Make · Last verified September 8, 2026
Make
Visual, powerful, and cheaper than Zapier for complex flows.
TRI Score
86.7
Excellent
#3 Best Automation Tools
Overview
Our assessment
Make's visual builder handles branching and iteration better than Zapier at a lower price. The trade-off is a steeper first hour and a slightly smaller app catalogue.
Best for
- Complex multi-step workflows
- Operators comfortable with logic
Not ideal for
- Absolute beginners
Score breakdown
Why it scored 86.7
- Capability30%
- 90
- Value20%
- 90
- Ease of Use15%
- 82
- Reliability15%
- 86
- Professional Utility10%
- 86
- Momentum10%
- 84
How much the product can actually do, and how well it does the core job.
What you get for the price, including what the free plan really covers.
Time from signup to useful result, without training or a consultant.
Consistency, uptime, support responsiveness and predictable behaviour.
How well it fits real professional workflows, not demos.
Rate of meaningful improvement over the last two evaluation cycles.
Trade-offs
Strengths and weaknesses
- Strong branching and data handling
- Good operations-based value
- Interface is dense
- Debugging takes practice
Score history
How the score moved
- Jan 202684.3
- Apr 202685.1
- Jun 202685.9
- Sep 202686.7Latest evaluation cycle.
Head-to-head
Compared with
Evidence
Sources
- Public dataPublic pricing and documentation
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