Make credits: what they cost, extras included
A Make credit costs $1.06 per 1,000 on Core's 10,000-credit tier ($10.59 a month) and $0.71 per 1,000 on its 300,000 tier, with monthly billing. Extra credits cost 25% more than your plan's own: 1,000 extra on the 10,000-credit Core plan cost $1.324 billed monthly, or $1.125 at the $9 yearly price. For ordinary apps a credit is what Make used to call an operation: one module run.
| Credits a month | Price | Per 1,000 | 1,000 extra |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | $10.59 $9 | $1.06 $0.90 | $1.324 $1.125 |
| 20,000 | $18.82 $16 | $0.94 $0.80 | $1.176 $1.000 |
| 40,000 | $34.12 $29 | $0.85 $0.72 | $1.066 $0.906 |
| 80,000 | $64.71 $55 | $0.81 $0.69 | $1.011 $0.859 |
| 150,000 | $116.47 $99 | $0.78 $0.66 | $0.971 $0.825 |
| 300,000 | $214.31 $182.16 | $0.71 $0.61 | $0.893 $0.759 |
Before taxes. Core stops at 300,000 credits; Pro and Teams go higher and cost more per credit at the same volume (every Make tier). Make's own example: “For example, if you subscribe to a $9 plan and have 10,000 credits, 1 credit costs $0.0009 ($9 / 10,000 credits). If you decide to buy 1,000 extra credits, it costs $1.125 (1,000 credits * $0.0009 * 1.25). If you decide to buy 10,000 extra credits, it costs $11.25 (10,000 credits * $0.0009 * 1.25).”
Extra credits or the next tier?
Extras cost more per credit than the tier you're on, so past a point moving up is cheaper. With monthly billing on Core:
- On 10,000 credits ($10.59), up to 6,000 extra cost less than moving to 20,000 ($18.82).
- On 20,000 credits ($18.82), up to 13,000 extra cost less than moving to 40,000 ($34.12).
- On 40,000 credits ($34.12), up to 28,000 extra cost less than moving to 80,000 ($64.71).
- On 80,000 credits ($64.71), up to 51,000 extra cost less than moving to 150,000 ($116.47).
- On 150,000 credits ($116.47), up to 100,000 extra cost less than moving to 300,000 ($214.31).
How many credits will your scenario use?
$14.56 a month: Core's 10,000-credit tier plus 3,000 extra credits beats the 20,000 tier at $18.82.
| Credits a month | 12,500: 10,000 for the modules, 2,500 for the trigger |
|---|---|
| Cheapest tier | Core, 20,000 credits: $18.82 a month |
| Or top up | Core, 10,000 credits ($10.59) plus 3,000 extra credits ($3.97): $14.56 a month |
| Per run | $0.00582 |
Each module run is a credit, the trigger included; a polling trigger uses one on every check, even when it finds nothing. Modules after the trigger run once per item it returns, so count a run per item. Routers and error handlers are free; AI modules can use more.
Make credits vs operations
“Credits replaced operations as the term for Make's billing unit. Your existing plan and pricing, including the cost of credits, remain unchanged. The cost of credits varies by plan.” For ordinary apps the two are the same number: “Non-AI apps: 1 operation equals 1 credit.” Make keeps both words: “Credits and operations are separate terms because they serve different purposes: credits help you track how much you’re spending, and operations show the outcome of your activities on the platform.”
How do extra credits work?
- “Manually purchased extra credits include a 25% additional cost compared to the credits in your plan. The cost of extra credits is the same whether you purchase them manually or through auto-purchasing.”
- “When you use all of the credits in your subscription, Make automatically purchases 10,000 extra credits. All automatic purchases are in units of 10,000 credits. Make then bills you for the 10,000 extra credits.”
- “If you use all 10,000 extra credits, Make auto-purchases 10,000 credits again. Make limits auto-purchasing to the number of credits in your subscription. For example, if your plan has 80,000 credits, Make auto-purchases a maximum of 8 times.”
- “Extra credits are valid until the end of your current billing cycle.” “For the Core plan with annual billing, your regular credits reset monthly, and any extra credits you purchase will also expire at each monthly reset.”
- “Extra credits purchasing is available to users on paid plans.”
How many credits does Make's free plan include?
1,000 a month (“Up to 1,000 credits/mo”), and you can't buy extras on it. A scheduled scenario can run at most once every 15 minutes, which is 2,880 checks a month if it polls all month: more than the free credits on its own. Every free plan compared.
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Sources: Make pricing, checked 2026-10-05; Make: credits and Make: extra credits, checked 2026-10-07.
Prices checked against each platform's official pricing page on .