Make vs Zapier Agents
A side-by-side comparison of capabilities, autonomy, integrations, and pricing to help you choose.
Short answer: choose Make if you want visual automation platform that added reasoning ai agents to workflows (Supervised agent, freemium); choose Zapier Agents if you want ai teammates that do work across thousands of apps using zap actions as tools (Supervised agent, freemium).
| Make | Zapier Agents | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Visual automation platform that added reasoning AI agents to workflows | AI teammates that do work across thousands of apps using Zap actions as tools |
| Type | product-with-agents | product-with-agents |
| Autonomy | Supervised agent | Supervised agent |
| Pricing | freemium · Free tier (1,000 credits/mo); Core from $12/mo (annual) | freemium · Agents add-on reportedly from ~$50/mo; core Zapier from $29.99/mo |
| Best for | smb, mid-market, enterprise, developers | smb, mid-market, enterprise |
| Deployment | saas, api | saas, api |
| Modalities | text, api | text, browser, api |
| Models | model-agnostic, gpt, claude | model-agnostic, gpt, claude |
| Protocols | mcp, rest-api, function-calling | rest-api, function-calling |
| Integrations | Slack, Google Workspace, OpenAI, Anthropic, HubSpot, Salesforce | Google Drive, Notion, Slack, Asana, HubSpot, Gmail |
| Capabilities | 4 documented | 4 documented |
Make
- +Mature visual builder with thousands of app integrations, now extended with reasoning AI Agents
- +AI Agents are built no-code in the same canvas and can be reused across workflows with attached tools and knowledge
- +Credit-based pricing with a free tier makes entry cheap; MCP support for extending tool access
- -Classic scenarios are deterministic, not agents; only the newer AI Agent module reasons and decides
- -Credit-based metering can get hard to predict as agent and scenario usage scales
Zapier Agents
- +Calls Zap actions as tools across thousands of connected apps, reusing Zapier's huge integration ecosystem
- +Plain-language agent building with Copilot and templates makes setup approachable for non-developers
- +Activity dashboard, versioning, and chat give clear oversight and the ability to correct agents mid-task
- -Not fully autonomous: oversight and human correction are built into the workflow by design
- -Agents add-on pricing stacks on top of core Zapier plans, and costs scale with usage
Which should you choose?
Make is visual automation platform that added reasoning ai agents to workflows, best for smb, mid-market, enterprise, developers. Zapier Agents is ai teammates that do work across thousands of apps using zap actions as tools, best for smb, mid-market, enterprise. The right choice depends on the autonomy level you want, your existing integrations, and your budget, all compared above.