n8n (Self-Hosted & Cloud) vs Make (Integromat)

Which tool offers lower real-world costs and fewer overage traps? Here is the unvarnished 2026 breakdown.

n8n (Self-Hosted & Cloud)

Very Low Risk

Fair-code workflow automation tool with unlimited self-hosted executions

Starting Price $0 Self-hosted (Community) | €20/mo Cloud (2,500 executions) Execution-based on Cloud / $0 for infinite runs when self-hosted via Docker

Free Tier Allowance Self-hosted Community Edition is 100% free with unlimited workflows and executions

⚠️ Top Trap Risk "Self-hosting requires maintaining a $5/mo VPS (Railway/Hetzner) and configuring SSL/backups"

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Make (Integromat)

Low Risk

Visual automation platform with drag-and-drop data manipulation at 1/5th Zapier's price

Starting Price $0 Free (1,000 ops/mo) | $9/mo Core (10,000 ops/mo) Operations volume (1 operation = 1 module execution)

Free Tier Allowance 1,000 operations/month, 2 active scenarios

⚠️ Top Trap Risk "Data iteration loops (e.g. processing 100 rows in a sheet) execute 100 individual operations in seconds"

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