AI
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Make review
8.4/10★★★★★Visual automation builder with AI agents, Maia assistant and 3,000+ apps
- Best for
- Teams who want complex, visual workflows at a much lower price than Zapier
- Price
- Freemium · from $9/month
Free: 1,000 credits a month, 2 active scenarios, 15-minute minimum interval - Platforms
- Web, API
- Made by
- Celonis · since 2015
What it is
Make (formerly Integromat) builds automations as visual scenarios with branching, routers and detailed data mapping, across more than 3,000 apps. Make AI Agents can decide their own steps inside scenarios, and the Maia assistant builds and debugs workflows from a conversation.
Latest: Make launched Maia, a conversational assistant inside its scenario builder, in August 2026.
What the AI does
- Make AI Agents inside visual scenarios
- Maia, a conversational builder and debugger
- 350+ AI apps in its catalogue
- Make MCP Server
- Make Grid to map and monitor all automations
Pros and cons
- Cheapest paid entry point among the leaders
- Visual builder handles branching and data transformation well
- 3,000+ app integrations
- Maia and AI Agents included on all plans
- Steeper learning curve than Zapier
- No self-hosting
- Credit counting per operation can be hard to predict
How it scores
Strong visual builder and agents at a low price; less approachable than Zapier and cloud only.
Feature checklist · 6 of 9
- AI agents that decide their own steps (yes)
- Builds workflows or agents from a plain-English description (yes)
- 1,000+ app integrations (yes)
- Branching, loops and data transformation (yes)
- Custom code steps (no)
- Self-hosted or private-cloud deployment (no)
- Choice of AI models or bring your own keys (yes)
- MCP support for connecting AI assistants (yes)
- Browser, desktop or computer-use automation (no)
Alternatives
See all Make alternatives, ranked →
- n8n 8.5/10Technical teams who want full control over AI agents, data and hosting
- Zapier 8.2/10Non-technical teams who want the widest app coverage and the fastest setup
- Activepieces 7.9/10Teams who want n8n-style control and self-hosting with a simpler, Zapier-like builder
- Lindy 7.4/10Founders and busy professionals who want an assistant to run email, calendar and admin
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Sources
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