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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$10/mo, Pro US$18/mo, Teams US$34/mo billed monthly (US$9, US$16, US$29 billed annually), 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
Meta MuseProductivity

US adults who want a general-purpose assistant that acts across their everyday apps and keeps working in the background, and who are comfortable connecting accounts to Meta.

Free planFree with a usage limit. Power plan $20/month (500M Muse tokens per week). Max plan $100/month (3B Muse tokens per week). Subscriptions renew monthly and can be cancelled any time; 18+ only, and Muse is in limited testing outside the US.Official sources
Dub.coProductivity

Marketing teams, creators, and modern startups needing branded short domains, real-time conversion tracking, and turnkey partner program management.

Free planFree plan: $0/month (1,000 tracked events/month, 25 new links/month, 3 custom domains, 30-day analytics retention, 1 user, API access). Business: $90/month (250,000 tracked events/month, 10,000 new links/month, 100 custom domains, 3-year analytics retention, conversion tracking, A/B testing, webhooks, and Dub Partners partner management). Advanced: $300/month (1,000,000 tracked events/month, 50,000 new links/month, 250 custom domains, 5-year retention, elevated API rate limits). Enterprise: Custom annual pricing with unlimited events and links, SAML/SSO, audit logs, and dedicated SLA.Official sources

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Make

Best for: Business teams and non-developers who want to visually automate multi-app workflows and build AI agents without writing code.

Pricing: Free 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$10/mo, Pro US$18/mo, Teams US$34/mo billed monthly (US$9, US$16, US$29 billed annually), Enterprise custom pricing. Credit tiers range from 10k up to 8M+ credits/month, and paying annually saves 15% or more compared to monthly billing.

Check before paying: Free plan is limited to 1,000 credits/month with a 15-minute minimum interval between runs Each module action in a scenario counts as one credit, so usage costs scale with workflow complexity

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