Make vs Zapier
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.
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.
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 |
Zapiersite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-08-31 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | |
| Professional | $19.99/mo | |
| Team | $69/mo |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: Make at $12/mo, against Zapier at $19.99/mo. That is the entry price in this market on the dates shown, not a judgement about which suits you.
- Free plans: both publish one — a plan priced at zero, not a trial. What each caps differs.
- How far each ladder goes: Make tops out at $38/mo, Zapier at $69/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.
- Zapier: We read the same $19.99/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country.
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.