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Workflow Automation Software, Compared: Verified 2026 Pricing

Bill BelcaminoBy Bill Belcamino · Last updated September 18, 2026 · Our methodologyResearched and fact-checked by the HelpCompare team

Side-by-side pricing for Zapier, Make and n8n: entry price, free plan, how each vendor bills for AI, and the date we last checked each figure against the vendor’s own pricing page.

Workflow Automation Software, ComparedVerified Sep 18, 2026

Quick answer

  • Lowest published entry price: Make — From $12/mo.
  • Free plans: Zapier (100 tasks/month); Make (1,000 operations (credits)/month); n8n (Free self-hosted Community Edition; no free cloud plan).

Most-read in this category: n8n to Make

Workflow Automation pricing at a glance

Every row links to the comparison where the figure was verified and to the vendor’s pricing page.

ToolEntry priceFree planAI billingG2 ratingVerifiedSource
ZapierFrom $19.99/mo100 tasks/month—4.5 / 52,087 reviewsSeptember 18, 2026in Zapier vs n8nVendor pricing ↗
MakeFrom $12/mo1,000 operations (credits)/month—4.6 / 5349 reviewsSeptember 2, 2026in Zapier vs MakeVendor pricing ↗
n8nFrom $20/mo (2,500 executions, billed annually)Free self-hosted Community Edition; no free cloud plan——September 18, 2026in Zapier vs n8nVendor pricing ↗

Head-to-head comparisons

Make vs n8nUpdated September 23, 2026Zapier vs MakeUpdated September 2, 2026Zapier vs n8nUpdated September 18, 2026

Switching guides

Make to n8nSwitching guideMake to ZapierSwitching guiden8n to MakeSwitching guiden8n to ZapierSwitching guideZapier to MakeSwitching guideZapier to n8nSwitching guide
Verified data

Workflow Automation: security, offline & remote work

The automation tools we track, side by side on compliance, single sign-on, offline access and remote or office controls. Every value links to the vendor page it came from.

What we checkedZapierMaken8n
Security & compliance
SOC 2 reportSOC 2 Type IIsourceSOC 2 Type IIsourceSOC 2 Type IIsource
ISO/IEC 27001Not publishedCertifiedsourceNot published
Other certificationsSOC 3sourceSOC 3sourceSOC 3source
HIPAA (BAA)Not supportedsourceNot publishedNot published
GDPR data processing agreementDPA offeredsourceDPA offeredsourceDPA offeredsource
Single sign-on (SAML/OIDC)YesTeamsourceYesEnterprisesourceYesEnterprisesource
SCIM user provisioningYesEnterprisesourceNot publishedNot published
Two-factor authenticationYessourceYesEnforcement: EnterprisesourceYessource
Admin audit logYesTeamsourceYesEnterprisesourceYesEnterprise (log streaming to your own tools)source
Data residency choicesUS onlysourceUS, EUsourceEUsource
EncryptionAES-256 at rest; TLS 1.2+ in transitsourceAES-256 full-disk encryption at rest (AWS KMS keys); TLS 1.2/1.3 in transitsourceCloud: AES-256 at rest (Azure server-side encryption, FIPS 140-2); traffic encrypted in transitsource
Self-hosting optionNot publishedNot publishedYessource
Offline access
Offline modeNot documentedNot documentedNot documented
Desktop appsNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Mobile appsNot publishediOS, AndroidsourceNot published
Remote, hybrid & in-office
IP allowlistingYessourceNot publishedNot published
Device & session controlsNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Editorial assessment

What this means for your team

  • Audit reports: all publish a SOC 2 report, and Make also holds ISO/IEC 27001. Ask each vendor for the report under NDA before you sign; security reviews usually want the latest one.
  • Single sign-on: Zapier includes it on Team; Make includes it on Enterprise; n8n includes it on Enterprise. If your team signs in through Okta, Microsoft Entra ID or Google, price the plan that includes SSO, not the entry plan.
  • Working offline: Zapier, Make and n8n don’t document an offline mode. Details are in the Offline mode row above.
  • Office-only access: Zapier can restrict sign-ins to approved IP ranges. That suits an office network or a company VPN; fully remote teams need a VPN for it to work.
  • Where your data lives: Make lets you choose US, EU; n8n lets you choose EU. This matters for teams hiring across the EU, UK or Australia.

Zapier: worth knowing

  • SecurityZapier does not offer EU-only data storage. source
  • SecurityAdmins cannot force 2FA in Zapier; with SAML enabled, 2FA must be enforced in your identity provider instead. source
  • SecurityCompany and Enterprise customers can shorten Zap data retention to between 7 and 30 days. source
  • OfficeEnterprise customers can connect Zapier to internal data sources over VPC peering. source

Make: worth knowing

  • RemoteEach Make organization picks a US or EU data center when it is created, and this cannot be changed later. source
  • RemoteMake's iOS and Android apps turn a phone into a trigger/action device for scenarios (e.g. call history, SMS); scenarios are built in the web app. source
  • SecurityMake's SSO supports both OpenID Connect and SAML 2.0, with Okta, Microsoft AD and Google as documented IdPs. source
  • SecurityAudit logs are kept for 12 months. source

n8n: worth knowing

  • OfficeSelf-hosted n8n can run on-premises, but you must put a TLS reverse proxy in front of it and handle encryption at rest yourself. source
  • Securityn8n Cloud runs on Microsoft Azure in the EU; n8n says it is preparing other hosting locations. source
  • SecurityThe full SOC 2 report is available to enterprise customers; others can use the public SOC 3 report. source
  • RemoteCustom session timeouts are supported on self-hosted n8n. source

Checked September 19, 2026 against each vendor’s own trust center, help docs and app pages. Hover or tap “source” to see the exact wording we relied on. “Not published” means we could not find the vendor saying it on its own site; it doesn’t mean the feature is missing. Plan names are the lowest plan the vendor says includes the feature. Security · Offline · Remote vs office · Download the data

Frequently asked questions

Which automation tool is cheapest?

Of the 3 automation tools HelpCompare tracks, the lowest published entry price belongs to Make (From $12/mo, verified September 2, 2026). Entry prices are the cheapest paid tier each vendor publishes; the right answer at your team size depends on seat minimums and add-ons, which each head-to-head comparison breaks down.

Which automation tools have a free plan?

Free plans: Zapier (100 tasks/month); Make (1,000 operations (credits)/month); n8n (Free self-hosted Community Edition; no free cloud plan).

Where does this pricing data come from?

Every figure was recorded from the vendor's own pricing page during research for a HelpCompare comparison, and is dated. The most recent check in this category was September 18, 2026. Nothing is estimated: where a vendor publishes no price, we say so. The full dataset is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 at helpcompare.com/data/.

Sources

Figures come from each vendor’s pricing page, recorded on the date shown. Download the full dataset from Open Data (JSON and CSV, CC BY 4.0).

Cite this page: HelpCompare, “Workflow Automation Software, Compared: Verified 2026 Pricing”, helpcompare.com/workflow-automation/ (updated ).

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