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This scenario models a four-person team completing 400 workflow runs per month with five standard billable actions in each run.
Workflow runs / month
400
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
Published fit
Estimated usage
2K
tasks / month

5 standard-rate task-consuming steps per run

Team
$69 /mo
Monthly equivalent, billed annually; 2,000 tasks/month
Pricing model
Make
credits
Published fit
Estimated usage
2K
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
400
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.

A multi-user workload can change which Zapier tier is eligible even before task volume changes.
Make and Zapier usage both scale with the billable actions executed in this baseline model.
n8n Cloud usage is modeled by workflow executions, so adding steps does not multiply the execution count.
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Updated estimate. Zapier: 2K tasks, $69 per month, billed annually. Make: 2K credits, $9 per month, billed annually. n8n: 400 executions, €20 per month, billed annually

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Billing cadence
Prices stay expressed per month for comparison; annual plans also show the full amount billed per year.
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Normalized workload
2Kstep-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We do not invent unpublished tier prices.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

tasksPublished tier fit
2Kestimated tasks/mo

5 standard-rate task-consuming steps per run

Team
$69/month
Annual billing · $828/year
2,000 tasks/month included
Verified 2026-09-21View pricing model
M

Make

creditsPublished tier fit
2Kestimated 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
400estimated 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.