MakeVSZapier Agents
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| Make | Zapier Agents | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $9/mo (Core, from 10k credits; Make compare page) | $19.99/mo (Professional); Agents Pro $33.33/mo billed annually |
| Free plan | Yes: 1,000 credits/month, 2 active scenarios, 15-min interval | Yes: Zapier Free plan; Agents free tier 400 activities/month |
| Integrations | 3,500+ apps | 9,000+ apps |
| Billing unit | Credits (most module actions = 1 credit) | Tasks (Zaps) / activities (Agents) |
| Best for | Non-developers building branching visual workflows | Teams already on Zapier wanting agents across 9,000+ apps |
| Key features | Visual scenario builder AI agents & Make AI Provider Routers and filters Start-up plan: 50% off Business for <20 employees | Agents with web browsing & live data Chrome extension Chatbots Zapier MCP Canvas |
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.
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