Comparisons
We publish the criteria before the verdict, and we state which platforms we have actually run.
Cost model
The same workflow cost 13 credits, 1 execution and 11 tasks
One controlled job on Make, n8n and Pabbly. Why those three numbers do not convert, and what a failed run costs on each.
Head to head
Make vs n8n: the billing units are not comparable
Credits against workflow executions, and how each failed when we broke it on purpose.
Free options
Free ways to automate before you pay anyone
Starting with the answer that involves buying nothing — and earns us nothing.
Not sure the task is worth automating at all? Work through the Automation Decision Sheet first.