Productivity · Head-to-head

Make vs Beautiful.ai

Make vs Beautiful.ai: pricing, features, and which to pick in 2026.

The verdict

Pick Make if…

→you need a genuinely free option
→budget is the constraint
→you want our editor's pick for this category
→your primary use case is teams building multi-step, branching automations who want to see the whole flow on a canvas rather than describe it as a list of steps.

Try Make →

Pick Beautiful.ai if…

→your primary use case is sales teams, marketers, and consultants who build decks regularly and want ai-enforced design rather than help writing the content.
→you need: design

Try Beautiful.ai →

Spec	Make	Beautiful.ai
Category	Productivity	Productivity
Pricing model	freemium	paid
Headline pricing	Free tier with 1,000 credits/mo; paid from $9/mo for 10,000 credits	From $12/mo (Pro), Team $40/mo per user
Free tier	Yes, and it runs real scenarios: 1,000 credits a month across 2 active scenarios, with a 15-minute minimum run interval. Annual billing is advertised at 15%+ savings on the paid tiers.	—
AI Score	8.7/10	8.3/10
Best for	Teams building multi-step, branching automations who want to see the whole flow on a canvas rather than describe it as a list of steps.	Sales teams, marketers, and consultants who build decks regularly and want AI-enforced design rather than help writing the content.
Editor's pick	✓ Yes	—
Use cases	productivity agents marketing	design productivity
Date added	2026-08-02	2026-04-30

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Productivity · freemium

✓Visual canvas makes branching and conditional automations readable in a way a linear step list does not
✓Routers and error handler modules cost zero credits, so defensive structure does not inflate the bill
✓3,000+ connectors including 400+ AI integrations, which covers most of what a small team needs to wire together
✓Free tier runs genuine scenarios on a schedule rather than expiring like a trial
✓Entry pricing starts at $9/mo, well below what comparable platforms charge for a first paid tier

×Credits are consumed per module action, so a multi-step scenario burns the allowance far faster than the plan names suggest
×The advertised $9, $16 and $29 prices are only the 10,000-credit rung of a slider, and real costs climb from there
×Free tier caps scheduling at a 15-minute minimum interval and execution at 5 minutes, which rules out anything time-sensitive
×The canvas is harder to learn than a form-based builder, which is a real cost for occasional users
×Full-text log search sits on Pro, so debugging on the cheaper tiers is more painful than it should be

Productivity · paid

✓AI layout engine genuinely prevents bad design — slides look polished with zero effort
✓Extensive smart template library covers most common business slide formats
✓Brand controls keep large teams on-brand without policing individual decks
✓Clean, fast editor with a low learning curve compared to PowerPoint or Keynote

×No free tier — requires a paid subscription to use at all
×AI handles layout only, not content generation — won't draft slides from a prompt like Gamma does
×Constrained templates can feel limiting for highly custom or creative presentations
×Per-user team pricing gets expensive quickly for larger organizations