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n8n Cloud vs Make on price

Across 12 workloads (500 to 50,000 runs a month with 2 to 10 action steps, instant triggers), n8n Cloud is cheaper in 5, Make in 7. The gap is widest at 50,000 runs of 10 steps: n8n Cloud $144 a month, Make $678.75. n8n Cloud counts one execution per run, however many steps it has. Make counts every module, the trigger included, as one credit, plus one for every polling check.

Workload	n8n Cloud	Make
500 runs × 2 steps	$24 Starter	$10.59 Core
500 runs × 5 steps	$24 Starter	$10.59 Core
500 runs × 10 steps	$24 Starter	$10.59 Core
2,000 runs × 2 steps	$24 Starter	$10.59 Core
2,000 runs × 5 steps	$24 Starter	$18.82 Core
2,000 runs × 10 steps	$24 Starter	$34.12 Core
10,000 runs × 2 steps	$60 Pro	$34.12 Core
10,000 runs × 5 steps	$60 Pro	$64.71 Core
10,000 runs × 10 steps	$60 Pro	$116.47 Core
50,000 runs × 2 steps	$144 Pro	$116.47 Core
50,000 runs × 5 steps	$144 Pro	$214.31 Core
50,000 runs × 10 steps	$144 Pro	$678.75 Pro

Cheapest published plan a month with monthly billing, instant (webhook) triggers; bold marks the cheaper. "Custom" means no published plan covers it.

With a polling trigger

2,000 runs of 5 steps a month, but the trigger checks for new data on a schedule instead of being pushed:

Trigger	n8n Cloud	Make
Instant (webhook)	$24 Starter	$18.82 Core
Checks every 15 minutes	$24 Starter	$18.82 Core
Checks every 5 minutes	$24 Starter	$18.82 Core
Checks every 1 minute	$24 Starter	$64.71 Core

How each one counts

n8n Cloud: One execution per run, however many steps. Self-hosting the Community Edition is free apart from your server.
Make: The trigger counts too, and a polling trigger uses a credit on every check, even when it finds nothing.

See what counts as a task on each platform for the details.

Against every platform: 10,000 runs of 5 steps

Activepieces$20/mo10,000 runs: Plus plan, 10,000-run tier
n8n Cloud$60/mo10,000 executions: Pro plan, 10,000-execution tier
Make$64.71/mo60,000 credits: Core plan, 80,000-credit tier
Pabbly Connect$79/mo50,000 tasks: Unlimited plan, unlimited
Integrately$299/mo50,000 tasks: Business plan, 150,000-task tier
Zapier$433.50/mo50,000 tasks: Professional plan, 50,000-task tier

See n8n Cloud's plans

See Make's plans

Price your own workflow on all 6 platforms.

Prices checked against each platform's official pricing page on 5 October 2026.