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AI productivity and automation tools
Visual automation and AI agent platforms that connect creator tools into repeatable pipelines: triggers, credit systems, and self-hosting options.
Tools in this category
Starting points from the current catalog — not paid rankings. Open each profile for sources and limitations.
MakeProductivity
Business teams and non-developers who want to visually automate multi-app workflows and build AI agents without writing code.
Free planFree plan: US$0/mo with up to 1,000 credits/month and no time limit. Paid plans (price for 10,000 credits/month, per make.com/en/pricing): Core US$12/mo, Pro US$21/mo, Teams US$38/mo, Enterprise custom pricing. Credit tiers range from 10k up to 8M+ credits/month, and paying annually saves 15% or more compared to monthly billing.Official sources
n8nProductivity
Technical teams and developers who want flexible, self-hostable workflow automation and AI agent orchestration with full control over logic.
Free plann8n offers a free self-hosted Community Edition (source-available, on GitHub with 200,415 stars). Cloud and self-hosted paid plans (prices billed annually, per n8n.io/pricing): Starter $20/mo (2.5K workflow executions/mo), Pro $50/mo (10K executions/mo), Business 667€/mo (self-hosted, 40K executions/mo), Enterprise contact sales. Annual billing saves 17%, all plans include unlimited users and workflows, and a Start-up Plan offers 50% off Business for companies under 20 employees. Free trials for Starter and Pro require no credit card.Official sources
Comparisons
Side-by-side pages where these tools overlap.
Evaluation guides
Official sources, decision-oriented guides for tools in this category.
Make for creators: an evaluation guideAn independent Make guide for creators: what it is for, pricing and free tier as checked, limitations, and a repeatable test before paying.
n8n for creators: an evaluation guideAn independent n8n guide for creators: what it is for, pricing and free tier as checked, limitations, and a repeatable test before paying.