Hexomatic vs Make (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, we pick Make: it is first in our ranking of automation tools, and it grades higher too, 2.8 against 1.6.
Checked Oct 4, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Make grades higher on value for money, the free plan, features and platforms. They get the same grade on ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Hexomatic
No-code web scraping and workflow automation with built-in tasks
Make
Visual automation builder for multi-step scenarios and AI agents
Which one is for you
Pick Hexomatic if
- Fits if you collect leads or web data in bulk without writing code
- Works for sales and marketing teams repeating research across many pages
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to try before paying, as there is no free plan or trial
- Pricey if you pay monthly figures: the quoted $40.83 a month is billed as $490 up front
- Watch out: AI steps, proxies and enrichment use premium credits from $9.99 a month on top
Pick Make if
- Fits if your automation has branches and you want to see them laid out
- Works for small teams, since teams and roles come with the paid plan
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're staying free, with 2 active scenarios, 1,000 credits a month and 15 minutes between runs
- Skip it if you hate keeping count, because most module actions use a credit
- Pricey if you often run over, since extra credits cost 25% more than plan credits and unused ones expire each term
- Watch out: the $9 price is for annual billing, which the pricing page says saves 15% or more over monthly
- Not for you if you want a desktop app, as it's web, iPhone and Android only
How we grade them
| 1.6GPAHexomaticWeak | 2.8GPAMakeGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CSilver is $40.83 a month, paid as $490 up front, inside the middle band of automation tools ($13.49 to $50). | A$9 a month billed annually, where this category typically starts at $15 and sits nearer $19, and that buys 5,000 credits, unlimited active scenarios, a 1-minute interval, teams and API access. The catch is the counting: credits expire each term and extra ones cost 25% more. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan and no free trial on the pricing page. | CFree has no time limit, but it's 2 active scenarios, 1,000 credits a month and at least 15 minutes between scheduled runs. Teams, roles, custom variables and the enterprise apps aren't in it. A fair trial run, not a home. |
| Features | CScraping recipes, built-in automations, workflows, scheduling and an API. AI steps, residential proxies and email enrichment need premium credits sold as a separate add-on. | BMore than 3,000 apps on a canvas, with routers and filters making the branches visible, AI agents, the Maia assistant, an MCP server for outside AI tools, and Make Grid to map a big setup. The whole job, covered. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You build scraping recipes and workflows yourself. | CNo store rating on record. The canvas shows each branch, but it's still accounts to connect, modules to configure and credits to keep count of, since most module actions use one. Maia will build a scenario from a conversation. |
| Platforms and integrations | CBrowser-based only; no desktop or phone app is listed, and no integrations are named. | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with 3,000+ app integrations, more than 300 API endpoints and an MCP server that lets outside AI assistants set scenarios off. There's no desktop app, though, and the top mark needs one. |
| Best for | no-code web scraping and workflow steps | branching automations you can see on a canvas |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Hexomatic and Make. How we grade
Price against what you get
Hexomatic starts at $40.83 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Make starts at $9 a month and scores 2.7.
Make scores higher and starts $31.83 a month lower. Of the other automation tools on the chart, 43 score higher than Hexomatic for less, and 1 scores higher than Make for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Hexomatic also covers no-code.
At a glance
| Hexomatic | Make | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free plan |
| Starts at | $40.83 per month, paid as $490 up front | $9 / month, billed annually, for 5,000 credits |
| Free plan | None | Free plan with no time limit: up to 1,000 credits a month, 2 active scenarios, a 15-minute minimum interval between runs, 512 MB of data transfer and 7 days of execution logs. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Hexact, Inc. | Celonis, Inc. |
| Price read from | hexomatic.com | make.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Hexomatic
- The pricing page read shows each plan as a monthly figure with a total billed upon purchase; the monthly-billing view was not read.
- AI steps, residential proxies, email enrichment and Google data need premium credits, sold as a separate add-on from $9.99 a month.
