Security, offline and access rules that differ between Zapier and Make. Rows where both tools are the same (3) are left out; the full side-by-side is on each tool’s page: Zapier, Make.
Set up single sign-on in Make on Enterprise before you invite the team, so accounts are created through your identity provider rather than by hand.
If you restrict Zapier to office or VPN IP addresses today, check how you will enforce the same rule in Make; we found no IP allowlisting documented.
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
AUTOMATION TOOLS · MIGRATION GUIDE
Switching from Zapier to Make
Switching from Zapier to Make is a fully manual rebuild, not a migration, since the two platforms have no shared file format or official conversion tool between them.
Quick verdict: Worth it mainly for teams with complex, high-volume automations where Make’s operations-based pricing and visual branching logic pay for the rebuild effort over time; not worth it for a handful of simple Zaps.
Why teams switch from Zapier to Make
Operations-based pricing scales better for complex flows
Make charges per operation rather than per multi-step task, which can be significantly cheaper for automations with many steps per run.
Visual, branching workflow builder
Make’s canvas shows parallel branches and routers visually, making complex conditional logic easier to build and debug than Zapier’s more linear step list.
More granular error handling
Make offers built-in error handlers per module, giving finer control over retries and fallback paths than Zapier’s more limited auto-replay options.
Estimate the real hidden cost of moving from Zapier to Make, 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
Because there’s no import tool, plan this as a project with real engineering time, not a weekend task.
Step
What happens
1Audit existing automations
List every Zapier zap/scenario along with its trigger, actions, and any filters or conditional logic, since there’s no export file that Make 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 Make, since Zapier and Make use incompatible internal formats with zero native import/export between them.
4Reconnect app credentials
Re-authenticate every connected app (CRM, email, spreadsheet, etc.) inside Make, as OAuth tokens and API keys don’t carry over from Zapier.
5Test each automation in parallel
Run the rebuilt Make automation alongside the original Zapier one on real data until outputs match before relying on it.
6Retire the old automation
Turn off or archive the Zapier version only after the Make rebuild has run cleanly for at least one full business cycle.
What Make’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 Zapier and Make plans stack up, from free tier to the mid-market plan most switching teams land on.
Plan
Zapier
Make
Free plan
Free: $0 — 100 tasks/month, two-step Zaps
Free: $0 — 1,000 operations/month, 2 active scenarios
Entry paid tier
Professional: from $19.99/month billed yearly, depending on task tier, multi-step Zaps
Core: $12/month billed annually ($16 monthly) for 10,000 credits, unlimited active scenarios
Mid tier
Team: from $69/month billed yearly, shared workflows for up to 25 users
Pro: $21/month billed annually ($28 monthly) for 10,000 credits, priority execution and custom variables
Make’s module/operation-based pricing model doesn’t map cleanly onto Zapier’s task-based model, so estimate your typical monthly operation count on Make before committing to a tier.
Feature-parity checklist
The core trade-off is Zapier’s larger app library and simplicity versus Make’s cheaper scaling and visual complexity handling.
Feature
Zapier
Make equivalent
Visual workflow builder
Linear, step-by-step Zap editor
Visual canvas with branching and routers
App/connector library size
Largest app library in the category
Large but somewhat smaller than Zapier’s
Error handling & retry logic
Basic auto-replay on failures
Per-module error handlers and custom retry logic
Pricing model
Per-task pricing, can get expensive at scale
Per-operation pricing, often cheaper for complex flows
Is there any tool that converts Zaps into Make scenarios?
No, there’s no official or reliable third-party converter; every automation has to be manually rebuilt inside Make.
What is the ‘Zapier on Make’ module — does it migrate my Zaps?
No, that module lets a Make scenario call or trigger a Zapier automation as an integration bridge; it’s not a migration tool and doesn’t recreate Zaps as native Make scenarios.
How long does rebuilding a complex Zap usually take?
A multi-step Zap with filters and branching logic can take anywhere from 30 minutes to a few hours to rebuild and test properly in Make, depending on how many apps are involved.
Should we migrate everything at once or gradually?
Gradually: rebuild and validate your highest-priority automations first, keep both platforms running in parallel, and migrate the long tail of low-impact Zaps last (or not at all).
Will our API keys and webhooks still work?
Webhook URLs will change since Make generates its own endpoints, so any external system pointing at a Zapier webhook URL needs to be updated to Make’s new URL.
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