Is Make worth it in 2026?
Make’s archived plan prices from 2024 to 2026, how its credit limits work, what Trustpilot and Hacker News users report, and who should pay.
The quick answer
Make’s Core plan has printed $9 a month billed yearly ($10.59 billed monthly) on archived pricing pages dated January 2024, July 2025, November 2025 and October 2026, while the unit behind that price moved from operations to credits between the July 2025 and November 2025 captures. As of October 25, 2026, Trustpilot rates Make 2.6 out of 5 from 170 reviews. Pay for Core if you run a few linear scenarios; skip it if a silent failure would cost you money.
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Make’s Core plan has printed $9 a month billed yearly on archived pricing pages from January 2024, July 2025, November 2025 and October 2026, but what that $9 buys has changed. The unit moved from operations to credits between the July 2025 and November 2025 captures, and a notice on the November 2025 copy announced changes to extra credit costs and to the credit limits on Core and Pro.
User reports are harsher than the aggregate ratings. Trustpilot rates Make “Poor” with 2.6 out of 5 across 170 reviews as of October 25, 2026. Toolradar shows 4 out of 5 from 18 reviews sourced from PeerSpot, as of May 27, 2026. The larger Trustpilot sample carries more weight in the verdict below.
Academy data: Of the 1,777 prompt packs in our library, two are about automations (claude-prompts-automations and claude-prompts-zapier), and none is titled around Make (make.com). Every Make figure on this page links to the vendor page or dated archive it comes from.
Make plans as printed on two archived pricing pages
US dollars. Cards show the yearly-billed monthly price. The January 28, 2024 copy labels it “Billed yearly”. The 2025 and 2026 copies show a Pay monthly / Pay annually switch, and their plan data lists $10.59, $18.82 and $34.12 for monthly billing at 10,000 operations.
| Feature | Free | Core | Pro | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 28, 2024 copy: price per month | $0 | $9, billed yearly | $16, billed yearly | $29, billed yearly |
| January 28, 2024 copy: allowance printed | 1,000 Ops/month | 10,000 Ops/month | 10,000 Ops/month | 10,000 Ops/month |
| October 1, 2026 copy: price per month, billed yearly ($10.59, $18.82 and $34.12 billed monthly) | $0 | $9 | $16 | $29 |
| October 1, 2026 copy: allowance printed | Up to 1,000 credits/mo | Price for 10k credits/mo | Price for 10k credits/mo | Price for 10k credits/mo |
What you get
- ✓The entry price has held. Core has printed the same yearly-billed monthly price on each archived copy dated January 2024, July 2025, November 2025 and October 2026, and Free covers 1,000 credits a month.
- ✓The credit rules are printed. Make’s pricing FAQ says router and error handler modules are not counted and gives the usage allowance per 10,000 credits.
- ✓Startup discount on the page. Make’s pricing FAQ says companies under 20 employees can check the Start-up Plan for 50% off Business.
The trade-offs
- ✕Scenarios stop when credits run out. Make’s pricing FAQ says they will not run again until credits are added.
- ✕Trustpilot rates it 2.6 out of 5 across 170 reviews, with recurring complaints about setup and bugs.
- ✕The unit changed in 2025. Operations became credits, and the November 2025 notice adjusted Core and Pro credit limits.
Worth it if…
- →Solo builders and small teams running a few linear scenarios under 10,000 credits a month.
- →People who want a visual builder and a free tier to try it before paying.
Skip it if…
- →You run onboarding, invoicing or other processes where a silent failure costs money or a client.
- →Your volume is well above 10,000 credits a month and you need the exact price before you sign up.
How has Make’s price changed?
The printed prices have held. The January 28, 2024 copy shows Free at $0 with 1,000 Ops/month, and the three paid tiers each beside “Billed yearly”. The July 19, 2025 copy prints the same per-month prices beside “Price for 10,000 Ops/month”. The October 1, 2026 copy prints them again beside “Price for 10k credits/mo”. Jan 28, 2024 copy, Oct 1, 2026 copy.
The unit changed. The July 2025 copy still counts “Ops”. The November 5, 2025 copy counts “credits” and carries a notice, “Effective November 6, 2025”, saying Make is “adjusting credit limits for Core and Pro plans” and “updating extra credit costs”. The Nov 5, 2025 copy dates the change. Make’s pricing FAQ, as cached on October 23, 2026, puts the switch at “As of August 27, credits are the billing unit in Make.”
The 2024 cards say “Billed yearly”. The 2025 and 2026 cards print the same $9, $16 and $29 beside a Pay monthly / Pay annually switch, and their plan data pairs those figures with annual billing. The same FAQ says “prices are cheaper with the annual payment in advance compared to monthly payments”, so compare monthly-billed and yearly-billed figures separately.
What do the limits cost you?
The Free plan gives 1,000 credits a month. The same FAQ says that equals 1 MB of data storage and one data store. When credits run out on any plan, scenarios stop: “Your scenarios won’t continue to run, until credits are added again.”
