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AutomationNamed in 2 case studies

Make

A visual automation platform that connects apps into multi-step workflows. Appears in a documented chatbot business and in a construction automation project, where a QuickBooks connection failed mid-build.

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Pricing

Free plan with 1,000 credits per month. Paid Core, Pro, Teams, and Enterprise plans are billed by credits; exact prices were not shown in the version of the page we could read.

Free plan: Yes. 1,000 credits per month.

Checked on the official pricing page on October 17, 2026. Prices change and can vary by region, tax, and billing period.

How It Is Used in Our Cases
  • Connecting chatbots to CRMs and email
  • Moving data between business tools
  • Scheduled reporting workflows
Limitations
  • Scenarios stop when credits run out
  • Unused credits expire at the end of the term
  • Some integrations can break when a connected app changes its API
In the Case Studies

Case Studies Using Make

2 case studies
June 2, 2025
1 source

A marketing consultant who cannot code sells chatbot setups to small businesses

A marketing consultant built a chatbot for a skincare client that was spending too long answering the same questions. The client paid $300 to refine and install it. Within a month there were three more clients at $250 to $500 each, then a $50 monthly maintenance fee, and six paying clients by month two.

Reported figure
$1,000+ by month two(revenue)
Evidence levelSelf-Reported
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February 7, 2026
1 source

A first automation client worth $17,500: construction estimates in 20 seconds

A construction company spent 80 to 100 hours a week moving estimate data between Monday.com and QuickBooks, at 45 minutes per estimate. The builder promised an automation in three weeks. In week two, Make could not connect to QuickBooks, so he rebuilt the system in n8n, a tool he had never used, in under a week.

Reported figure
$8,500 setup + $750/mo(revenue)
Evidence levelSelf-Reported
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Alternatives

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n8n logo with the line "Automate without limits."Official image

n8n

Automation

A workflow automation platform with AI and agent nodes that can run in the cloud or be self-hosted. Used to rebuild the documented construction estimate automation in under a week.

Free plan: Free trial on cloud plans; self-hosted Community Edition available at no licence cost.

Pricing: Cloud Starter 20 EUR/month and Pro 50 EUR/month, billed annually. Business plan from 667 EUR/month billed annually. A self-hosted Community Edition is also available.

Checked October 17, 2026

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