Short answer: Make.com has three pricing tiers in 2026 — a genuinely usable Free plan (1,000 credits/month), a single paid Make plan that starts at $9/month billed annually ($10.59 month-to-month) for 5,000 credits and scales up with the credits you need, and a custom-priced Enterprise plan. Unlike most automation tools, Make no longer hides features behind higher tiers — the paid plan includes unlimited scenarios, teams, and enterprise-app access at every credit level. Your real cost depends on one thing: how many credits your workflows burn per month.
Make.com pricing at a glance (2026)
| Plan | Price (from) | Credits | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 1,000 credits/mo | Learning Make, first automations |
| Make (paid) | $9/mo annual · $10.59 monthly (at 5k) | 5,000 → millions (slider) | Individuals & SMB teams |
| Enterprise | Custom (talk to sales) | Custom | Critical, high-volume operations |
How Make pricing actually works: credits, not "plans"
The most important thing to understand — and the thing most pricing pages gloss over — is that in 2026 Make prices almost everything on a single axis: credits. Make renamed what it used to call "operations" to credits, and the definition is simple: each module action in a scenario counts as one credit (adding a Google Sheet row, sending a Gmail message, and so on) [Make pricing].
That has a consequence people routinely underestimate. Your monthly credit need is not "how many automations do I have" — it's:
credits/month ≈ (steps per scenario) × (times it runs)
A tidy 10-step scenario running once an hour uses roughly 10 × 24 × 30 = 7,200 credits a month — already past the entry 5,000-credit level, on a single automation. This is the number-one reason people's Make bill is higher than they expected: multi-step scenarios and frequent triggers burn credits fast. Budget by steps-times-runs, not by "number of zaps."
Make paid-plan cost by credit volume
The paid "Make" plan uses a slider — you pick your monthly credit allowance and the price follows. Here are the live month-to-month prices at common levels, plus the effective cost per 1,000 credits:
| Credits / month | Price (monthly) | Effective $ / 1,000 credits |
|---|---|---|
| 5,000 | $10.59 | $2.12 |
| 10,000 | $18.82 | $1.88 |
| 20,000 | $34.12 | $1.71 |
| 40,000 | $62.35 | $1.56 |
| 80,000 | $107.06 | $1.34 |
Original insight — Make gets cheaper per credit as you scale. Notice the right-hand column: the cost per 1,000 credits falls from $2.12 at 5k to $1.34 at 80k — roughly a 37% lower unit price as volume grows. Practically, that means it is cheaper to consolidate your automations into one higher-credit organisation than to run several small accounts. Make rewards concentration.
Annual billing saves 15% or more: the 5,000-credit plan drops from $10.59 to $9/month billed annually [Make pricing]. Annual also makes your credits more forgiving — prepaid annual credits expire after 12 months rather than each month, which suits spiky, seasonal workloads.
What each Make plan includes
Here is where Make's 2026 model is unusually buyer-friendly: the paid plan bundles capabilities that competitors (and Make's own older Core/Pro/Teams tiers) used to gate behind upgrades.
| Feature | Free | Make (paid) | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Credits / month | 1,000 | 5,000+ (slider) | Custom |
| Active scenarios | 2 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Min. interval between runs | 15 min | 1 min | 1 min |
| Max scenario run time | 5 min | 40 min | 40 min |
| Parallel & priority execution | — | ✓ | ✓ Priority |
| Max file size | 5 MB | 500 MB | 1,000 MB |
| Execution log retention | 7 days | 30 days | 60 days |
| Teams & team roles | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Enterprise apps access | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom functions | — | — | ✓ |
| SSO, audit logs, overage protection | — | — | ✓ |
| Support | Standard | High-priority | 24/7 senior |
Which Make plan is right for you?
- Just learning automation, or running 1–2 simple workflows → the Free plan is genuinely enough. 1,000 credits and 2 active scenarios cover a couple of light automations, and there's no time limit. Only the 15-minute minimum interval will pinch if you need near-real-time triggers.
- A solopreneur or freelancer running several multi-step automations → the Make paid plan at 5k–10k credits ($9–$18.82/mo) is the sweet spot. You get unlimited scenarios and 1-minute intervals, and you can nudge credits up as you grow.
- An SMB team or agency automating client work → the Make paid plan at 20k–80k credits gives you teams, roles, enterprise apps and the falling per-credit rate — usually far cheaper than a per-task tool at the same volume.