Each module action counts as one credit in the November 2025 copy, and the FAQ says most actions cost one credit while some AI features use more. Router and error handler modules are not counted. By that rule, a scenario that reads a row, transforms it and writes it uses three credits, so the 10,000-credit price point covers about 3,300 runs a month.
Extra credits come in bundles of 1,000 or 10,000 “at the fixed price defined in your subscription”, or Core, Pro and Teams can auto-purchase 10,000 credits before the balance runs out. Credits expire at the end of the term, and extra credits expire after one month on a monthly plan. The usage allowance scales with credits: per 10,000 credits, 5 GB of data transfer and 10 MB of data storage.
The same FAQ says: “Under 20 employees? Check if you qualify for our Start-up Plan and get 50% off Business.” Above 10,000 credits, a selector sets the price, and the October 1, 2026 copy prints the price for 10,000 credits only. Check the current price on make.com before you size a month of 20,000 credits.
What do users say about Make?
Trustpilot has the largest sample. As of October 25, 2026, the make.com profile shows a TrustScore of 2.6 out of 5 across 170 reviews, labelled “Poor”. The most recent one-star review, dated October 8, 2026, is titled “This platform is buggy and it’s not worth your time and money”. Make’s reply asks which areas the reviewer found buggy and points to the Make Community or Customer Care. The Trustpilot profile lists all 170.
The complaint that recurs is setup and reliability. A one-star review dated September 19, 2026 opens “What a complex rubbish automation to set up.” and continues “Even with the assistance of AI we were going around in circles.” A founder launching a competing tool, Summry, wrote on Hacker News on March 10, 2026 that they had “Built ~15 scenarios” in Make and found that “Scenarios broke silently. Only I could fix them.” The post is linked here.
Toolradar shows 4 out of 5 from 18 reviews sourced from PeerSpot, as of May 27, 2026. Eighteen reviews is a far smaller sample than Trustpilot’s 170, so the two scores disagree and the larger sample decides the verdict. Toolradar’s Make page carries the figure.
The companion iOS app, Make for iOS, shows 3.3 stars from 32 ratings on the US App Store. That rates the app, not the platform.
Users comparing tools are mixed too. A May 3, 2025 comment on a Hacker News thread about n8n says: “I prefer it over Make.com, Pipedream, Zapier, etc. for automations and AI agent tasks.” (Hacker News item 43879735).
How does Make compare with Zapier and n8n?
On the free tier the gap is in the units. Zapier’s pricing page describes its free plan as “Zaps, Tables, and Forms included (100 tasks per month)”, and Make’s Free plan gives 1,000 credits a month. Zapier counts tasks and Make counts credits per module action, so the two numbers are not like-for-like.
For the paid tiers, compare at your real volume on each vendor’s site. Zapier prices by task count and n8n sets its cloud plans by volume as well, so the Core figure does not map directly onto either.
Academy reviews of Zapier, Gumloop and Lindy sit alongside this one for the other tools people weigh against Make.
The verdict
Pay for Core if you run a few linear scenarios, expect to stay near the 10,000-credit price point, and check the run history yourself. Core is the first paid tier, so the step up from Free is small, and its printed price has held on each copy dated January 2024, July 2025, November 2025 and October 2026.
Skip it if a silent failure costs you money or a client. The 2.6 out of 5 Trustpilot score and the “Scenarios broke silently” report are the reason, not the price.
What would change this answer: a Core price other than $9 on a newer archived copy of the pricing page, or a Trustpilot score that climbs as the recent complaints get answered.
Better alternatives?
If it is not the right fit, these are worth a look.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Make cost per month?▾
On the pricing page archived on October 1, 2026, Free is $0 with 1,000 credits a month. Core is printed at $9 a month, Pro at $16 and Teams at $29, each for 10,000 credits and each billed yearly. Billed monthly, the same tiers are $10.59, $18.82 and $34.12. Make’s pricing FAQ says annual payment in advance is cheaper than monthly payment.
Is Make’s free plan enough to start?▾
It covers 1,000 credits a month, which Make’s pricing FAQ says equals 1 MB of data storage and one data store. Once the credits run out, scenarios stop until more are added.
What is a credit in Make?▾
Each module action counts as one credit in the November 5, 2025 copy of the pricing page. Make’s pricing FAQ says most actions cost one credit, some AI features cost more, and router and error handler modules are not counted.
Did Make raise its prices in 2025?▾
Not on the printed cards. The paid tiers kept the same yearly-billed and monthly-billed prices across the archived copies dated January 2024, July 2025, November 2025 and October 2026. The unit changed from operations to credits, and the November 2025 notice said Make was adjusting credit limits for Core and Pro.
How does Make’s free plan compare with Zapier’s?▾
Zapier’s pricing page describes its free plan as 100 tasks per month, against 1,000 credits a month on Make’s. The units are counted differently, so compare the paid tiers at your own volume on each vendor’s site.