Major Changes in 2025
Bardeen 890% Price Increase
Bardeen went from $10/month to $99/month — an 890% increase. The AI-powered automation tool repositioned from affordable to premium. Users who relied on the $10 tier were forced to 10x their spend or switch to Make or Zapier.
Zapier Added AI Actions
Zapier Professional ($29.99/mo, 750 tasks) added AI-powered actions: summarize, extract, classify, and generate. Available on Professional tier and above. Each AI action counts as a task toward your monthly limit.
Make Held Pricing Steady
Make maintained Core at $10.59/month (10,000 ops), Pro at $18.82/month, and Teams at $34.12/month. The most stable pricing in automation. Make continued gaining market share from Zapier on the cost advantage alone.
n8n Expanded Cloud Plans
n8n Cloud added Starter at $20/month (2,500 executions) and Pro at $50/month (10,000 executions). Self-hosted Community edition remained free and unlimited. The cloud option made n8n accessible to non-technical users.
Current Pricing (March 2026)
| Tool | Entry Paid | Included Volume | Annual Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make | Core $10.59/mo | 10,000 ops | $127/yr |
| n8n Cloud | Starter $20/mo | 2,500 executions | $240/yr |
| Zapier | Professional $29.99/mo | 750 tasks | $360/yr |
Predictions for 2026
- AI actions will become standard across all automation platforms
- Make will likely gain further market share from cost-conscious teams
- Zapier may raise prices or restructure task counting to improve margins
- Self-hosted automation (n8n) will grow as data privacy concerns increase
- AI agent frameworks may disrupt traditional trigger-action automation
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