Hard facts side by side: free tiers, prices, limits, SDKs and privacy. Every value links to the official page it came from and is re-checked every week.
| Fact |  n8nBuilding block |  ZapierBuilding block |  MakeBuilding block |
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| Free tier | Free trial + free self-host Cloud free trial, no card required; Community Edition is free to self-host. Source, Sep 29, 2026 | Yes 100 tasks/month, two-step Zaps only, 15-minute polling. |
| Yes Up to 1,000 credits/month and 2 active scenarios. Source, Sep 29, 2026 |
| Starting price | €20/month Starter, billed annually: 2.5K executions/month, 5 concurrent executions, unlimited workflows. Source, Sep 29, 2026 | $19.99/month Professional, billed annually ($29.99 monthly): 750 tasks, multi-step Zaps, premium apps. Source, Sep 29, 2026 | $9/month Core plan: 10k credits/month, unlimited active scenarios, 1-minute scheduling, API access. Source, Sep 29, 2026 |
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| Rate limit | 2.5K executions/month Starter cloud plan, with 5 concurrent executions. Source, Sep 29, 2026 | 100 tasks/month Free plan Source, Sep 29, 2026 | 1,000 credits/month Free plan, 2 active scenarios, 15-minute minimum interval. Source, Sep 29, 2026 |
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| Size limit | Not listed | 30 s per code step Professional/Team code steps; Free is 1 s; paid plans can extend to 10 min. Source, Sep 29, 2026 | 5 min per execution Free plan max execution time; 5 MB file size limit. Source, Sep 29, 2026 |
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| Storage | Logs kept 7 days Starter plan max execution log retention; Pro keeps 30 days. Source, Sep 29, 2026 | Not listed | Logs kept 7 days Free plan execution logs; Core, Pro and Teams keep 30 days. Source, Sep 29, 2026 |
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| Official SDKs | JavaScript / TypeScriptPythonSource, Sep 29, 2026 | JavaScript / TypeScriptPython | JavaScript / TypeScriptPython |
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| Open source | Partly Fair-code, Sustainable Use License; self-hostable Source, Sep 29, 2026 | Not listed | Not listed |
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| Trains on your data | No AI terms say customer content is not used to train ML models. Source, Sep 29, 2026 | Opt-out Enterprise is opted out automatically; other plans can opt out via a request form. Source, Sep 29, 2026 | No Make AI Toolkit docs say your data is not stored or used to train the AI. Source, Sep 29, 2026 |
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| EU hosting | Yes n8n Cloud data is hosted in the EU (Frankfurt, Germany). Source, Sep 29, 2026 | No Hosted on AWS in the United States. Source, Sep 29, 2026 | Yes EU zones (eu1, eu2) are available alongside US zones. Source, Sep 29, 2026 |
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| Compliance | SOC 2GDPRSource, Sep 29, 2026 | SOC 2GDPRSource, Sep 29, 2026 | SOC 2ISO 27001GDPRSource, Sep 29, 2026 |
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