Our verdict in three lines
Make is the cheapest hosted way into serious automation. You see the whole scenario on a canvas, branches included, and the Free plan is usable for real work.
In the US, Core costs $16 a month billed monthly for 10,000 credits ($144 if you pay for the year).
Every module action burns a credit, so chatty scenarios eat allowances quickly, and Make AI Agents still carry a beta label.
Good fit if
- You think in diagrams and want to see data move
- You want the lowest entry price on a hosted tool
- Your scenarios branch, filter and loop
Look elsewhere if
- Your scenarios are long and run constantly: compare n8n vs Make
- You need to self-host
- You need a connector for a rare app: Make vs Zapier
- Entry price
- From $16/mo
- Billed in
- Credits
- Free plan or trial
- Free plan
- Integrations
- 3,500+
- Self-hosting
- No
- Price checked
- Nov 15, 2026
What is Make.com?
Make (the product people still search for as Make.com) is a no-code automation platform. A "scenario" is a chain of modules on a canvas: one watches for new data, the next ones transform it and send it on. The site lists 3,500+ apps and says 500,000+ companies use it. The footer tells you who owns it today: Celonis.
How much does Make cost?
Make prices by country. The figures below are the US prices returned by Make's own pricing endpoint on November 15, 2026, for the 10,000-credit tier billed monthly. If you open make.com/en/pricing from another country you may see lower numbers.
 Make plans9.1/10From $16/mo · checked November 15, 2026 | Monthly billing | Annual billing, per month | Included | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | 1,000 credits a month | 2 active scenarios, 15-minute minimum interval between runs |
| Core | $16 | $12 | 10,000 credits a month | Unlimited active scenarios, scheduling down to the minute, Make API |
| Pro | $28 | Not listed | 10,000 credits a month | Priority execution, custom variables, full-text log search |
| Teams | $51 | Not listed | 10,000 credits a month | Teams and team roles, shared scenario templates |
| Enterprise | On request | On request | Custom | Talk to sales; enterprise apps, on-prem agent, overage protection |
Each paid plan is sold in credit tiers. On Core, 20,000 credits cost $28 a month and 40,000 cost $51 (US, billed monthly), so the price per credit falls as you buy more. Yearly billing is cheaper again. The detail is in our Make.com pricing guide.
What is a credit in Make?
Make's pricing FAQ states that "as of August 27, credits are the billing unit in Make"; before that the unit was called an operation. The rule on the pricing page: each module action is one credit. Reading a record is a credit, writing a row is a credit, posting a message is a credit. Routers and error handlers are free. Features that run on Make's AI Provider can cost more than one, and the Code app is billed at 2 credits per second of execution.
So a scenario with 6 modules that runs 50 times a day uses about 9,000 credits a month, nearly the whole Core allowance. The same job on a per-run tool counts 1,500 runs. Make is cheap per credit; it is the number of credits that surprises people.
What do Make AI Agents do?
Make AI Agents sit inside scenarios, like any other module, and are included on every plan (the pricing table marks them "Beta"). You can run them on Make's AI Provider or with your own LLM key. Make's pitch is transparency: a reasoning panel shows each decision step by step, and its FAQ says you can "set clear rules, add manual approvals, or stop the Agent at specific points".
Around the agents you get Maia, an assistant that builds scenarios from a conversation, an MCP server so outside assistants can trigger your scenarios, and a library of ready-made agents.
Video: “GPT Sol & Luna in Make: Building an AI Triage Workflow with Maia and Human-in-the-Loop Approval”, from the Make channel on YouTube.
Does Make have a free plan?
Yes: 1,000 credits a month, the visual builder and the full app catalog. The limits are what push you to Core: only 2 active scenarios, a 15-minute minimum interval between scheduled runs, a 5-minute execution limit and 5 MB files.
What are the limits of each plan?
- Free: 2 active scenarios, 15-minute scheduling, no Make API access.
- Core: unlimited active scenarios, scheduling down to the minute, API access at 60 calls a minute, 100 MB files.
- Pro: priority execution, custom variables, full-text log search, 250 MB files.
- Teams: team roles and shared scenario templates.
- Enterprise: enterprise apps, an on-prem agent for local networks, overage protection, 24/7 support.
