Brief Summary
This video compares Zapier and Make, two popular automation platforms, focusing on ease of use, pricing, and app integrations. Zapier is highlighted as more beginner-friendly due to its simple, linear setup, while Make offers a more powerful free tier but can quickly deplete credits with polling triggers. Zapier boasts a larger number of app integrations, but Make provides deeper, more customizable support for the apps it integrates with.
- Zapier is easier to use for beginners.
- Make's free tier is more generous, but its credit system can be restrictive.
- Zapier has more app integrations, but Make offers deeper support for its integrations.
Ease of Use
Zapier is designed to be very simple and beginner-friendly, allowing users to build automations called "Zaps" in a linear, step-by-step manner. This makes it accessible for individuals without a technical background to start automating tasks quickly. While Make isn't necessarily difficult, it is more technical compared to Zapier, requiring more steps to set up basic actions, such as automating a prompt in Google's Gemini AI. In Zapier, this process is more straightforward, involving simple data entry and dynamic data retrieval, making Zapier the preferred choice for beginners due to its faster learning curve.
Pricing
Make's free tier offers a substantial advantage over Zapier's, providing 1,000 credits per month and access to most core features, compared to Zapier's limited 100 tasks per month with only single-step automations. However, Make's polling trigger system consumes credits each time it checks for new data, potentially depleting credits rapidly, even without actual data processing. Additionally, Make imposes limits on the amount of data processed monthly, while Zapier doesn't measure or limit data usage. Despite these considerations, Make generally remains more cost-effective than Zapier.
App Integrations
Zapier has a greater number of app integrations, with over 8,500 apps compared to Make's 3,000. However, Make provides more in-depth options and greater control within each app integration. To determine which platform supports specific tools, users can visit X-ray.tools to search for the apps they use. While Zapier wins in total app coverage, Make offers deeper support for the apps it integrates with.
