Productivity ยท Head-to-head

Make vs Fundraisly

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

The verdict

Pick Make ifโ€ฆ
  • โ†’you need a genuinely free option
  • โ†’budget is the constraint
  • โ†’overall capability matters more than price (AI Score 8.7 vs 8.2)
  • โ†’you want our editor's pick for this category
Try Make โ†’
Pick Fundraisly ifโ€ฆ
  • โ†’your primary use case is early-stage and growth-stage startup founders who want investor outreach and meeting-booking handled instead of doing it themselves.
Try Fundraisly โ†’

Side-by-side specs

Spec Make Fundraisly
Category Productivity Productivity
Pricing model freemium paid
Headline pricing Free tier with 1,000 credits/mo; paid from $9/mo for 10,000 credits Custom plans (contact for pricing)
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. โ€”
AI Score 8.7/10 8.2/10
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. Early-stage and growth-stage startup founders who want investor outreach and meeting-booking handled instead of doing it themselves.
Editor's pick โœ“ Yes โ€”
Use cases productivity agents marketing agents productivity
Date added 2026-08-02 2026-06-19

Pros and cons

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Make

Productivity ยท freemium

Pros

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

Cons

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

Fundraisly

Productivity ยท paid

Pros

  • โœ“300k+ investor database provides broad coverage across stages, sectors, and geographies
  • โœ“Handles the entire outreach pipeline from matching to meeting booking, saving founders significant time
  • โœ“#1 Product Hunt launch in June 2026 with real traction reports from founders
  • โœ“Service-based model means campaigns get human oversight and adjustments, not just fire-and-forget automation

Cons

  • ร—Opaque pricing with no public plans โ€” you must contact sales to get a quote
  • ร—Service-based approach limits self-serve flexibility compared to pure SaaS tools
  • ร—Results depend heavily on your startup's fundability โ€” the tool accelerates outreach, it doesn't fix weak pitches
  • ร—Relatively new with limited long-term track record beyond initial Product Hunt buzz
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Updated 2026-08-02. Spec data sourced from official product pages and tracked in our public directory at /tools.

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