# Alternatives to Make

> Source: https://theagentsindex.com/make/alternatives/ (re-verified)
> Updated: 18 October 2026

## At a glance

| Name | Best for | Starts at | Better than Make at | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Make](https://theagentsindex.com/make.md) | teams rolling out AI agents and app-to-app automations across a whole business | Free, then $10.59/month | — | 18 October 2026 |
| [n8n](https://theagentsindex.com/n8n.md) | Ops and automation teams who want to build agentic workflows visually while keeping data on self-hosted infrastructure. | Free, then about $27/month | Agent permissions, Open models | 18 October 2026 |

“About” figures are converted at the European Central Bank rate of 23 October 2026.

## What to watch for

- **n8n**: Fair-code is source-available, not OSI open-source, so check the licence before commercial resale.

Best match first.

## Shortlist

### 1. StackAI

No-code enterprise platform for building, deploying and governing AI agents across business systems.

**Where it improves on Make:**
- [Done-for-you service: partial — You run the software yourself, but enterprise buyers also get StackAI people: forward-deployed engineers, weekly co-building sessions and dedicated solution engineers on the Enterprise plan.](https://docs.stackai.com/welcome-to-stackai/overview/what-makes-stackai-unique)
- [Agent permissions: yes — Builders choose the stop points: an Ask Human tool pauses a run for approval, while admins allow or block individual tools, connectors and LLMs org-wide.](https://docs.stackai.com/workflow-builder/core-nodes/stackai/human-in-the-loop)
- [Open models: yes — Open-weight models are reachable two ways: Llama-family models through a Cerebras key, and any model you host yourself through the Local provider connection.](https://docs.stackai.com/workflow-builder/apps/cerebras)

**Trade-offs against Make:**
- None found.

[View StackAI](https://theagentsindex.com/stack-ai)

### 2. n8n

Workflow automation platform for building and running AI agents on a visual canvas, with code where needed.

**Where it improves on Make:**
- [Agent permissions: yes — Approval is wired per tool: the workflow pauses and a reviewer approves or denies through Chat, Slack, Discord, Telegram, Gmail or Outlook. Tools with no review step execute unattended.](https://docs.n8n.io/build/integrate-ai/ai-examples/human-in-the-loop-for-tools)
- [Open models: yes — Ollama chat and embedding nodes run local open-weight models; OpenRouter, Hugging Face Inference, DeepSeek and Mistral nodes cover hosted open-weight options.](https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/cluster-nodes/sub-nodes/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmchatollama)
- [Model choice: yes — You pick the provider and model per node or per agent, and swap it without rebuilding the workflow; a fallback model can be attached to an agent.](https://n8n.io/)

**Trade-offs against Make:**
- [Certifications: partial — SOC 2 audited with external pen tests and a public Trust Center; GDPR is covered by a pre-signed DPA carrying the Standard Contractual Clauses. No ISO 27001 claim appears anywhere on the site.](https://n8n.io/enterprise/)

[View n8n](https://theagentsindex.com/n8n)

### 3. MindStudio

No-code platform for building, running and deploying AI agents as drag-and-drop workflows.

**Where it improves on Make:**
- [Done-for-you service: partial — You run the software yourself; the vendor's people supply training rather than building and operating agents for you, and team training is bundled only on the Business plan.](https://www.mindstudio.ai/pricing)
- [Open models: yes — Open-weight families are both hosted in the catalogue and runnable on your own hardware, and the privacy policy names offline DeepSeek instances running inside MindStudio infrastructure.](https://www.mindstudio.ai/privacy)
- [Model choice: yes — You choose the model per block from a large multi-publisher catalogue, can compare models side by side, and can plug in your own keys or endpoints instead.](https://www.mindstudio.ai/pricing)

**Trade-offs against Make:**
- [Pooled budget: partial — Business workspaces can set per-user budgets and limits against the shared workspace spend, but the vendor does not publish how the pooled balance itself is allocated.](https://www.mindstudio.ai/pricing)

[View MindStudio](https://theagentsindex.com/mindstudio)

### 4. UiPath Agent Builder

Low-code canvas in UiPath Studio Web for building AI agents that run on the UiPath automation platform.

