microsoft’s SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 | SOC 2 Type 2 and SOC 3; ISO 27001 not stated | SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3; ISO 27001 not stated |
| HIPAA BAA | Not stated | Included by default through the Microsoft Online Services DPA | Not stated | Not offered: Zapier says it cannot sign BAAs |
| EU data hosting | Every plan: US or EU data center chosen when the organization is created | Environments in the Europe region | Every Cloud plan: Frankfurt, Germany (the only stated region) | Not offered: data stored on AWS in the United States |
| SSO | Company SSO (OAuth2 or SAML2) on Enterprise | Sign-in through Microsoft Entra ID | SAML and LDAP on Enterprise (Business is self-hosted only) | SAML on Team in the plan table; Enterprise in the FAQs |
| Workflow export | Scenario blueprints as JSON on every plan | Flows as .zip packages or Dataverse solutions | Workflows download as JSON on every plan | Zaps as JSON on Team and Enterprise |
| Self-hosting | No | No | Yes: Community Edition free on GitHub; Business and Enterprise licences | No |
| Bottom line | From its public pages, Make is the lowest-cost way to run our scenario, with branching, error handling, code and an EU region from the $9 Core plan. Every module run counts as a credit, and SSO and audit logs are Enterprise features. | From its public pages, Power Automate brings Microsoft’s compliance file, EU regions and high limits to one $15 per-user licence, plus desktop automation. It is licensed per user and paid yearly, and webhooks and premium connectors need that paid licence. | From its public pages, n8n Cloud has the most predictable per-run price here, with code, AI and webhooks on the $20 Starter plan and a self-hosted edition as an exit. It has no free cloud plan, hosts in Frankfurt only, and keeps SSO and audit logs for Enterprise. | From its public pages, Zapier offers the broadest app directory here and a complete builder on Professional, priced per successful action. Costs grow with action volume, data stays in the US, and the audit log and Zap export start on Team. |
Evidence: Make: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Power Automate: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; n8n Cloud: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Zapier: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run. Prices in USD as listed, excluding tax. "–" means not recorded.
Review from public pages
Written from Make's public pages (pricing, security or privacy, and docs) as read on Oct 16, 2026. We did not sign up, and no hands-on run is published yet.
We read Make's pricing page and plan comparison, its security and press pages, and help center articles on credits, extra credits, organizations, webhooks, blueprints, scenario history and version control on Oct 16, 2026; we did not sign up or build a scenario. From our location make.com answered scripted requests with a bot check, so the prices and plan table come from the Internet Archive copy of the pricing page captured on Oct 6, 2026; the help center articles, the credits article updated Oct 15, 2026, describe the same credit rules.
The pricing is clear: every plan and tier from 10,000 to 8 million credits has an annual and a monthly price, and the help center gives the formula for extra credits (the plan's per-credit rate plus 25%). Two points need care. A credit is counted per module action, so a webhook trigger counts as one, while routers and error handlers count as none. And the plan cards list 3,000+ apps while the pricing FAQ still says more than 1,000; we use the plan-card figure. The pages do not say whether the Free plan can start scenarios from a webhook.
10,000 credits cost $9 a month on Core (annual), enough for 2,000 runs of a five-module workflow; Pro and Teams cost $16 and $29 at the same volume.
vs Zapier: Zapier needs its 10K-task Professional tier at $129 a month for the same scenario.
Routers and filters are on every plan, and the pricing FAQ says router and error-handler modules (Rollback, Break, Resume, Commit, Ignore) consume no credits.
An organization picks a US or EU data center when it is created; the pricing table lists AWS hosting in the EU or North America on all plans.
vs n8n Cloud: Zapier stores data in the US only; n8n Cloud stores it in Frankfurt only.
Any scenario can be exported as a JSON blueprint with its modules, settings and mapped values, for backup or for import into another Make account.
Extra credits cost the plan’s per-credit rate plus 25%, bought in 1,000s or auto-purchased in 10,000s, up to the plan’s own credit count each cycle.
Reading from an app or webhook, searching, creating, transforming, aggregating and iterating each use credits, so a five-module run uses five; Make’s own AI features use credits by tokens.
Workaround: Routers and error handlers are free, and scenario history shows the credits each run used.
Company SSO, audit logs, custom roles and two-factor enforcement are checked only on Enterprise, which is priced by sales.
Workaround: Teams ($29 a month at 10,000 credits, annual) adds teams and team roles.
The security page lists SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, GDPR and an ISO 27001-certified program, but no HIPAA support.
The organizations article says the data center cannot be changed after the organization is created.
Workaround: Choose the EU data center when creating the organization.
Make bills credits per month; on Pro and Teams annual credits can be used across the year, while Core credits reset monthly. Most actions use one credit, the trigger included; routers and error handlers use none, and Make’s AI features use credits by tokens. For our scenario, 2,000 runs × 5 modules = 10,000 credits: $9 a month on Core with annual billing, or $10.59 month to month. Pro ($16) adds priority execution and log search; Teams ($29) adds team roles. Running out pauses scenarios unless you buy extra credits at the plan rate plus 25% (on the $9 plan, 10,000 extra cost $11.25) or turn on auto-purchase. The Make Code App uses 2 credits per second of code. Enterprise is priced by sales.
Every scenario can be exported as a JSON blueprint (modules, settings and mapped values) and imported into another Make account; connections have to be created again after import. Scenario history can be exported as CSV. Blueprints describe Make modules, so moving to another platform means rebuilding the workflows. After cancelling, a paid organization falls back to the Free plan.
From its public pages, Make is the lowest-cost way to run our scenario, with branching, error handling, code and an EU region from the $9 Core plan. Every module run counts as a credit, and SSO and audit logs are Enterprise features.
| Limit | As recorded |
|---|---|
| Billing unit | Credits: most module actions use one, the trigger included; routers and error handlers none |
| Free option | Free plan: 1,000 credits a month, 2 active scenarios; no trial stated |
| Reference scenario (2,000 runs, annual) | $9/mo on Core, 10,000 credits (10,000 needed), computed |
| Month-to-month price | $10.59 for Core 10,000 credits ($18.82 Pro, $34.12 Teams) |
| Usage past the plan | Extra credits at the plan rate plus 25%, manual or auto-purchase |
| Code steps | Make Code App (JavaScript or Python) from Core, 2 credits per second of code |
| SOC 2 / ISO 27001 | SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3; ISO 27001-certified security program |
| HIPAA BAA | Not stated |
| EU data hosting | Every plan: US or EU data center chosen when the organization is created |
| SSO | Company SSO (OAuth2 or SAML2) on Enterprise |
| Workflow export | Scenario blueprints as JSON on every plan |
| Self-hosting | No |
Read from the vendor's public pages on Oct 16, 2026. No hands-on run is published yet. How we check
We have not published a sign-up run for Make yet. The access facts above were read from its sign-up and pricing pages on Oct 16, 2026.
We have not published API calls for Make yet.
Make lists 5 plans. The cheapest paid plan, Core, 10,000 credits (billed annually), costs $9/mo.
Prices as listed, USD, excluding tax; observed 2026-10-16.
Source: make.com pricing page. Prices change; the observed date above is when our agent read them.
We read the pricing, trust, help center and developer pages of three workflow automation platforms on the same day and scored them on the same six indicators. What 2,000 five-step runs cost in credits, executions and tasks, where code, SSO and EU hosting sit, and who should pick which.