- An organisation with compliance, SSO, or uptime-critical processes → Enterprise, for custom functions, overage protection, audit logs and 24/7 support.
For most people arriving at this page, the honest recommendation is simple: start on Free, then move to the 5k–10k Make plan once a real workflow outgrows 1,000 credits. You will not need to jump tiers to unlock features — only to buy more volume.
Make's Free plan has no time limit, and paid starts at $9/month — the lowest-risk way to test it is to build one real scenario yourself.
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Make pricing: honest pros and limitations
What's genuinely good:
- No feature paywall. Unlimited scenarios, teams and enterprise apps are in the entry paid plan — you pay for volume, not for unlocking basics.
- Low entry price. $9/month (annual) is one of the cheapest serious automation plans available, and the Free tier is usable rather than a trap.
- Predictable scaling. The slider and falling per-credit cost make it easy to forecast spend as you grow.
Where to be careful:
- Credits can disappear faster than you expect. Multi-step scenarios and frequent triggers multiply credit use (see the steps × runs formula above). Model your busiest scenario before committing to a credit level.
- Monthly credits don't roll over on month-to-month billing — only prepaid annual credits last 12 months. Light, uneven users should consider annual.
- Error-handling and re-runs also cost credits. A scenario that fails and retries consumes credits each attempt, so brittle workflows cost more than their "happy path" suggests.
- The 40-minute max run time and file-size caps can matter for heavy data jobs — check them if you move large files.
Make vs Zapier vs n8n on price
Make's credit model makes it substantially cheaper than Zapier for multi-step work, because Zapier historically charges per task while Make's per-credit rate falls with volume. n8n can be cheaper still if you self-host, at the cost of running your own infrastructure. We break each of these down in detail:
- Zapier vs Make (2026) — the head-to-head on pricing, ease of use and where each wins.
- Zapier vs Make vs n8n: how to choose — our pillar guide across all three.
- Best Zapier alternatives (2026) — where Make fits among the cheaper, honest options.
Verdict: is Make.com worth the price?
For non-technical users and small teams, yes — Make offers the most capability per dollar of the mainstream automation tools in 2026. The combination of a truly usable free tier, a $9/month entry point, no feature paywall, and a per-credit cost that drops as you scale is hard to beat. Just size your credits against your busiest scenario, not your optimism. Start free, prove one workflow, then buy the volume you actually use.
Ready to test Make on a real workflow? The Free plan is the honest place to start.
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Frequently asked questions
What is a Make credit?
A credit is one module action inside a scenario — for example, adding a row to a Google Sheet or sending an email. Make counts each such action as one credit; a five-step scenario uses about five credits per run [Make pricing].
How much does Make.com cost in 2026?
Make has a free plan with 1,000 credits per month. The paid Make plan starts at $9/month billed annually (or $10.59 month-to-month) for 5,000 credits and scales up with a slider. Enterprise pricing is custom.
Does Make have a free plan?
Yes. The Free plan includes 1,000 credits per month, two active scenarios, access to 3,000+ apps, and has no time limit — though runs are limited to a 15-minute minimum interval.
How many Make credits do I need?
Estimate credits as steps per scenario × how often it runs. A 10-step scenario running hourly uses roughly 7,200 credits a month, so budget by workflow complexity and frequency, not by the number of automations.
What happens if I run out of credits?
On standard plans, scenarios pause once your credit limit is reached until the next cycle or you add credits. Enterprise plans include overage protection for uninterrupted execution.
Do unused Make credits roll over?
Month-to-month credits do not roll over. Prepaid annual credits expire after 12 months, which gives annual subscribers more flexibility for uneven usage.
Is Make cheaper than Zapier?
For multi-step automations, usually yes — Make's per-credit cost falls with volume, whereas Zapier bills per task. See our Zapier vs Make comparison for the full breakdown.
How we verified this: all prices and features were read directly from make.com/en/pricing on 16 July 2026. Pricing can change — we re-check our recommendations when vendors update their plans. Published by the Auto Decision Hub Editorial team. Last reviewed: 16 July 2026.
Related: n8n pricing explained (2026) — plans, execution costs, and self-host vs cloud.
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Reviewed by Perinah Yaduvanshi — Editor, Auto Decision Hub
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