**Where it improves on Make:**
- [Agent permissions: yes — The agent can act only through tools you explicitly grant it, per-tool guardrails evaluate deterministic rules before and after each call with Log, Filter, Block or Escalate actions, and a max-iterations setting caps its reasoning loops.](https://docs.uipath.com/agents/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/agent-tools)
- [Model choice: yes — You pick the model per agent from the Properties panel, models are provisioned through the AI Trust Layer, and the vendor states a model can be swapped later without rebuilding the agent.](https://www.uipath.com/platform/agentic-automation/agentic-ai/agent-builder)
- [API access: yes — An OpenAPI 3.0 Orchestrator API plus OAuth external applications let your own stack drive the platform, and API triggers start an agent job over HTTP; the feature table marks API triggers for agents unavailable on Public Sector and Dedicated.](https://docs.uipath.com/orchestrator/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/api-triggers)

**Trade-offs against Make:**
- [Pooled budget: partial — It splits by phase: run-time consumption defaults to a zero tenant allocation and draws from the organisation pool, while the design-time AI and Agentic allowance is sized per seat grade and the docs say plainly it cannot be pooled.](https://docs.uipath.com/agents/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/licensing)

[View UiPath Agent Builder](https://theagentsindex.com/uipath-agent-builder)

### 5. Gumloop

Multiplayer AI agent builder: teams build agents over their apps while IT keeps governance and spend control.

**Where it improves on Make:**
- [Agent permissions: yes — Per-connector approval modes range from always-allow to never-allow, with a read-free write-gated middle setting and per-tool custom rules.](https://docs.gumloop.com/core-concepts/human_in_the_loop)
- [Open models: yes — Open-weight families are runnable as hosted agents, but always through Gumloop's US-based inference providers rather than weights you host yourself.](https://docs.gumloop.com/core-concepts/ai_models)
- [Model choice: yes — The buyer picks the model per agent from 35+ options on both plans, can swap freely, and Enterprise admins can restrict the allowed set.](https://www.gumloop.com/solutions/security)

**Trade-offs against Make:**
- [Free tier: partial — There is a self-serve 14-day free trial of Pro but no standing free plan in the published table, so continued use requires the $37/month tier.](https://www.gumloop.com/pricing)

[View Gumloop](https://theagentsindex.com/gumloop)

### 6. Tale

Open-source project workspace where teams assign tasks to AI coding agents running in sandboxes.

**Where it improves on Make:**
- [Done-for-you service: partial — You run the software, but the Enterprise plan adds professional operation, installation and maintenance, with consulting and custom development charged hourly rather than a built-for-you agent.](https://tale.dev/pricing)
- [Open models: yes — A custom provider credential points at a self-hosted model server such as vLLM or Ollama, or any internal gateway speaking the OpenAI or Anthropic API.](https://docs.tale.dev/platform/admin/providers)
- [Model choice: yes — The buyer picks the provider credential and pins a model per agent; the vendor ships no model of its own and admins restrict access per person or team.](https://docs.tale.dev/platform/projects/project-agents)

**Trade-offs against Make:**
- [Runs autonomously: partial — An agent completes a task unattended and posts its report, but it must stop at In review and cannot approve its own result, so a person or a separate reviewer agent closes the loop.](https://docs.tale.dev/platform/projects/task-automation)
- [Certifications: partial — Ruler GmbH holds ISO/IEC 27001 covering Tale Enterprise and offers a GDPR/FADP DPA with a custom DPA on Enterprise, but no SOC 2 report is published.](https://docs.tale.dev/cloud/trust-and-compliance)

[View Tale](https://theagentsindex.com/tale)