n8n vs Make
One of fourteen models named n8n first on the direct prompt; six named Make. n8n was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Make by twelve and n8n carries 28 labels and Make 27, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in five categories this edition.
Named in five 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
n8nFirst choices, of fourteen modelsMake
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, n8n and Make were named in the same answer seventy-four times, of the 121 answers naming n8n and the 118 naming Make. In those answers Make took the first choice twenty-one times and n8n eight.
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 | | | |
n8n Make first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, n8n on the left and Make on the right.The direct prompt
n8n first, Make not the choice
1 of 14 modelsMake was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Make first, n8n an alternative
6 of 14 modelsn8n was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
4 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
n8n14%#4 of 14Make12%#5 of 14What the models said about n8n
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Free self-hosted, good for custom workflows, requires DevOps to manage.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · scale prompt · soft negative
“n8n for a client-facing product unless the license fits your exact use.” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“Limited for complex/ high-volume enterprise. | If not data-heavy.” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale prompt · soft negative
“If you have one developer willing to install software on a cheap Linux server ($5/month VPS), go with n8n. It provides the most flexibility and power for the lowest cost” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“the cheapest to run today is usually n8n Community on a small VPS” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“Winner: n8n (Self-Hosted) ... can be self-hosted for free” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
What 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
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.