Make vs Zoho Flow

Make

• Building multi-step, branching automations on a visual canvas
• Individuals and small teams that want unlimited scenarios at a low entry price
• Trying automation on a free plan with no time limit

Zoho Flow

• Businesses already running Zoho apps such as Zoho CRM
• Linking cloud apps to on-premises systems and databases
• Teams that want AI to draft a workflow from a description

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.

Zoho Flow

• The Free plan allows 5 flows and 100 tasks a month, with base apps only.
• Premium apps, on-premises integrations, auto rerun and 5-minute polling need the Professional plan.
• Each action a flow executes counts as a task, so a flow with two actions uses two tasks every time it runs.
• With overage enabled, tasks beyond the plan limit are charged at the end of the billing cycle.

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.

Zoho Flow

Drag-and-drop builder

Flows are laid out on a canvas with decision branches, delays, subflows, error branches and variables. Changes stay in a draft until the flow is switched on, and versions are tracked.

Zia AI

Zia generates a workflow from a plain-English description. AI steps can summarize, rephrase or generate text, and agentic actions let the AI choose which action to run from a prompt.

Triggers

A flow can start from an app event, a webhook, a schedule, an incoming email, an RSS or Atom feed, or a URL that is checked periodically.

On-premises integrations

An on-prem agent links cloud apps with systems on a private network, including SQL databases, SAP apps and local scripts. It is part of the Professional plan.

Custom functions

Code written in Deluge, Zoho's scripting language, can be added as an action in a flow. Custom functions are available from the Standard plan.

History and reruns

Flow history logs every execution for 30, 60 or 90 days depending on the plan. Failed runs can be rerun manually, and Professional retries them automatically.

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.

Zoho Flow

• Free$0

  100 tasks a month and 5 flows, with base apps, logic and utilities, 15-minute polling and 30-day flow history.

• Standard$25

  per month, billed annually, for 5,000 tasks ($29 monthly)

  Unlimited flows, custom functions, 15-minute polling and 60-day flow history. Task tiers run from 5,000 to 5 million a month.

• Professional$41

  per month, billed annually, for 10,000 tasks ($49 monthly)

  Everything in Standard plus premium apps, on-premises integrations, auto rerun, 5-minute polling and 90-day flow history.

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.

Zoho Flow

• Annual discount

  Save over 15% with yearly billing

  The pricing page labels yearly billing as saving over 15%: Standard with 5,000 tasks is $25 a month instead of $29, and Professional with 10,000 tasks is $41 instead of $49.