Make vs n8n vs Microsoft Power Automate

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 23 September 2026.

Written head to head: Make vs n8n, with when to choose each side.

Compared on	Make Free plan · from $9/mo Visit Remove	n8n Free plan · from $20/mo Visit Remove	Microsoft Power Automate Free trial · from $15/user/mo Visit Remove
What it is	Visual no-code tool for building automated workflows and AI agents across apps	Workflow automation and AI agent builder you can self-host or use in the cloud	Microsoft tool for cloud workflows, desktop RPA and process mining
Free plan	1,000 credits per month; 2 active scenarios; 15-minute minimum interval between scheduled runs	Self-hosted Community Edition only: free to run on your own server under n8n's Sustainable Use License; there is no free tier on n8n Cloud	No
Cheapest paid plan	$9/mo billed annually (Core)Make pricing	$20/mo billed annually (Starter)n8n pricing	$15/user/mo billed annually (Power Automate Premium)Microsoft Power Automate pricing
What it covers	For 10,000 credits/month; price rises with credit volume.	2,500 workflow executions/month, hosted by n8n.	Paid yearly; includes cloud flows, attended desktop flows and process/task mining (50 MB).
Free trial	None stated	Free trial of n8n Cloud with Pro-level features, capped at 1,000 executions, no credit card required; 14-day free trial of the self-hosted Business plan (credit card required)	30-day free trial covering UI-based cloud flows and standard connectors
Platforms	Web, API	Web, Self-hosted, API	Web, Windows
Integrations (vendor's figure)	3,000+ apps	500+ integrations	1,400+ connectors
Open source	No	Yes, self-hostable	No
Good for	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	Building an AI agent that answers questions from internal documents Automating lead enrichment and CRM updates with custom logic Running automations on a company's own server to keep data in-house	Routing approval requests and documents in SharePoint and Teams Copying data from invoices or legacy desktop apps into Excel or an ERP system Automating repetitive data entry on a Windows PC
Watch out for	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	No free tier on n8n Cloud; free use means self-hosting the Community Edition SSO, Git-based version control and multiple environments require the Business or Enterprise plan Cloud plans cap monthly executions (2,500 on Starter, 10,000 on Pro) and concurrent executions	The free trial covers only UI-based cloud flows and standard connectors Unattended desktop automation needs the per-bot Process or Hosted Process plan Power Automate for desktop runs only on Windows (not on ARM processors); Windows Home editions cannot trigger desktop flows from the cloud
Made by	Make (part of Celonis)	n8n	Microsoft Corporation

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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