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Visual no-code automation for building connected workflows and increasingly AI-powered automations across credit-based plans.
Quick decision
- Best for
- Teams needing more visual flexibility than simple trigger-action automation
- Price
- Free is $0 with 1,000 credits/month and no time limit.
- Main trade-off
- Credit consumption requires active ownership-cost awareness.
- Company:
- Make
- Category:
- AI Agents & Automation
Key signals
- Pricing model
- Usage Based
- Free plan
- Available
- Starting price
- Starting at $9 per month
- Business sizes
- Solo, Small Business, Mid Market, Enterprise
- Visual scenario builder
- App integrations
- Routers and filters
- AI applications and Make AI features
Why choose it / Think twice if
Why choose it
- Visual workflow building makes complex automation easier to inspect.
- Broad app connectivity and useful routing and filtering controls.
- AI automation capabilities can scale across credit-based plans.
Think twice if
- Credit consumption requires active ownership-cost awareness.
- Complex scenarios can become visually and operationally dense.
- Advanced usage may require understanding operations, credits, and plan limits.
Use cases and fit
Primary use cases
- Visual scenario building
- Connected app workflows
- Routers and filters
- AI applications and automations
- MCP Server and tool connections
- AI agent workflows where available by tier
Ideal for
- Users wanting visual workflow building
- SMB teams and no-code or low-code operators
- Teams needing more visual flexibility than simple trigger-action automation
May not suit
- Teams wanting a purely technical or self-hosted automation stack
- Buyers who do not want to model credit consumption
- Very simple workflows where a lighter tool is sufficient
Pricing snapshot
Free is $0 with 1,000 credits/month and no time limit.
- At 10,000 credits/month, Core is $9/month, Pro $16/month, and Teams $29/month; Enterprise is custom.
- Make pricing scales with credit volume, so these are not universal fixed prices.
- Free plan available
- Starting at $9 per month
Decision summary
Is this the right fit?
Strong fit ifvisual workflow building makes complex automation easier to inspect
Main trade-offComplex scenarios can become visually and operationally dense.
Verify before choosingMake combines visual scenarios, app connections, routers, filters, and newer AI capabilities; credit volume is central to ownership cost.
Consider Zapier instead ifsimpler no-code automation and faster setup matter more than visual workflow depth.
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