# Make alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 198 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Make holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/make/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Apache Airflow: 44
- Prefect: 32
- Dagster: 19
- Temporal: 9
- n8n: 8
- Camunda: 5

## Workflow orchestration

**Small business**: 46 of 84 answers did not name Make (Make is #1 of 12 at 24%).

- Prefect: first choice in 16 of those 46
- Apache Airflow: first choice in 4 of those 46
- Dagster: first choice in 4 of those 46
- Zapier: first choice in 3 of those 46
- Activepieces: first choice in 2 of those 46
- Hevo Data: first choice in 2 of those 46
- n8n: first choice in 2 of those 46
- Argo Workflows: first choice in 1 of those 46

**Mid-market**: 68 of 84 answers did not name Make (Make is #5 of 14 at 12%).

- Apache Airflow: first choice in 18 of those 68
- Dagster: first choice in 9 of those 68
- Prefect: first choice in 9 of those 68
- n8n: first choice in 6 of those 68
- Temporal: first choice in 2 of those 68
- Hevo Data: first choice in 1 of those 68
- HubSpot Marketing Hub: first choice in 1 of those 68
- Kestra: first choice in 1 of those 68

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Make.

- Apache Airflow: first choice in 22 of those 84
- Prefect: first choice in 7 of those 84
- Temporal: first choice in 7 of those 84
- Dagster: first choice in 6 of those 84
- Camunda: first choice in 5 of those 84
- BMC Control-M: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Workato: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Astronomer Astro: first choice in 2 of those 84

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