The catch
When the credits are gone, the scenarios stop. Webhooks queue up and polling triggers catch up later, but nothing runs until you add credits. You can buy bundles of 1,000 or 10,000 or switch on auto-purchase, and unused credits expire at the end of the term. If an automation is business-critical, turn auto-purchase on and set a budget alert the same day.
What you get on day one
The canvas, the template library, 3,500+ apps, Maia, AI agents and the MCP server, even on Free. Make Grid, a map of all your automations, starts on Core.
Hidden costs to plan for
- Frequent schedules: ask how many credits a run uses when there is nothing new to process, before you set a one-minute interval.
- AI Provider usage that costs more than one credit per action.
- Extra credit bundles in a busy month.
- Model bills, if you bring your own LLM key.
Questions to ask before you pay
- How many modules are in my busiest scenario, and how often does it run? Modules times runs is your monthly credit count: 6 modules, 50 runs a day, about 9,000 credits.
- Could this scenario start from a webhook instead of a tight schedule? A webhook starts a run only when there is something to process.
- Which country price applies to my account? Make prices by country: the $16 Core price is the US one.
- What happens at zero credits? Scenarios stop until you buy a bundle of 1,000 or 10,000 credits, or until auto-purchase steps in.
- Is a beta agent acceptable for this process, or should it stay deterministic for now?
Make pros and cons
What we like
- Free plan you can really use
- Lowest paid entry price here: $16 a month in the US
- 3,500+ apps and a readable canvas
- Agents, Maia and MCP server on every plan
What to watch
- One credit per module action
- Scenarios stop when credits run out
- AI Agents are still in beta
- No self-hosting
Make alternatives: how it compares
The two tools closest to Make in entry price, on the same criteria. Scores come from the same formula for all three.
| Compared |  Activepieces9.4/10From $20/mochecked Nov 15, 2026 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | No-code | No-code, open source | Low-code, source-available |
| Entry price | From $16/mo | From $20/mo | From $24/mo |
| Billed in | Credits | Credits (one per run) | Workflow executions |
| Free plan or trial | Free plan | Free plan | Free self-hosted edition |
| Integrations announced | 3,500+ | 770+ | 500+ |
| AI models | Make's AI Provider on every plan, or your own LLM key | Built-in fast, smart and frontier models, or your own AI keys on Plus and up | Connect any model with your own key; Cloud plans also include AI models without API keys |
| Agents or workflows | Agents and workflows | Agents and workflows | Agents and workflows |
| Knowledge base / memory | Not stated | Not stated | Yes |
| Human approval | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosting | No | Yes, limited | Yes |
| API / MCP | Make API from Core up (60 calls a minute), MCP server on every plan | API, SDK and MCP on every plan | Public API, CLI, webhooks, MCP server trigger |
| Built for | Small teams that want the visual builder and the lowest entry price on a hosted tool | Small teams that want Zapier-style flows with a free tier and an exit to self-hosting | Technical founders and ops people who want control and a low bill at volume |
| Official page | Check price at Make | Check price at Activepieces | Check price at n8n |
- Make vs Zapier: the side-by-side, with prices checked Nov 15, 2026.
- n8n vs Make: the side-by-side, with prices checked Nov 15, 2026.
- Best no-code AI agent builders: where Make stands among 6 tools.
- Make.com pricing: plans, credits and where the bill grows
- Open these tools in the comparison tool
Make FAQ
Is Make.com free?
There is a free plan with 1,000 credits a month, 2 active scenarios and a 15-minute minimum interval between runs. Paid plans start with Core at $16 a month in the US, billed monthly.
What happens if I run out of credits on Make?
Your scenarios stop until credits are added. You can upgrade, buy extra credits in bundles of 1,000 or 10,000, or enable automatic purchase on Core, Pro and Teams.
Are Make AI Agents included?
Yes, on every plan including Free, with Make's AI Provider or your own LLM key. The pricing table labels them Beta.
Why do I see a different Make price than yours?
Make shows prices by country. Ours are the US prices, read on November 15, 2026 through Make's public pricing endpoint with the US country code.
Sources
Everything on this page comes from Make's own pages, read on November 15, 2026. Where a page does not state something, we say so.