Compare deployment responsibility and billing units before comparing headline prices.
Explore Make for visual app-to-app scenarios; estimate actions executed per run.
Full profile ↗Explore n8n when execution-based cloud plans or a self-hosted deployment match your requirements.
Full profile ↗Editorial guidance informed by official documentation · Checked 2026-11-06 · Not a hands-on ranking.
| Decision point | Make | n8n |
|---|---|---|
| Typical evaluation | Explore visual app-to-app processes with clearly defined steps. | Explore automation where deployment and workflow control matter. |
| Documented tasks | Build scenarios connecting apps and transforming data. Trigger workflows from events such as new records. Estimate consumption from the actions performed per run. | Build workflows with integrations, AI nodes, and agent components. Evaluate execution-based cloud allowances. Consider self-hosting when you can operate the infrastructure. |
| Platforms | Web | Web, Self-hosted |
| Access & billing | Billing uses credits. Most module actions consume one credit; some AI actions use more. Verify the current plan quote. | Cloud Starter: €20/month billed annually, with 2,500 monthly workflow executions. Other plans and self-hosted deployments have different terms. |
| Important trade-off | Loops and multiple records may create many billable actions per run. | Self-hosting adds updates, monitoring, backup, and infrastructure responsibilities. |
| Hands-on result | No LaunchGrow benchmark has been performed. | No LaunchGrow benchmark has been performed. |
Model one trigger, two integrations, validation, and a failure route. Test one and one hundred records. Include retries and approvals, then estimate vendor-specific billable units.
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