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Cost of 10,000 Automation Operations per Month

This workload reaches 10,000 modeled task or credit events by running 2,000 workflows per month with five standard billable actions per run.
Workflow runs / month
2,000
Billable steps / run
5
Team members
4
Billing view
Annual
Modeled result

What this workload becomes on each billing model.

Usage and plan matching use the same pricing engine as the calculator. Unknown tiers remain unknown instead of being extrapolated.
Zapier
tasks
Live pricing
Estimated usage
10K
tasks / month

5 standard-rate task-consuming steps per run

Pricing status
Live pricing check
The exact matching tier is not stored, so no price is extrapolated.
Pricing model
Make
credits
Published fit
Estimated usage
10K
credits / month

5 credit-consuming module actions per run

Core
$9 /mo
Monthly equivalent, billed annually; 10k credits/month
Start with Make Pricing model
n8n
executions
Published fit
Estimated usage
2K
executions / month

one workflow execution per run; step count does not multiply usage

Starter
€20 /mo
Per month, billed annually
Pricing model

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Why this workload matters

The meter can matter as much as the published price.

The same 10,000 action events can map to very different metered usage because n8n counts workflow executions rather than individual steps.
Published self-serve prices are not extrapolated when the stored data does not contain an exact matching tier.
This is a useful boundary workload for seeing where entry-level published allowances stop being representative.
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Change volume, billable steps, team size or billing cadence and keep the same provider logic underneath.

Updated estimate. Zapier: 10K tasks, exact annual tier unavailable; check live pricing. Make: 10K credits, $9 per month, billed annually. n8n: 2K executions, €20 per month, billed annually

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Presets change workload only. Billing mode stays as selected.
Your workload

Model monthly automation usage

Enter the workload once. We translate it into each platform's billing unit.

Billing cadence
Prices stay expressed per month for comparison; annual plans also show the full amount billed per year.
Calculator input guidance
Normalized workload
10Kstep-events / month
This uses the same normalized whole-number inputs as the pricing engine.
We do not invent unpublished tier prices. Zapier usage here assumes standard 1-task steps; AI, MCP and extended code usage can consume tasks at different rates.
Z

Zapier

tasksLive pricing
10Kestimated tasks/mo

5 standard-rate task-consuming steps per run

Pricing status
Exact annual tier unavailable
Check the provider's current pricing for this usage level.
Verified 2026-09-21View pricing model
M

Make

creditsPublished tier fit
10Kestimated credits/mo

5 credit-consuming module actions per run

Baseline estimate only: polling trigger checks and scenarios that process multiple bundles/items can consume additional credits beyond runs × steps.
Core
$9/month
Annual billing · $108/year
10,000 credits/month included
Verified 2026-09-21Start with Make
n

n8n

executionsPublished tier fit
2Kestimated executions/mo

one workflow execution per run; step count does not multiply usage

Starter
€20/month
Annual billing · €240/year
2,500 executions/month included
Verified 2026-09-21View pricing model
Exact prices are shown only where a published tier matches the selected cadence and modeled workload. Provider-specific usage exceptions can still change actual consumption. Some provider links are affiliate links and may earn AutomationCosts a commission at no extra cost to you.