Automation alternatives
Make.com alternatives
The most-used automation tools compared with Make.com — pricing, strengths, and who each one is best for.
The 8 best alternatives to Make.com
Each tool below is a same-category competitor. Click Compare for a side-by-side breakdown against Make.com.
Lindy AIPaidAI agent builder with 5,000+ integrations — create custom AI employees for CRM, email, scheduling, and more.
- 5,000+ integrations
- Multi-agent workflows
GumloopPaidA visual AI automation platform where the nodes are AI steps rather than API calls — closer to an agent builder than to Zapier.
- AI-native nodes, not just data plumbing
- Unlimited agents and seats even on the Pro plan
n8nFreemiumOpen-source workflow automation tool with a visual builder — self-host or use their cloud.
- Open source and self-hostable
- No per-execution pricing
UiPathPaidThe RPA incumbent turned agentic automation platform — robots, AI agents, document processing, and orchestration under one control plane.
- Agents inherit mature orchestration, governance, and credential management
- Combines reasoning agents with deterministic robots for the steps that must not vary
ZapierFreemiumThe most widely used automation platform — connects 6,000+ apps with simple triggers.
- Easiest to learn
- 6,000+ app integrations
ActivepiecesFreemiumOpen-source, AI-first automation platform — a modern Zapier alternative with no-code AI agent building.
- Open source
- AI-first design
BardeenFreemiumAI-powered browser automation — record actions once, let AI repeat them across sites without code.
- Record-and-replay browser tasks
- AI generates automations
BrowserbaseFreemiumHeadless browser infrastructure for AI agents. Built for Stagehand and Claude-style "computer-using" agents that need to navigate real websites.
- Built for AI agent use cases
- Stagehand framework is best-in-class
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