approx, rate as of 2026-10-22 (ECB)

What do 1,000 automation runs a month cost?

1,000 runs × 5 action steps, annual billing. Cheapest verified plan per tool, prices checked 2026-10-22.

cheapest
Activepieces
$0.00/mo
Free · 1,000 credits
monthly price only
Activepieces pricing
Make
$9.00/mo
Core · 6,000 credits
Try Make
n8n Cloud
$22.41 (€20.00 EUR)/mo
Starter · 1,000 executions
n8n Cloud pricing
Zapier
$89.00/mo
Professional · 5,000 tasks
Zapier pricing
Pipedream
$99.00/mo
Startup · 5,000 credits
different product
Pipedream pricing

Approx, rate as of 2026-10-22: 1 USD = 1.2776 SGD (Frankfurter API (ECB reference rates), https://api.frankfurter.dev/v1/latest?base=USD). Original billing currency shown in brackets. Conversions are approximate; vendors bill in their own currency.

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Activepieces Free monthly price only
Credits reset daily per pricing table (FAQ says monthly); treated as 1,000/month.
$0.001,000 creditsActivepieces pricing
Make Core
Verified: $9/mo for 10,000 credits ($0.90 per 1,000). Larger tiers are on a slider we could not read; we assume the same per-1,000 rate.
$9.006,000 creditsTry
Make Pro
Verified: $16/mo for 10,000 credits. Larger tiers assumed linear.
$16.006,000 creditsTry
Activepieces Plus monthly price only
$20.001,000 creditsActivepieces pricing
n8n Cloud Starter
$22.41 (€20.00 EUR)1,000 executionsn8n Cloud pricing
Make Teams
Verified: $29/mo for 10,000 credits. Larger tiers assumed linear.
$29.006,000 creditsTry
n8n Cloud Pro
Higher execution tiers exist in a dropdown; we could not verify their prices.
$56.02 (€50.00 EUR)1,000 executionsn8n Cloud pricing
Zapier Professional
$89.005,000 tasksZapier pricing
Pipedream Startup different product
+$2 per external user above 100.
$99.005,000 creditsPipedream pricing
Zapier Team
Up to 25 users.
$1195,000 tasksZapier pricing
Activepieces Team monthly price only
25 users.
$2001,000 creditsActivepieces pricing
Zapier Enterprise
Contact sales.
Custom (sales)5,000 tasksZapier pricing
Make Free
15-minute minimum interval; 2 active scenarios limit not re-checked.
Above largest published tier6,000 creditsTry
Make Core/Pro/Teams monthly billing
Page says annual saves 15%; we did not capture exact monthly prices.
not verified6,000 creditsTry
Make Enterprise
Custom (sales)6,000 creditsTry
n8n Cloud Monthly billing
Monthly prices not captured.
not verified1,000 executionsn8n Cloud pricing
n8n Cloud Enterprise
Custom (sales)1,000 executionsn8n Cloud pricing
Activepieces Annual billing
'Save 2 months' on annual; exact figure not captured.
not verified1,000 creditsActivepieces pricing
Pipedream Business different product
Custom (sales)5,000 creditsPipedream pricing

Self-hosted n8n (excl. server)

n8n self-hosted Community Edition monthly price only
Free software. You pay for your own server (not included).
$0.00
n8n self-hosted Business
Overage: 4,000 EUR per extra 300,000 executions. Higher tiers not verified.
$747 (€667 EUR)

FAQ

What is the cheapest automation tool at 1,000 runs a month?

With 5 action steps per run on annual billing, Activepieces Free is cheapest at $0.00 a month, from prices checked 2026-10-22. Self-hosted n8n is listed separately because it excludes server cost.

Do these prices include GST?

Prices exclude GST/VAT and other taxes; vendors may add tax at checkout. Prices change often, so check the vendor page before buying.

Other volumes: 10,000 runs · 50,000 runs

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