- Pick it if you are:
- Automation agencies and freelancers; Ops and marketing teams with multi-step workflows
- Top complaint:
- Why does Make use so many credits?
- Price:
- Free plan, paid from $10.59/mo
- Pick it if you are:
- Startups embedding integrations into their product; AI agent builders needing app access via MCP
- Top complaint:
- Pipedream Workflows is shutting down on March 31, 2027
- Price:
- Free plan, paid from $150/mo
Score Comparison
Signals Comparison
Make
- Why does Make use so many credits?(8/10)
- Make switched from operations to credits (AI modules cost more)(6/10)
- Make extra credits now cost 25% more, Core capped at 300k credits(6/10)
Pipedream
- Workflows closed to new signups and subscriptions(9/10)
- Credits are billed per 30 seconds and scale with memory(7/10)
- Free plan is development only; production needs a paid plan(8/10)
Make
- Make webhook not triggering the scenario(8/10)
- Make scenarios turn off automatically after errors(8/10)
- Make outages disabled scenarios and dropped webhooks(8/10)
Pipedream
- Pipedream Workflows is shutting down on March 31, 2027(10/10)
- Connected account tokens expire or get revoked and triggers go quiet(8/10)
Make
- Make connections keep expiring (invalid refresh token)(7/10)
Pipedream
- Export does not include secrets, connections, data stores or event history(9/10)
- Webhook URLs stop working at shutdown(8/10)
Make
- Make support is slow and billing refunds are hard(7/10)
Pipedream
- Free plan has community-only support; email only on Startup(6/10)
Make
- Make has a steep learning curve (bundles, iterators, aggregators)(5/10)
Pipedream
No signals
Make
- Make errors are hard to diagnose(6/10)
Pipedream
No signals
Make
- Make scenarios time out after 40 minutes(6/10)
- Make hits rate limits (429) on busy scenarios(5/10)
- Make editor is slow with large scenarios(4/10)
Pipedream
- Timeouts: 30s for HTTP triggers, 300s free and 750s paid maximum(7/10)
- Out of Memory and 6 MB payload limit break data-heavy workflows(7/10)
- No loop step: one bad record can fail a whole run(5/10)
Make
No signals
Pipedream
- SSO, SCIM, HIPAA and static egress IPs only on Business(6/10)
Pricing Comparison
Make
Storage: 1 MB data storage
Limits: 5-minute max execution time, 5 MB file size, 7-day log retention.
Limits: $9/month billed annually ($108/year). 100 MB file size, 30-day logs. Unused credits expire at end of term.
Limits: $16/month billed annually ($192/year).
Limits: $29/month billed annually ($348/year).
Limits: Custom pricing via sales.
Pipedream
Users: Unlimited team members
Limits: No production environment, no external users, community support only, no SLAs, no SSO/SCIM/HIPAA, no static egress IPs
Users: Unlimited team members
Limits: No SSO, SCIM, HIPAA or static egress IPs
Users: Unlimited team members
Limits: Same as annual
Users: Unlimited team members
Limits: Sales-led only
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Make | Pipedream |
|---|---|---|
| Automation | ||
| Visual scenario builder Routers, iterators, aggregators, filters | ||
| Building | ||
| Code steps (Node.js, Python) | ||
| Prebuilt triggers and actions 10,000+ per pricing page | ||
| Loop step Iteration is done in code, per a competitor guide | ||
| Triggers | ||
| Instant webhooks Queue size scales with plan credits (667 per 10k, max 10,000) | ||
| Reliability | ||
| Error handlers Resume, Skip, Break, Rollback, Commit; don't consume credits | ||
| Incomplete executions storage | ||
| AI | ||
| MCP servers Part of Connect, which continues | ||
| Custom AI provider connections All paid plans since Nov 2025 | ||
| Security | ||
| SSO / SCIM Business only | ||
| Deployment | ||
| Self-hosting Cloud only | ||
| Lifecycle | ||
| Workflows after March 31, 2027 Scheduled shutdown | ||
| Developer | ||
| Custom code in modules Limited compared with n8n Code nodes | ||
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