n8n, Make, Zapier and Power Automate prices
| Tool | Plan | Price per month | What’s included |
|---|---|---|---|
| n8n | Community | Free | You install it on your own server. |
| n8n | Starter | EUR 20, billed annually | 2,500 executions a month, hosted by n8n. |
| n8n | Pro | EUR 50, billed annually | 10,000 executions a month, hosted by n8n. |
| n8n | Business | EUR 667, billed annually | 40,000 executions a month, on your server. |
| n8n | Enterprise | On request | Hosted by n8n or on your server. |
| Make | Free | USD 0 | 1,000 credits a month, with at least 15 minutes between two runs. |
| Make | Core | USD 9, billed annually | 10,000 credits a month. |
| Make | Pro | USD 16, billed annually | 10,000 credits a month, priority execution. |
| Make | Teams | USD 29, billed annually | 10,000 credits a month, teams and roles. |
| Make | Enterprise | On request | Round-the-clock support, advanced security. |
| Zapier | Free | USD 0 | 100 tasks a month, two-step automations. |
| Zapier | Professional | From USD 19.99 billed annually, USD 29.99 billed monthly | Multi-step automations. The price goes up with the number of tasks. |
| Zapier | Team | From USD 69 billed annually, USD 103.50 billed monthly | 25 users, shared automations. |
| Zapier | Enterprise | On request | Unlimited users. |
| Power Automate | Premium | CHF 12.10 per user, billed annually | Cloud and desktop flows. Before VAT. |
| Power Automate | Process | CHF 121.50 per bot, billed annually | A process that runs with nobody at the screen. Before VAT. |
Prices checked on November 1, 2026, in each vendor’s own currency. n8n’s page lists its prices in euros, but from Switzerland it shows them in dollars: USD 20, 50 and 800 billed annually, USD 24, 60 and 960 billed monthly. Zapier quotes its prices before tax, Microsoft before VAT. At Make, paying annually saves 15%.
Steps, credits or executions: how each one counts
This is where the prices part ways. Zapier counts tasks: every step of an automation uses some. Make counts credits: every module action uses some, usually one. n8n counts executions: an automation that runs from start to finish counts once, whether it has 3 steps or 30.
Take a 5-step automation that runs 1,000 times a month. At n8n, that’s 1,000 executions. At Make and Zapier, it’s several thousand credits or tasks. The longer your automations, the more that gap matters.
n8n or Make
Make draws each scenario as a diagram, module by module, and its free plan gives you 1,000 credits a month to try it out. It’s a good fit for automations with a few steps, at medium volume, built by someone who doesn’t write code.
n8n is aimed at people who are a bit more technical. In return, long automations cost the same there as short ones, it accepts JavaScript or Python code, and it handles AI agents. All its plans include unlimited users. And it can run on your own server, which matters when your data has to stay in-house.
Zapier or Make
Zapier is set up step by step, without a diagram, and lists more than 9,000 apps. Its free plan allows 100 tasks a month. After that, the Professional plan starts at USD 19.99 a month billed annually, and its price rises with the task tier you pick, according to Zapier’s pricing page.
Make shows the whole scenario at a glance and lists more than 3,500 apps. Its Core plan gives you 10,000 credits a month for USD 9 billed annually, according to Make’s pricing page. For a small automation that rarely runs, either one will do. For longer scenarios, compare the number of steps and runs before you choose.
n8n or Power Automate
Power Automate is Microsoft’s automation tool. The Premium plan costs CHF 12.10 per user per month billed annually, before VAT, and the Process plan CHF 121.50 per bot per month, for a process that runs on its own, according to Microsoft’s pricing page. It makes sense if your whole business lives in Microsoft 365, or if you need to automate clicks in old software installed on a PC.
n8n is paid per execution, not per user. It connects to Google just as well as to Microsoft, and it can call any tool that has an API, including Swiss invoicing or business management software.
Which automation tool to choose
- Two or three common apps, a few hundred runs a month: Zapier or Make, on their free or entry plan.
- Multi-step scenarios at medium volume: Make.
- Long automations, AI agents, or data that has to stay on your server: n8n.
- A business that runs entirely on Microsoft 365, with tasks done on a PC: Power Automate.
Whichever you pick, the account is in your name. If you change providers, your automations stay with you.
What an automation built for you costs
A simple automation connects two or three tools. It costs CHF 800, and that covers mapping the process with you, the build, testing and documentation.
When AI has to read emails, invoices or forms, pull out the information and prepare a reply, plan on CHF 2,000. After that, ongoing care costs CHF 200 a month: monitoring, alerts and small fixes. We build with n8n or Make, depending on your tools and your data.
CalculatorWhat is an automation worth to you?Pick your options: the price shows up right away.Elsewhere in Switzerland, providers who publish their prices charge between CHF 490 and 25,000 for a first automation, with a median entry price of CHF 1,700. Monthly care runs around CHF 200. Published prices, surveyed in November 2026, almost always before VAT.
When another provider is a better fit
If your IT team already knows Power Automate, or if the automation has to run at the heart of an ERP with round-the-clock uptime guarantees, a team that specializes in that software is better placed. And if you like to tinker, Zapier and Make are easy to pick up on your own: start with their free plan.