Automation tool pricing — what actually changed, 2024-06 – 2026-06
Across the major automation platforms, core pricing has barely moved in two years. Here is the evidence — every claim links to a dated Web Archive snapshot.
- Zapier — core plans ($0 / $19.99 / $69) unchanged for 2+ years.
- Make — annual prices ($9 / $16 / $29) flat since at least Feb 2025.
- n8n — one real overhaul (Aug 2025): workflow limits removed, Business tier added.
- Pipedream — Basic / Advanced ($29 / $49) flat; free tier cut 300 → 100 credits.
Two years of pricing, tool by tool
Each entry links to a dated Web Archive snapshot. Product launches and display changes are labelled as such — only genuine price moves are marked Real change.
Zapier
No core price change in 2+ yearsAn "Agents (Beta) — Starts at $50/mo" block appeared on the pricing page alongside the existing Chatbots / Interfaces / Tables teasers. Core automation plans were unchanged.
Zaps, Tables and Interfaces were merged into unified platform plans; Agents and Chatbots got their own tabs and tiers. Core prices stayed $0 / $19.99 / $69. This is the layout you see today.
Make
Annual prices flat since at least Feb 2025From mid-May 2026 the archived page rendered the monthly variant of the same plans. The live annual list price stayed $9 / $16 / $29 (verified 2026-06-12). No actual price change.
n8n
One real overhaul (Aug 2025): workflow limits removed + Business tierUntil 6 Aug 2025: Starter $24/$20 (monthly/annual) capped at 5 active workflows; Pro $60/$50 capped at 15; plus a $120/mo tier (50k exec / 50 workflows). On 7 Aug 2025 the workflow/step/user limits were removed (now unlimited), quotas were rewritten to annual, the $120 tier was discontinued and a Business plan ($667 / $800 annual / monthly) appeared.
The page stopped rendering the monthly figures (24 / 60 / 800) in HTML and defaulted to annual only. The annual prices themselves did not change.
Pipedream
Core flat; free tier cut and a new Connect planA new "Connect" plan ($99/mo, 10k credits, auth for external users) was added to the lineup. A catalogue addition rather than a change to existing prices.
The free monthly credit allowance dropped from 300 (April 2025) to 100 (January 2026) — a real reduction in the free tier. The exact date falls inside this window; the live tier today is 100 credits / mo.
The self-hosted tools
These have no list-price history to chart — they are free or open-source; the only cost is the server you run them on.
Method & honest caveats
Curated from Web Archive (Wayback Machine) snapshots of each vendor's pricing page, 2024-06 to 2026-06. Only CONFIRMED, evidence-linked events are published; rendering and packaging artifacts are labelled as such, not as price changes. Live figures cross-checked against our daily price audit (verified 2026-06-12).
Some windows are coverage gaps (marked ⚠) where a vendor rendered prices client-side, so the archive holds no figures — we don't guess. From here on, our daily price audit records changes as they happen.
Prices are stable — so pick on your volume.
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