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Automation Cost Calculator
Automation tools can look similar at the plan level while metering the same workflow very differently. This calculator starts with workload, translates it into each provider's usage unit, and only shows an exact price when the stored official tier matches.
Baseline formula
Workflow runs × billable steps → Zapier tasks / Make credits; workflow runs → n8n executions
Example
10,000 runs with 6 standard billable steps models roughly 60,000 Zapier tasks, 60,000 Make credits and 10,000 n8n executions before provider-specific exceptions.
Interactive calculator
Enter your workload and compare the modeled usage.
The same calculator keeps all three providers visible so the billing-unit difference stays explicit.
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
Example workloads
Presets change workload only. Billing mode stays as selected.
Your workload
Model monthly automation usage
Billing cadence
Prices stay expressed per month for comparison; annual plans also show the full amount billed per year.
Calculator input guidance
Normalized workload
2K
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We do not invent unpublished tier prices.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 fit2K
Team
$69
Annual billing · $828/year
2,000 tasks/month included
Verified 2026-09-21View pricing model
M
Make
creditsPublished tier fit2K
Baseline estimate only: polling trigger checks and scenarios that process multiple bundles/items can consume additional credits beyond runs × steps.
Core
$9
Annual billing · $108/year
10,000 credits/month included
Verified 2026-09-21Start with Make
n
n8n
executionsPublished tier fit400
Starter
€20
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.
Guidance
What to count — and what not to count.
Use the number of workflow completions you expect in a typical month.
Count only steps that actually execute and normally consume the provider's billing unit.
Treat AI, code and other variable-rate actions separately when the provider documents a different multiplier.
Use exact price results only when the calculator labels the tier as a published fit.