Cost of a 10-step workflow running hourly: Zapier vs Make vs n8n
The lowest verified price is Make (Core 10,000 credits) at $9.00/mo.
720 runs a month (hourly), 10 billable actions each.
Prices checked 2026-10-15. Open this in the calculator →
Prices on this page: Israel/EU pricing (as recorded in our data). Billing period is stated next to each price.
- This workload is 7,200 Zapier tasks, 7,920 Make credits or 720 n8n executions a month.
- Lowest verified price: Make (Core 10,000 credits) at $9.00/month, $216.00 over 24 months.
- The priciest ranked option is Zapier at $129.00/month: $1,440.00 more per year than the lowest verified price.
Israel/EU pricing · annual billing · prices checked 2026-10-15
Your workload in each vendor's unit: 7,200 Zapier tasks · 7,920 Make credits · 720 n8n executions per month (annual billing).
| # | Option | Plan | Per month | Per year | 24 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make lowest verified | Core 10,000 credits | $9.00 | $108.00 | $216.00 |
| 2 | n8n Cloud | Starterlist €20.00 | $22.42 | $268.99 | $537.98 |
| 3 | Zapier | Professional 10,000 tasks | $129.00 | $1,548.00 | $3,096.00 |
Prices in USD, excluding sales tax/VAT.
Based on Israel/EU pricing. Local prices and taxes may differ.
Self-hosted n8n Community shown, never ranked
The software is free with no execution cap. Infrastructure cost is Not published by vendor (only a single secondary source so far). Self-hosting costs less than the lowest verified price (Make, $9.00/mo) only if your server plus your time costs less than that.
The catch, per option
- Zapier — Professional 10,000 tasksOverage: Pay-per-task is on (on by default for accounts created after January 2024; older accounts may need to opt in). Overage rate not published (charged at a higher per-task rate than plan tasks). Zaps stop at 3× your plan's task limit (plan + pay-per-task). On this plan that is 30,000 tasks. Never used to rank.
- Every successful billable action is a task; triggers and built-in steps (Filter/Formatter/Path) cost 0 tasks.
- Free allows unlimited Zaps, but two-step only (trigger + 1 action, no built-in steps, no webhooks).
- Standard actions use 1 task. AI model tier, code runtime and connector type affect how many tasks an action uses. One MCP tool call uses two tasks. Extended Code runtime (off by default, not on Free) beyond the included runtime uses 1 task per 30-second block.
- Verified price without overage: next tier that covers the volume ($129.00/mo). With pay-per-task: overage rate not published (staying on the 5,000-task plan means paying for 2,200 extra tasks, cap 15,000 tasks), so no total is shown.
- Make — Core 10,000 creditsOverage: Scenarios stop at the credit limit; upgrade, buy extra credits or go Enterprise.
- 1 credit per module action including the trigger read; Router and error handlers are free and are not entered (1 trigger + 10 billable actions per run).
- When credits run out, scenarios stop; unused credits expire.
- Scheduled (polling) triggers use 1 credit per check even when nothing is found: hourly is 720 credits a month, every 5 minutes is 8,640 (help.make.com, read 2026-10-17). Not included in this total. https://help.make.com/step-10-schedule-your-scenario
- Same volume on Pro: $16.00/mo; Teams: $29.00/mo.
- n8n Cloud — Starter
- One execution = one whole workflow run, so step count does not change the price.
- No auto-overage on Starter/Pro-1: upgrade or one-time reset.
- Priced in EUR; converted with the exchange rate you set.
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