Make alternatives
What Make costs today: no GBP figure on record (a free plan is available). 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
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 £571/mo (Business). It bills by country — entry $20/mo to a US reader, from our same-day reads.
Side by side
| Tool | Paid from | Free plan | Currency | Read | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n8n | £20/mo | — | GBP | 2026-08-31 | page |
Billed in another currency
These tools are in the same category but did not show us a price in GBP on our last read — they quote the currency shown. We list them rather than convert: a converted figure is not a price anyone is charged.
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. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion.
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. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion.
| Tool | Paid from | Free plan | Currency | Read | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.