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Make.com vs n8n: Which to Pick

The pricing model, hosting reality, and 5-question checklist I use to decide which automation platform a business actually needs.

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01 / What's inside

Everything you'll walk away with.

Built from real client work, not theory. Every section is something I actually use or have used to ship something real.

The real difference between paying for operations and paying for executions, in plain math
Why hosted and self-hosted change more than just the price, and who each one actually fits
A side-by-side on learning curve, so you know how much time you're really signing up for
The exact situations where Make wins and where n8n wins, no hedging
A 5-question checklist you can run in 10 minutes to get your answer

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Make.com vs n8n: Which to Pick

Every automation forum has the same argument on a loop: Make versus n8n, which one should you use. Most of the answers are opinions dressed up as facts. This isn't that. I run both, for different clients, for different reasons, and the reason is never "I like this one better." It's pricing model, hosting, and who has to maintain it after I hand it off. Here's the actual decision framework, with real numbers.

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