Make vs Zapier
Plans, free access, limits and intended use side by side, taken from each vendor’s own pages. No score and no winner: the facts show where the two differ.
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Connect app modules in visual automation scenarios.
One event in one app, an action in another.
- Free access
- Make: Free access
- Zapier: Free access
- Paid from
- Make: No fixed price listed
- Zapier: USD 19.99 per month
- Plans listed
- Make: 3
- Zapier: 4
- Public API
- Make: Yes
- Zapier: Yes
Where Make and Zapier differ
- Pricing checkPricing review due for Make; prices confirmed for Zapier.
- PlansMake lists 3 plans and Zapier lists 4.
Head to head
Each value from the tool’s profile and the vendor’s own pages
| Make | Fact | Zapier |
|---|---|---|
| Access and price | ||
| Free access availableFree · USD 0 | Free accessSame | Free access availableFree |
| No fixed price listed | Lowest listed paid plan | USD 19.99 per monthProfessional · billed yearly · USD 29.99 billed monthly; 750 tasks |
| Free + paid; quote varies | Pricing model | Free plan; paid Professional, Team and Enterprise |
| 3 | Plans listedDiffers | 4 |
| Yes | Public APISame | Yes |
| Not required | Card to startSame | Not required |
| No | Open sourceSame | No |
| What it is for | ||
| Visual automation for app workflows | Built for | Connecting web apps without code |
| Automation | CategorySame | Automation |
| Platforms |
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| Not listed | Works with |
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| How current | ||
| Profile sources checked | ||
| Pricing review due · Sep 25, 2026 | Pricing checkDiffers | Prices confirmed · Oct 24, 2026 |
Official source check for both tools. No hands-on testing and no score: “Differs” marks a documented difference, not a better tool.
Plans and prices
Make
Pricing review due · Sep 25, 2026- FreeUSD 0
- Paid automationConfirm current quote
- EnterpriseCustom pricing
Zapier
Prices confirmed · Oct 24, 2026- FreeFree
- ProfessionalUSD 19.99 per monthbilled yearly · USD 29.99 billed monthly; 750 tasks
- TeamUSD 69 per monthbilled yearly · USD 103.50 billed monthly; 2,000 tasks
- EnterpriseContact for pricing
Strengths and limits
Make
Strengths
- Visual scenario builder: Routers, filters and fallback routes are drawn as a diagram, so the path each record takes is visible before anything runs.
- Free plan with no time limit: Free does not expire, so a small scenario can keep running without a subscription as long as it stays within the Free limits.
- Countable billing unit: An ordinary non-AI module run normally uses one credit, so cost can be estimated by counting modules and bundles.
Limits to plan around
- Free scheduling floor: On Free, scheduled scenarios run at most every 15 minutes and only two scenarios can be active at once.
- Empty checks still count: A scheduled trigger uses an operation each time it looks for data, even when it finds nothing; budget for checks as well as records.
- Separate AI-provider charges: With an eligible custom AI-provider connection, the provider bills its tokens on top of the operation credits Make charges.
Zapier
Strengths
- Unlimited Zaps on every plan: Even Free lets you build as many Zaps, tables and forms as you want.
- Many steps cost nothing: Triggers, Filter, Paths, Formatter and Delay steps do not use tasks.
- Failed actions are not billed: Actions that error or halt do not count toward task usage.
Limits to plan around
- Task cost depends on step type: AI steps and Zapier MCP tool calls use more than one task each, so counting visible steps can underestimate usage.
- Free Zaps are two steps only: Free allows one trigger and one action; multi-step Zaps need a paid plan.
- Price rises with task volume: Paid prices are quoted for entry task tiers, and larger tiers cost more.
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