Make vs n8n
Both ladders below were read from the vendors’ own pricing pages, in this market, on the dates shown. Nothing is converted: what you see is what each page showed a reader here.
What each one is
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.
n8nsite ↗pricing ↗
A workflow automation tool that can be self-hosted, favoured by teams who want their automations on their own infrastructure. Paid plans start at $20/mo (Starter); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at $800/mo (Business). It bills by country — entry £20/mo to a UK reader, from our same-day reads.
The two ladders
Makesite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-08-31 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | |
| Core | $12/mo | |
| Pro | $21/mo | |
| Teams | $38/mo |
n8nsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-08-31 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $20/mo | |
| Pro | $50/mo | |
| Business | $800/mo |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: Make at $12/mo, against n8n at $20/mo. That is the entry price in this market on the dates shown, not a judgement about which suits you.
- Free plans: only Make publishes one — a plan priced at zero, not a trial.
- How far each ladder goes: Make tops out at $38/mo, n8n at $800/mo. A deeper ladder is not a worse deal — it is a bill that keeps climbing if you keep growing.
- Make: It bills by country — entry $9/mo to a UK reader and $9/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads.
- n8n: It bills by country — entry £20/mo to a UK reader, from our same-day reads.
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.