# Make at $12–38/mo Sets New Automation Pricing Standard

Make's credit pricing at $12–38/mo annual replaces per-operation billing. The August 2025 switch signals how automation platforms charge more for AI without raising base prices.

By Neomanex. Updated 2026-07-18.

Make's credit-based pricing — Core at $12/mo, Pro at $21/mo, Teams at $38/mo on annual billing — establishes a model that charges more for AI features without touching base pricing. Our verdict on [Make](/directory/make) stays **conditional**: it's the strongest Zapier alternative on price-to-flexibility ratio, but the credit model adds a cost variable you need to test before scaling.

## How Make's credit pricing works

Make's pricing model has settled into its current form with three key elements:

**Current pricing (annual billing, 10,000 credits/mo):**

| Plan | Price | Credits |
|------|-------|---------|
| Core | $12/mo | 10,000 |
| Pro | $21/mo | 10,000 |
| Teams | $38/mo | 10,000 |

The Free plan remains at $0 with 1,000 credits/mo; Enterprise is custom-priced. Monthly billing costs roughly 15–18% more than annual ([Make Pricing](https://www.make.com/en/pricing), 2026).

**Credit-based billing replaced per-operation.** Since August 27, 2025, Make bills by credit consumption instead of per-operation. Most standard actions consume 1 credit, but advanced AI features — including AI Agents (now in beta), MCP server support, and the AI Toolkit — may consume more. Make's Help Center states: "Effective August 27th, 2025, we're replacing operations with credits as our billing unit" ([Make Help Center](https://help.make.com/coming-soon-credits-as-new-billing-unit-in-make), 2026). This gives Make pricing flexibility as it layers AI into the platform.

**Integration library passes 3,000.** The 3,000+ apps milestone is significant but still trails Zapier's 9,000+ ([Make Integrations](https://www.make.com/en/integrations), 2026) ([Zapier Integrations](https://zapier.com/apps), 2026).

## Why it matters

Make's credit transition is the story — it lets the platform charge more for compute-intensive AI features without touching base pricing. That's a smart hedge as AI Agents move from beta to production.

At $12–38/mo for 10,000 credits, Make still undercuts Zapier's comparable tiers. But if your workflows lean on AI features, track credit consumption carefully — the gap between 1-credit actions and multi-credit AI operations compounds fast at scale.

The 3,000+ integrations milestone is worth noting but isn't the headline. Make had enough integrations for most use cases already. The real bottleneck has always been data transformation depth and complex branching — not raw connector count.

## What changes for you

- **Existing annual-plan users:** Your price stays locked until renewal. No immediate action needed.
- **New subscribers:** Core at $12/mo, Pro at $21/mo, Teams at $38/mo annual. Monthly billing costs more.
- **AI feature users on Make:** Test your real workflows against credit consumption before scaling. A workflow that cost 100 operations could cost 150+ credits if it uses AI nodes.
- **Evaluating automation tools:** [Make](/directory/make) still wins on price-to-flexibility for Zapier migrants. n8n's per-execution model is cheaper for complex multi-step automations. Zapier's 9,000+ integrations still dominate if you need obscure connectors.

## FAQ

**When did the credit-based billing switch take effect?**
The switch from operations to credit-based billing took effect August 27, 2025. Existing annual-plan users at the time kept their legacy pricing until renewal.

**Is 1 credit the same as 1 operation?**
For most standard actions, yes. But Make reserves the right to charge more credits for AI features — which is the entire point of the switch. AI Agents, MCP server calls, and AI Toolkit operations may consume multiple credits. Monitor credit burn once these features move past beta.

**Should I switch to Zapier or n8n?**
It depends on your workload. If you rely on obscure integrations, Zapier's 9,000+ catalog is unmatched. If you self-host or run complex multi-step automations, n8n's per-execution pricing is cheaper. If you want the best visual builder with lower per-action cost than Zapier and don't mind tracking credit consumption, Make is still our conditional pick.

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