MakeVSActivepieces
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| Make | Activepieces | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $9/mo (Core, from 10k credits; Make compare page) | $20/mo flat (Plus) |
| Free plan | Yes: 1,000 credits/month, 2 active scenarios, 15-min interval | Yes, free forever (no card); self-host option |
| Integrations | 3,500+ apps | 760+ integrations |
| Billing unit | Credits (most module actions = 1 credit) | Credits ($0.007/credit overage) |
| Best for | Non-developers building branching visual workflows | Budget/open-source teams wanting n8n-style control |
| Key features | Visual scenario builder AI agents & Make AI Provider Routers and filters Start-up plan: 50% off Business for <20 employees | Flows, agents, tables MCPs and API access Bring your own AI keys Cloud or self-host Embeddable builder |
How we tested
Prices, free plans, and plan limits come from each vendor's official pricing and docs pages (linked on each builder profile), last checked 2026-11-10. Hands-on coverage: 3 of 10 builders. On Oct 16, 2026 we built one simple agent (summarize text into exactly 3 bullets) on the free tier or trial of n8n and Make, and ran only the AI step in Activepieces (not a full published flow). The other 7 builders have not been tested hands-on; their facts come from vendor pages only. This test shows signup friction and basic model execution. It does not measure reliability, integrations, error recovery, or ongoing cost. We don't accept payment for placement.
- n8n: Tested hands-on
- Make: Tested hands-on
- Zapier Agents: Not tested hands-on yet
- Lindy: Not tested hands-on yet
- Relevance AI: Not tested hands-on yet
- Gumloop: Not tested hands-on yet
- Activepieces: Tested hands-on (AI step only)
- Botpress: Not tested hands-on yet
- Dify: Not tested hands-on yet
- Voiceflow: Not tested hands-on yet
Build an agent that summarizes text into exactly 3 bullets, free tier/trial only.
- Setup time: ~4 min of setup in Make (about 7 min wall-clock including our tooling lag)
- Card / API key: No card, no API key
- Free AI credits: One run used 1 operation / 1.03 credits (Free plan)
- Limits: Maia AI builder locked on Free (trial ended); Large / GPT-5.x / 6 models are paid-only; default schedule every 15 min
- What we built: Set variable → Make AI Toolkit "Simple Text Prompt" (gpt-5-nano, "Small"). About 12 actions; worked on the first run.
- Friction: auto-generated scenario name had to be renamed; a popup covered the editor.
Build an agent that summarizes text into exactly 3 bullets, free tier/trial only.
- Setup time: ~5 min from signup start to a successful step test; worked on the first try
- Card / API key: No card, no API key
- Free AI credits: 1,000 AI credits/month shown on the free account
- Limits: Full flow must be published to run; we tested the AI step only
- What we built: Manual Trigger → Ask AI (built-in Activepieces provider, "Fast" model).
- Friction: email-code-only signup; builder slow to load (trigger disabled for ~1 min); search lists third-party AI pieces before the built-in AI.
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