n8n vs Zapier vs Make for Freelancers 2026: The Billing Model Decides It
Most comparisons of these three line the features up side by side and leave you to guess. But features are rarely what bites you. What decides this is how each tool counts what you owe it, and all three count differently enough that the same workflow can be cheap on one and expensive on another. I run a production workflow on self-hosted n8n and I have used Make. I have never paid for Zapier, so everything below about Zapier comes from its own pricing pages and from its users, and I have said so wherever it applies. ...