prices verified june 2026 · 3 workflows · monthly billing

Make vs n8n — which costs less?

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n8n

Price barely separates these two — Make's free tier wins at 1,000 ops, n8n's flat ~$8/mo self-hosted wins above it, and at 5,000 ops the gap is exactly $1. The real decision is whether you want to run a server: happy to self-host → n8n; want a managed cloud with a visual builder → Make. Either way, you won't overpay by much.

Price by volume

What you'd pay per month

Cheapest qualifying plan for each tool, including overage, at four typical volumes.

ops / month	Make	n8n
1,000	$0 ✓Free	$8self-hosted*
5,000	$9Core	$8 ✓self-hosted*
20,000	$18Core +ops	$8 ✓self-hosted*
100,000	~$45Enterprise (estimate)	$8 ✓self-hosted*

~ = estimated custom-tier pricing (vendor quotes individually; calibrated against public list prices). Assumes 3 workflows, monthly billing, cheapest qualifying plan. Prices verified June 2026 — see the price changelog. * self-hosted = open-source edition + ~$8/mo VPS.

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Where they differ

Feature differences that matter

Only the rows where Make and n8n actually differ — identical capabilities are left out.

Feature	Make	n8n
Integrations	1,500+	400+
Free tier	1,000/mo · Unlimited	Unlimited* · Unlimited*
Overage model	+$9 per 10,000 ops	none — upgrade only
Execution timeout	40 min	No limit*
Log history	30 days	7 days (cloud)
Self-hosting	✗	✓
Code steps	✗	✓
License	Proprietary (cloud)	Sustainable Use

Same on both: steps per workflow · gdpr-friendly · ai features · multi-user · api access · webhooks.

Trade-offs

Pros & cons

Make

Best price per op in cloud
30-day log history on free
Visual drag-and-drop

No self-hosting
No native code steps

n8n

Truly unlimited self-hosted
Best AI/LLM nodes
Strong community

Setup required for self-host
Big jump from Pro to Business tier

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FAQ

Common questions

It depends on volume — the cheaper pick flips: 1,000 ops: Make · 5,000 ops: n8n · 20,000 ops: n8n · 100,000 ops: n8n. Check the table above for your usage level.

In Make, one operation = one module execution, counted per module across the scenario. n8n Cloud counts workflow executions — one run is one execution regardless of step count; self-hosted n8n has no metering at all.

n8n yes — self-hosting makes it nearly free at any volume. Make is cloud-only.

Because self-hosting isn't free in practice — n8n's $8 is a VPS you patch, back up and monitor yourself. Make is fully managed, its free tier covers 1,000 ops/mo outright, and even at 100,000 ops it's ~$45/mo. If nobody on the team wants server keys, Make is the sane default — you're paying a few dollars for zero ops burden.

Taken from official pricing pages and verified June 2026. Values marked ~ are estimates for custom enterprise tiers. Every change we record lands in the price changelog.

Try them

Both have free tiers — test with your real workflow

n8n

Community Edition is free forever self-hosted; Cloud has a free trial — test a real workflow either way.

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Make

1,000 free ops a month, unlimited scenarios — enough to run a real pilot before paying anything.

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