Zapier AI vs n8n vs Make vs CrewAI
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Zapier AI
Agents, Copilot and MCP across Zapier's 9,000-plus app integrations
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n8n
Source-available workflow automation with AI agents
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Make
Visual workflow automation and AI agents across 3,500+ apps
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CrewAI
Open-source framework and enterprise platform for teams of AI agents
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.6 / 10 | 8.4 / 10 | 8.5 / 10 | 7.6 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Open Source |
| Free tier | Free plan: 100 tasks a month, two-step Zaps and Copilot; Agents free for 400 activities a month | Community Edition is free to self-host under the Sustainable Use License: unlimited users and active workflows; no free cloud plan | Free: 1,000 credits a month, 3,500+ apps, routers and filters, 15-minute minimum interval between runs | MIT-licensed framework free to self-host; hosted Basic plan free with 50 workflow executions a month |
| Paid from | $29.99/month (Professional, 750 tasks) or $19.99/month billed yearly | €24/month (Starter, billed monthly) or €20/month billed annually; self-hosting is free | $9/month (Core, 10,000 credits, billed annually) or $10.59 billed monthly | Enterprise platform quoted on request, with a trial |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | 6m+ users | 200k+ installations | — | 20m+ downloads |
| Founded | 2023 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Maker | Zapier, Inc. | Jan Oberhauser | Celonis | Joao Moura |
| Verdict | Zapier's AI tools are strongest where its integrations are: an assistant connected through MCP, or an AI step inside a Zap, can reach 9,000+ apps without custom code, and Copilot lowers the bar for building the workflow... |
n8n is a source-available workflow automation platform that connects hundreds of apps through a visual node editor, with the rare ability to self-host for full data control and add custom code where the interface runs ou... |
Make is one of the most capable visual automation tools available. Routers, iterators, error handlers and an HTTP module express logic that linear tools struggle with, the catalogue passes 3,500 apps, and AI agents, Maia... |
CrewAI is one of the more approachable ways to build multi-agent systems in Python: role-based agents organised into crews, flows for deterministic control, an MIT licence and a fast release cadence. The enterprise platf... |
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