The short answer
- Moving from Zapier Professional to Make saves $166 in the first year, after setup and upkeep time (Stackcut's model: modeled, not measured).
- Make's official guide covers setting up, but nothing carries over from Zapier automatically; 3 things stay behind. Details
- 1 public account of making this switch: 1 switched. Read them
- 3 comparison pages checked, each labeled with who wrote it. What they claim
What Zapier and Make cost
List prices from each vendor's pricing page, as stored in the Stackcut catalog. Each price links its source.
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly (per month) | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zapier Professional | $29.99/mo | $19.99/mo | 750 tasks/mo tier; multi-step Zaps, premium apps, webhooks |
| Zapier Team | $103.50/mo | $69/mo | 2,000 tasks/mo tier; 25 users, shared Zaps, SAML SSO |
| Zapier Professional 1.5K tasks | $58.50/mo | $39/mo | 1,500 tasks/mo |
| Zapier Professional 2K tasks | $73.50/mo | $49/mo | 2,000 tasks/mo |
| Make Core | $12/mo | not shown | 10,000 credits/mo; unlimited active scenarios; 1-minute interval |
| Make Pro | $21/mo | not shown | 10,000 credits/mo; priority execution, custom variables |
| Make Teams | $38/mo | not shown | 10,000 credits/mo; team roles and templates |
- Zapier free plan: 100 tasks/month, two-step Zaps only, 15-minute polling zapier.com
- Make free plan: 1,000 credits/month, 2 active scenarios, 15-minute minimum interval make.com
What comparison pages say
Each claim as the page makes it, and who it favors. Vendor pages are labeled; weigh them accordingly.
3 pages compared, 2 of them written by one of the two vendors. Claims are the pages' own, paraphrased; prices in them may be older than the catalog prices above.
| About | The page says | Favors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | Zapier holds a 4.5/5 rating from 2,088 reviews versus Make's 3.8/5 from just 4 reviews. | Unclear | G2 independent |
| Ease of use | Zapier scores 8.6/10 for ease of use and ease of setup across roughly 1,200-1,800 reviews; Make has no comparable review volume. | Zapier | G2 independent |
| Support | Zapier's support quality rates 8.4/10 from 1,457 reviews; one reviewer called it good but expensive. | Zapier | G2 independent |
| Performance | One G2 reviewer of Make cited 'Slow Performance' as a drawback; another praised its ease of use. | Zapier | G2 independent |
| Price | Make's Free plan gives 1,000 operations versus Zapier's 100 tasks on its free tier. | Make | Make vendor page |
| Price | At the $9 and $29 tiers Make offers 10,000 and 20,000 operations versus Zapier's 750 and 2,000 tasks at $18 and $46. | Make | Make vendor page |
| Features | Make advertises unlimited scenarios, real-time execution, and built-in advanced error handling with execution history on every plan. | Make | Make vendor page |
| Migration effort | The page frames switching as a 3-step signup/build/choose-plan process and does not mention importing existing Zaps. | Even | Make vendor page |
| Price | A Make workflow polling an API every 5 minutes burns 20 credits hourly regardless of new data; the same logic on Zapier uses a free webhook trigger and filter. | Zapier | Zapier vendor page |
| Ecosystem | Zapier connects to over 9,000 apps it calls 'officially maintained' versus Make's 3,500+, many community-maintained. | Zapier | Zapier vendor page |
| Other | Zapier states it serves 3.4 million companies, roughly ten times Make's customer base. | Zapier | Zapier vendor page |
Moving from Zapier to Make
What Make's importer carries over, what it leaves behind, and any help it offers switchers.
To Make
Official guide make.com
Doesn't move: Zap workflow logic/steps; Zap trigger/action configurations (no importer); Zapier task/run history. make.com
Watch out for:
- No self-serve Zap importer or template converter is offered; migration is a manual rebuild. make.com
From each destination's own migration docs and switching pages, plus community write-ups where no official guide exists, each checked against its page. Confirm terms on the linked page before you rely on an offer.
People who moved from Zapier to Make
1 public accounts of leaving Zapier: 1 switched. Summaries are ours; each links the original, and each was checked against its page before it appeared here.
An e-commerce operator with a software background moved all automations from Zapier to Integromat (Make's earlier name), citing 'a few hundred a month' on Zapier versus $29/mo (or $9/mo) plus a more programmable UI; still called Zapier the better fit for non-technical users. Hacker News
How to leave Zapier
Export first, then cancel. Every step links the vendor's own help page, checked on the date shown.
How to leave Zapier
Export first
- Zaps, task history, tables and more: Settings → Security and data → Export my data (ZIP of JSON and CSV). zapfile.json holds every undeleted Zap; an email tells you when the export is ready. help.zapier.com
What you lose
- Multi-step Zaps on the Free plan, which runs 2-step Zaps only
Cancel
- Export your Zaps first (see export).
- Billing and usage → Manage → select the Free plan.
- Takes effect
- At the end of the current billing cycle; paid features work until then.
- Refunds
- Zapier subscriptions are non-refundable.
- After you cancel
- Pay-per-task usage from the current cycle can still be charged after you cancel, and add-ons aren't cancelled with the plan.
FAQ
Is Make cheaper than Zapier?
Modeled, not measured: moving from Zapier Professional to Make saves $166 in the first year, after setup and upkeep time at $50/hour. It depends on your plan, seats and usage. the math
Can I move my Zapier data to Make?
It doesn't move: Zap workflow logic/steps; Zap trigger/action configurations (no importer); Zapier task/run history. make.com
What do I lose when I leave Zapier?
Per Zapier's own pages, leaving or downgrading loses: Multi-step Zaps on the Free plan, which runs 2-step Zaps only. help.zapier.com
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