n8n alternatives
What n8n costs today: $20/mo. site ↗pricing ↗
Below are the 3 other automation tools we track daily, cheapest entry first — each one written up from what our record actually holds, with a link to its own site and pricing page. Where we have written a full comparison, the name links to it.
The alternatives, tool by tool
Makesite ↗pricing ↗
A visual automation platform where workflows are drawn as connected modules, favoured for branching logic Zapier finds awkward. Paid plans start at $12/mo (Core); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at $38/mo (Teams). It bills by country — entry $9/mo to a UK reader and $9/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads.
Pabblysite ↗pricing ↗
An automation and billing suite sold as a bundle, often on one-off lifetime deals rather than monthly plans. Paid plans start at $19/mo (STANDARD); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 2 paid tiers, topping out at $79/mo (UNLIMITED). We read the same $19/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country.
Zapiersite ↗pricing ↗
An automation service that connects apps without code — when something happens in one tool, do something in another. Paid plans start at $19.99/mo (Professional); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 2 paid tiers, topping out at $69/mo (Team). We read the same $19.99/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country.
Side by side
| Tool | Paid from | Free plan | Currency | Read | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Make | $12/mo | Yes | USD | 2026-08-31 | page |
| Pabbly | $19/mo | Yes | USD | 2026-08-31 | page |
| Zapier | $19.99/mo | Yes | USD | 2026-08-31 | page |
How to choose in this category
- Estimate your monthly runs first: the cheapest row is only the cheapest at a particular volume.
- Free rows here cap runs rather than features — read the allowance, not the label.
- A workflow that fires on every record multiplies quickly; count the triggers, not the scenarios.