Make vs Workato
Six of fourteen models named Make first on the direct prompt; three named Workato. Make was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Workato by eleven and Make carries 27 labels and Workato 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in five categories this edition.
Named in four categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the workflow orchestration page.
By framing
MakeFirst choices, of fourteen modelsWorkato
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Make and Workato were named in the same answer thirty-three times, of the 118 answers naming Make and the 66 naming Workato. In those answers Workato took the first choice three times and Make eleven.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | ||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | ||||
| Mistral Small | | |||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | |||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | |||
| Kimi K2 | | | ||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | |||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | |||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | |
Make Workato first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Make on the left and Workato on the right.The direct prompt
Make first, Workato an alternative
6 of 14 modelsWorkato was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Workato first, Make an alternative
3 of 14 modelsMake was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Make24%#1 of 12Workato0%#12 of 12Workato6%#6 of 16Make0%#– of 16What the models said about Make
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of six in this category shown.
“Avoid No-Code (Zapier/Make) for data infrastructure, ETL, and backend logic.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“If your budget is bleeding from expensive tools like Zapier or Make” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Good visual builder at a budget price ($9/mo) — but workflows get messy at scale.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · soft negative
“Make is usually the best overall choice if you want a low-cost, user-friendly automation platform with a generous free tier” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“Make typically offers the best balance of features, pricing, and ease of use for mid-market B2B companies” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“Make.com is the most cost-effective and powerful engine for a mid-market B2B budget” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Workato
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Workato specifically gets complaints about overwhelming complexity/pricing, steep onboarding, data limits” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“typically starts around $15,000+/year, which can be overkill for many mid-market budgets” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · soft negative
“Considerations: Higher cost, requires dedicated integration engineers” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · soft negative
“I'd put Workato on the shortlist first for a mid-market B2B company that needs reliable integrations plus governance” GPT-6 Luna · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose Workato when you need governed, auditable orchestration across CRM, marketing automation, RevOps and ERP” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“the strongest default choice is usually Workato” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.