Make.com

A cheaper, more powerful Zapier — if you can handle the learning curve

✓ Benefits

• Powerful visual builder
  The drag-and-drop canvas makes even complex, multi-branch workflows visible and understandable — you can literally see your data flow.
• Far cheaper than Zapier
  Make charges per operation rather than per task and starts at $9/mo, often costing a fraction of an equivalent Zapier plan at the same volume.
• Serious logic and control
  Routers, iterators, filters, error handling and data stores let you build automations that would need real code elsewhere.
• 1,500+ integrations plus AI steps
  Connects to almost every common app, and native AI modules let you add summarisation, classification or generation inside a scenario.
• Generous free tier
  1,000 operations a month free is enough to build and run genuinely useful automations before paying anything.

✕ Disadvantages

• Steeper learning curve
  The power comes at the cost of simplicity — beginners often find the canvas, modules and data mapping intimidating at first.
• UI can feel overwhelming
  Large scenarios with many modules get visually busy, and debugging a broken run takes some practice to read.
• Operation counting can surprise you
  Each module run consumes an operation, so a poorly designed loop can burn through your monthly quota faster than expected.
• A few apps are Zapier-only
  Make's catalogue is huge but some niche or newer integrations still appear on Zapier first.

Key features

• ▹Visual drag-and-drop scenario builder
• ▹1,500+ app integrations
• ▹Routers, iterators and filters
• ▹Built-in AI modules
• ▹Robust error handling and retries
• ▹Scheduling and webhooks
• ▹Data stores and custom variables
• ▹Detailed execution logs

Best for

• ★Syncing data between CRMs, sheets and apps
• ★Automating lead capture and follow-ups
• ★Posting content across multiple platforms automatically
• ★Adding AI steps (summaries, tagging) to workflows
• ★Replacing repetitive manual copy-paste work

• ✓1,000 operations/mo
• ✓Unlimited active scenarios
• ✓Core modules
• ✓15-min interval

• ✓10,000 operations/mo
• ✓1-minute scheduling
• ✓Full app catalogue
• ✓More complex scenarios

• ✓10,000+ operations
• ✓Custom variables
• ✓Priority execution
• ✓Full log history