Productivity · Head-to-head
Zapier vs Make
Zapier (freemium, AI Score 8.9/10) vs Make (freemium, AI Score 8.7/10). Side-by-side pricing, features, pros and cons, and which to pick.
The verdict
Pick Zapier if…
- →your primary use case is teams that need to connect many saas apps and build automations from a plain-english description instead of manual setup.
Pick Make if…
- →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: marketing
Side-by-side specs
| Spec | Zapier | Make |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Productivity | Productivity |
| Pricing model | freemium | freemium |
| Headline pricing | Freemium | Free tier with 1,000 credits/mo; paid from $9/mo for 10,000 credits |
| Free tier | 100 tasks per month with single-step Zaps | 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 | 8.9/10 | 8.7/10 |
| Best for | Teams that need to connect many SaaS apps and build automations from a plain-English description instead of manual setup. | 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. |
| Editor's pick | — | ✓ Yes |
| Use cases | productivity agents | productivity agents marketing |
| Date added | 2025-05-15 | 2026-08-02 |
Pros and cons
Zapier
Productivity · freemium
Pros
- ✓Largest app ecosystem (7,000+ integrations)
- ✓AI-powered workflow builder
- ✓No coding required for complex automations
- ✓Reliable and well-documented
Cons
- ×Gets expensive with high task volumes
- ×Free tier is very limited
- ×Complex workflows can be hard to debug
- ×Task-based pricing can be unpredictable
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Make
Productivity · freemium
Pros
- ✓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
Cons
- ×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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Updated 2026-08-02. Spec data sourced from official product pages and tracked in our public directory at /tools.