prices verified june 2026 · 3 workflows · monthly billing

Make vs Pipedream — pricing & features compared

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Pipedream

Make is the lower-cost option across these volumes, and this time the no-code tool is the cheaper one. Pipedream is built for developers — workflows are Node/Python code steps with full npm/PyPI access — so it offers programmability Make's visual builder doesn't. Choose Pipedream if your team wants to write code; otherwise Make covers most needs for less. See the price table for figures.

Price by volume

What you'd pay per month

Cheapest qualifying plan for each tool, including overage, at four typical volumes.

runs / month	Make	Pipedream
1,000	$10.59 ✓Core 10k	$45Basic
5,000	$18.82 ✓Core 20k	$75Basic +ops
20,000	$64.71 ✓Core 80k	$153Basic +ops
100,000	$214.31 ✓Core 300k	$309.6Basic +ops

~ = estimated custom-tier pricing (vendor quotes individually; calibrated against public list prices). Assumes 3 workflows, monthly billing, cheapest qualifying plan. Prices verified June 2026 — see the price changelog.

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Where they differ

Feature differences that matter

Only the rows where Make and Pipedream actually differ — identical capabilities are left out.

Feature	Make	Pipedream
Free tier	1,000/mo · 2 active	100 credits/mo · 3
Execution timeout	40 min	30 sec (free) / 12 min (paid)
Log history	30 days	24 hours (free)
EU data residency	✓	✗
Code steps	✗	✓

Same on both: integrations · overage model · steps per workflow · self-hosting · ai features · multi-user · api access · webhooks · license.

Trade-offs

Pros & cons

Make

Best price per op in cloud
30-day log history on free
Visual drag-and-drop

No self-hosting
No native code steps

Pipedream

Run Node.js/Python in workflows
3,000+ integrations
Best for devs

Overage no longer public — quote only
Very limited free tier
No self-host

FAQ

Common questions

From published pricing, Make is the lower-cost option across the volumes we track — $10.59 vs $45 at 1,000 runs/mo, and $214.31 vs $309.6 at 100,000. Figures include overage where it applies — see the table above. Price is one factor; the feature and trade-off sections cover the rest.

In Make, one operation = one module execution, counted per module across the scenario. In Pipedream, one credit ≈ 30 seconds of compute time (at 256 MB) — billed on execution time, not step count, so a typical run is about one credit.

No — both are cloud-only. If self-hosting matters to you (cost control, GDPR, data residency), look at n8n or Activepieces instead — see the compare tool.

When you want real code. Pipedream runs Node/Python steps with npm and PyPI packages, an event-data inspector and an API-first design — capability that matters when logic gets genuinely complex.

Taken from official pricing pages and verified June 2026. Values marked ~ are estimates for custom enterprise tiers. Every change we record lands in the price changelog.

Try them

Both have free tiers — test with your real workflow

Make

1,000 free ops a month (2 active scenarios) — enough to run a real pilot before paying anything.

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Pipedream

Free tier gives 100 credits a month on 3 workflows — enough to validate an integration.

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An objective cost comparison from each vendor's public pricing pages (June 2026) — not a recommendation; rankings reflect price only, so verify current pricing before deciding. We run an affiliate link for Make (the only one of these tools with a public referral program); the others don't offer one, so those are plain links — affiliate status never affects the comparison. See our affiliate disclosure.

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