Security, offline and access rules that differ between Make and Zapier. Rows where both tools are the same (3) are left out; the full side-by-side is on each tool’s page: Make, Zapier.
Set up single sign-on in Zapier on Team before you invite the team, so accounts are created through your identity provider rather than by hand.
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AUTOMATION TOOLS · MIGRATION GUIDE
Switching from Make to Zapier
Switching from Make to Zapier is also a fully manual rebuild, most often chosen for Zapier’s larger app library, simpler interface, or to standardize on the more widely-known automation tool across a company.
Quick verdict: Makes sense for teams that value Zapier’s broader app coverage and simpler onboarding for non-technical staff, but budget real time to rebuild every scenario since nothing transfers automatically.
Why teams switch from Make to Zapier
Larger native app library
Zapier supports more pre-built app integrations out of the box, which matters if your stack includes newer or more niche SaaS tools.
Simpler learning curve for non-technical teams
Zapier’s linear “trigger then action” model is generally easier for less technical staff to build and maintain than Make’s visual canvas.
Standardizing automation ownership company-wide
Many companies pick Zapier as the default automation tool because more employees already have some familiarity with it, reducing training overhead.
Estimate the real hidden cost of moving from Make to Zapier, not just the subscription price.
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Assumes a blended $45/hr internal labor rate with no native importer available, so sequences/records are rebuilt largely by hand. Adjust the sliders to match your team.
How to migrate your data
Same manual-rebuild reality applies in this direction; there’s no export/import bridge between the two platforms.
Step
What happens
1Audit existing automations
List every Make zap/scenario along with its trigger, actions, and any filters or conditional logic, since there’s no export file that Zapier can read.
2Prioritize by business impact
Rank automations by how critical they are so revenue- or ops-critical workflows get rebuilt and tested first, not last.
3Rebuild triggers and actions manually
Recreate each automation step-by-step inside Zapier, since Make and Zapier use incompatible internal formats with zero native import/export between them.
4Reconnect app credentials
Re-authenticate every connected app (CRM, email, spreadsheet, etc.) inside Zapier, as OAuth tokens and API keys don’t carry over from Make.
5Test each automation in parallel
Run the rebuilt Zapier automation alongside the original Make one on real data until outputs match before relying on it.
6Retire the old automation
Turn off or archive the Make version only after the Zapier rebuild has run cleanly for at least one full business cycle.
What Zapier’s importer doesn’t handle: There is no native interchange format between Zapier and Make — no import file, no official conversion tool. Every trigger, action, filter, and error handler has to be read from the old automation and rebuilt by hand in the new one.
Pricing during the transition
Here’s how Make and Zapier plans stack up, from free tier to the mid-market plan most switching teams land on.
Plan
Make
Zapier
Free plan
Free: $0 — 1,000 operations/month, 2 active scenarios
Free: $0 — 100 tasks/month, two-step Zaps
Entry paid tier
Core: $12/month billed annually ($16 monthly) for 10,000 credits, unlimited active scenarios
Professional: from $19.99/month billed yearly, depending on task tier, multi-step Zaps
Mid tier
Pro: $21/month billed annually ($28 monthly) for 10,000 credits, priority execution and custom variables
Team: from $69/month billed yearly, shared workflows for up to 25 users
Zapier’s task-based pricing can rise quickly for multi-step automations that run often, so recalculate your expected monthly task volume before choosing a plan.
Feature-parity checklist
Zapier trades some of Make’s visual flexibility for simplicity and a larger app catalog.
Feature
Make
Zapier equivalent
Visual workflow builder
Visual canvas with branching and routers
Linear, step-by-step Zap editor
App/connector library size
Large but somewhat smaller than Zapier’s
Largest app library in the category
Error handling & retry logic
Per-module error handlers and custom retry logic
Basic auto-replay on failures
Pricing model
Per-operation pricing, often cheaper for complex flows
Can we export our Make scenarios as a blueprint and import them into Zapier?
Make does let you export a scenario as a JSON “blueprint,” but Zapier has no importer for that format, so it’s only useful as documentation while you rebuild manually.
Will our scheduled scenario timing carry over exactly?
No, you’ll need to manually reset schedules and intervals in Zapier since scheduling configuration isn’t portable between the two platforms.
Is Zapier’s task-based pricing more expensive for what we run today?
It can be, especially for automations with several steps per execution, so model your typical run volume against Zapier’s task-based tiers before switching.
What’s the riskiest type of scenario to rebuild?
Scenarios with complex router/branching logic in Make are the hardest to replicate exactly in Zapier’s more linear Zap structure, so test edge cases carefully.
Should we run both tools during the transition?
Yes, keep the Make scenario live until its Zapier replacement has been validated against real data for at least a few full cycles.
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