Productivity · Head-to-head

Make vs Dia

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

The verdict

Pick Make if…

→overall capability matters more than price (AI Score 8.7 vs 7.9)
→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.
→you need: agents, marketing

Try Make →

Pick Dia if…

→your primary use case is mac users who want the browser to double as a work dashboard, pulling calendar, inbox and workspace tools into one place instead of another set of tabs.
→you need: research

Try Dia →

Spec	Make	Dia
Category	Productivity	Productivity
Pricing model	freemium	freemium
Headline pricing	Free tier with 1,000 credits/mo; paid from $9/mo for 10,000 credits	Free to download; a Dia Pro tier lifts chat limits
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.	Yes. Dia is free to download and the free tier includes AI chat, with a cap on chat usage that the Pro tier removes.
AI Score	8.7/10	7.9/10
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.	Mac users who want the browser to double as a work dashboard, pulling calendar, inbox and workspace tools into one place instead of another set of tabs.
Editor's pick	✓ Yes	—
Use cases	productivity agents marketing	productivity research
Date added	2026-08-02	2026-08-02

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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

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Productivity · freemium

✓Pulls calendar, inbox, Slack and Notion context together instead of reasoning only about the tab in front of it
✓Decks and Reports produce something usable rather than stopping at a summary
✓Tab organisation, Profiles and Splits are genuinely good browser ergonomics, independent of the AI
✓Trackers and ads blocked by default, with SOC 2 coverage stated on the site
✓Free to download with AI chat included on the free tier

×macOS 14 or later on M1 or newer only, which excludes Intel Macs and every Windows machine
×Windows support is stated only as "coming this fall" with a beta waitlist and no firm date
×The site publishes no server-rendered pricing table, so the Dia Pro price cannot be checked without installing the browser
×Free-tier chat is capped, and the site does not state where the cap sits
×Deep workspace integration means granting a browser access to Slack, Notion, calendar and mail, which is a broad permission surface