Automate Basics

IFTTT vs Make vs Pabbly Connect

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 16 October 2026.

Compared on
IFTTT

Free plan · from $2.99/mo

Make

Free plan · from $9/mo

Pabbly Connect

Free plan · from $16/mo

What it isLinks apps and smart-home devices through simple automations called AppletsVisual no-code tool for building automated workflows and AI agents across appsWorkflow automation tool with task-based plans and one-time lifetime deals
Free plan2 Applets; standard Applet speed; unlimited Applet runs; no multi-action Applets, filter code or AI services1,000 credits per month; 2 active scenarios; 15-minute minimum interval between scheduled runs100 tasks; up to 2 workflows of up to 2 steps each; no team members; no credit card needed
Cheapest paid plan$2.99/mo billed annually (Pro)IFTTT pricing$9/mo billed annually (Core)Make pricing$16/mo billed annually (Standard)Pabbly Connect pricing
What it covers20 Applets; annual billing is $35.88 per year.For 10,000 credits/month; price rises with credit volume.10,000 tasks a month; $15 a month on 2-year billing and $14 on 3-year billing.
Free trialPro and Pro+ show a 'Try it free' option; trial length not stated on the plans pageNone statedNone stated
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, APIWeb
Integrations (vendor's figure)1,000+ services3,000+ apps2,000+ integrations
Open sourceNoNoNo
Good for
  • Controlling smart-home devices such as lights on a schedule or trigger
  • Saving social media posts or email attachments to cloud storage
  • Getting phone notifications when an RSS feed or service updates
  • Syncing new e-commerce orders into accounting tools and spreadsheets
  • Routing incoming leads to different teams based on form answers
  • Scheduling recurring reports that pull data from several apps
  • Adding Facebook lead-ad leads to Google Sheets or a CRM
  • Sending WhatsApp or email messages from new form or spreadsheet data
  • Copying new WooCommerce orders into Google Sheets or other business tools
Watch out for
  • Free plan is limited to 2 Applets
  • Pro is limited to 20 Applets; unlimited Applets require Pro+
  • Multi-action Applets need Pro; filter code and AI services need Pro+
  • Free plan: 1,000 credits a month, 2 active scenarios and a 15-minute minimum interval between runs
  • Each module action uses a credit, so multi-step scenarios use credits faster
  • Team roles and shared scenario templates require the Teams plan or higher
  • Free plan: 100 tasks and up to 2 workflows of 2 steps
  • Team members are not included on Free or Standard; Unlimited and the lifetime plans include unlimited team members
  • Lifetime plans have fixed monthly task limits (3,000 to 20,000 tasks)
Made byIFTTTMake (part of Celonis)Pabbly (Magnet Brains Software Technology Pvt. Ltd.)

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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