- No free plan or free trial appears on the pricing page.
- The homepage and FAQ describe browser-based scraping; no desktop app for Hexomatic itself is listed.
Make
- The Free plan allows only 2 active scenarios and 1,000 credits a month, with at least 15 minutes between scheduled runs.
- Credits expire at the end of each term, and extra credits cost 25% more than those included in the plan.
- Teams and roles, custom variables and enterprise apps are not part of the Free plan.
- The $9 price applies to annual billing; the pricing page says annual billing saves 15% or more over monthly.
Key features
Hexomatic
- Scraping recipes
- One-click scrapers for popular sites, plus the option to build your own scraping recipes to pull products, content or leads from a page.
- Built-in automations
- More than 100 ready-made steps, such as article scraping, email validation, pulling contacts from a page and discovering a site's tech stack.
- Workflows
- Scrapers and automations are chained into workflows. Silver runs 10 at once and Gold lifts that limit.
- Premium credits
- A separate add-on covers AI, translation, Google data, email enrichment and residential proxies, starting at $9.99 a month.
- Scheduling and API
- Workflows can be scheduled on both paid plans. API access is listed under the Gold plan.
Make
- Visual scenario builder
- Scenarios are built by placing app modules on a canvas and linking them with routers and filters, so branching logic is visible at a glance.
- 3,000+ pre-built apps
- Make lists more than 3,000 app integrations, among them OpenAI, HubSpot, Salesforce and Slack. Access to enterprise apps comes with the paid plan.
- Credit-based billing
- Most module actions use 1 credit. The paid plan starts at 5,000 credits a month, and extra credits are sold in bundles of 1,000 or 10,000 at 25% more than plan credits.
- AI agents, Maia and MCP
- AI agents can be built to orchestrate workflows, Maia builds automations from a conversation, and the Make MCP server lets outside AI assistants trigger scenarios.
- Make Grid
- Make Grid gives a map of an organization's scenarios and how they connect, to keep a large automation setup under control.
- Teams, variables and API
- The paid plan adds teams and team roles, custom variables, full-text search of execution logs and access to more than 300 Make API endpoints.
Plans
Hexomatic
Silver$40.83
per month, paid as $490 up front
4,500 monthly automation credits, 10 simultaneous workflows, scheduling, custom scraping recipes and datacentre IP rotation.
Gold$82.50
per month, paid as $990 up front
Silver plus 10,000 monthly automation credits, unlimited simultaneous workflows and API access.
EnterpriseCustom
Gold plus onboarding, team training, campaign setup, a strategy consultant, and custom templates and automations.
Make
Free$0
Up to 1,000 credits a month, 2 active scenarios, a 15-minute minimum interval between runs and 7 days of execution logs.
Make Plan$9
per month, billed annually, for 5,000 credits
Unlimited active scenarios, 1-minute minimum interval, teams and roles, custom variables, high-priority execution and Make API access. Credit tiers go up to 8 million and beyond.
Company (Enterprise)Custom
Custom functions, 24/7 enterprise support, overage protection, advanced security and 60 days of execution logs.
Ways to pay less
Hexomatic
No public discounts listed.
Make
- Annual discount
Save 15% or more with annual billing
Make's pricing page says annual billing saves 15% or more compared with paying monthly. The $9 starting price is the annual rate.
- Nonprofit
Support for non-profit organizations
The pricing page says Make supports non-profits and asks NGOs and NPOs to contact it for details. No discount figure is published.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Hexomatic or Make?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Make is cheaper to start with: $9 a month, against $40.83 a month for Hexomatic. Hexomatic starts at $40.83 per month, paid as $490 up front, and Make starts at $9 / month, billed annually, for 5,000 credits.
Which has a free plan, Hexomatic or Make?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Make has a free plan. Hexomatic does not.
Which platforms do Hexomatic and Make run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Make lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.