Workflow Math

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n8n Cloud vs Zapier 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 all 12. The gap is widest at 50,000 runs of 10 steps: n8n Cloud $144 a month, Zapier $2,199. n8n Cloud counts one execution per run, however many steps it has. Zapier counts each action step as one task; the trigger is free.

Workloadn8n CloudZapier
500 runs × 2 steps$24
Starter		$58.50
Professional
500 runs × 5 steps$24
Starter		$133.50
Professional
500 runs × 10 steps$24
Starter		$133.50
Professional
2,000 runs × 2 steps$24
Starter		$133.50
Professional
2,000 runs × 5 steps$24
Starter		$193.50
Professional
2,000 runs × 10 steps$24
Starter		$283.50
Professional
10,000 runs × 2 steps$60
Pro		$283.50
Professional
10,000 runs × 5 steps$60
Pro		$433.50
Professional
10,000 runs × 10 steps$60
Pro		$733.50
Professional
50,000 runs × 2 steps$144
Pro		$733.50
Professional
50,000 runs × 5 steps$144
Pro		$1,599
Professional
50,000 runs × 10 steps$144
Pro		$2,199
Professional

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:

Triggern8n CloudZapier
Instant (webhook)$24
Starter		$193.50
Professional
Checks every 15 minutes$24
Starter		$193.50
Professional
Checks every 5 minutes$24
Starter		$193.50
Professional
Checks every 1 minute$24
Starter		$253.50
Team

How each one counts

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

Against every platform: 10,000 runs of 5 steps

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

See n8n Cloud's plans

Price your own workflow on all 6 platforms.

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