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Free calculator: Zapier pricing vs. Make.com, Pabbly Connect, and n8n

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Enter your monthly task volume. See exactly what you pay on Zapier โ€” and what you'd pay on Make.com, Pabbly Connect, and n8n. Results update live.

You want the best price-to-power ratio. $9/mo for 10K ops (annual) beats Zapier Professional at almost any volume. Visual canvas, conditional branching, free plan included.

You hate recurring SaaS fees. $19/mo unlimited tasks โ€” or $349 lifetime. Breaks even vs. Zapier Professional in ~7 months. Less polished but reliable.

You're technical and want maximum flexibility. Self-host for free (unlimited workflows) or cloud from $20/mo. JavaScript/Python code nodes built in.

Your apps are only on Zapier (8,000+ integrations). Or your team needs the most beginner-friendly setup and migration complexity outweighs the savings.

Zapier bills per task โ€” every action step counts. A 3-step Zap running 500 times/month = 1,500 tasks consumed. Make.com gives 10K ops for $9/mo on annual billing. Pabbly only counts action steps (not triggers or filters), so your effective task count is often 30โ€“50% lower than the same workflow on Zapier.