Make vs Tray.ai (2026): which should you pick?

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

Pick Tray.ai if

• Fits if you join many business systems and want agents on them
• Makes sense if you want a card-free trial to measure your own usage

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if usage grows, as past the plan it is $1.00 per compute unit at list
• Not for you if you want iPaaS prices, because a quote is built from expected Task usage
• Watch out: the agent builder and MCP gateway are add-ons, not in the base plans
• Watch out: on Team, HIPAA, SSO and regional hosting are add-ons

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.

Tray.ai

• The iPaaS plans have no published prices; a quote is built from expected Task usage, and usage above the plan is settled at a true-up.
• Merlin Agent Builder and Agent Gateway for MCP are add-ons, not included in the base plans.
• On Team, HIPAA, SSO, regional hosting and on-premise connectivity are add-ons; Enterprise includes them.
• Helix usage beyond the plan is billed at $1.00 per HCU at list.

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.

Tray.ai

Merlin Agent Builder

A no-code builder for agents with guardrails, audit logs, knowledge ingestion, an agent hub and Slack and Teams deployment. It is a paid add-on.

Agent Gateway for MCP

Publishes apps, databases and APIs as governed MCP tools with access control and observability. It is a paid add-on.

Automation and integration

Process automation, data integration and API management, built on a drag-and-drop builder or in code, across 6,000+ apps, databases and APIs.

Tray Helix

Takes apps and integrations built with Claude Code, Codex or Cursor to production on a managed runtime with credentials and an owner recorded for each app.

Governance and observability

Audit trails, insights and log retention are part of the platform, with longer retention on higher plans.

Usage-based pricing

The iPaaS charges per Task (one operation on a piece of data), with no per-user or per-connection fees.

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.

Tray.ai

• Helix Builder Edition$50

  per workspace / month

  Unlimited builders, end users and apps. Usage is billed at $1.00 per Helix Compute Unit (HCU), or at committed rates.

• iPaaS ProCustom

  For specific use cases: 3 workspaces, 7-day insights and log retention, 6,000+ apps and services. Quoted from expected usage.

• iPaaS TeamCustom

  For a department: 20 workspaces, 30-day insights, log retention management and Guardian Log Masking, with all add-ons available.

• iPaaS EnterpriseCustom

  Unlimited workspaces, 180-day insights, advanced on-premise, SSO, HIPAA, regional hosting, log streaming and data engineering.

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.

Tray.ai

No public discounts listed.