Make vs Procesio
Choose Make if you want to connect many existing apps through a visual automation platform; choose Procesio if your workflows also need built-in forms, document generation, or self-hosting. Both offer free plans, visual workflow builders, API connections, and ways to add custom code. The deciding questions are what you need to build alongside the workflow and where it needs to run.
Last updated October 24, 2026.
At a glance
| Dimension | Make | Procesio |
|---|---|---|
| Billing model | Credits for scenario actions | Processing hours; environment pricing on higher plans |
| Deployment | Hosted platform; Enterprise on-prem agent | Hosted, on-prem agent, or self-hosted Enterprise |
| Integrations | 3,500+ apps; custom API connections | Built-in connectors; REST API; SDK |
| Form building | Not published | Built-in Forms and Tasks Designer |
| Document design | Not published | Built-in Document Designer |
| Starting paid price | Core: $12/month for 10,000 credits | Professional: €12 per processing hour/month |
| Free-plan allowance | 1,000 credits/month; 2 active scenarios | 1 processing hour/month; 1 user |
| Maximum workflow run | 5 minutes Free; 40 minutes paid | Configurable, including unlimited |
| Scheduled-run interval | 15 minutes Free; 1 minute paid | 1 minute |
| Workflow builder | Visual builder; JavaScript and Python code app | Visual builder; scripting and custom actions |
| Team collaboration | Teams and team roles on Teams plan | Unlimited users and workspaces on Professional |
| Support | Customer support; 24/7 Enterprise support | Community support Free; customer support Professional |
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Which should you choose?
Choose Make if
- Teams connecting apps from a large published integration catalog
- Builders who want visual workflows without writing code
- Buyers who prefer to budget by workflow-action credits
- Teams that need shared scenario templates on a Teams plan
Choose Procesio if
- Teams building forms and approval tasks alongside automations
- Businesses generating documents from process data
- Organizations requiring an Enterprise self-hosted deployment
- Buyers who prefer processing-time billing for hosted workflows
The verdict
Make is the better fit when ready-made app connections and credit-based billing are your priorities. Procesio is the better fit when forms, approval tasks, and documents need to sit alongside your processes, or when an Enterprise deployment must run on your own infrastructure. Compare your expected usage before choosing: Make bills in credits, while Procesio’s hosted Professional plan bills by processing hour.
Make vs Procesio: common questions
- Should I choose Make or Procesio for connecting existing apps?
- Make is a better fit if a broad ready-made catalog matters: it publishes 3,500+ app connections. Procesio publishes built-in connectors, REST API access, and an SDK, but does not publish a comparable app-count figure.
- Which has a free plan?
- Both do. Make’s Free plan includes 1,000 credits per month and allows two active scenarios. Procesio’s Community plan includes one processing hour per month and one personal workspace for one user.
- How do Make and Procesio charge for usage?
- Make charges credits for scenario actions; most actions use one credit, though some use more. Procesio’s hosted Professional plan charges for processing hours, while its Business and Enterprise plans use custom environment pricing.
- Can I self-host either platform?
- Procesio publishes a self-hosted Enterprise option for deployment on your own infrastructure. Make publishes an Enterprise on-prem agent for reaching local systems, which is different from a published self-hosted platform option.
- Which should I use for forms and approvals?
- Procesio publishes a built-in Forms and Tasks Designer with approval workflows. Make publishes integrations with third-party form tools but does not publish a built-in form designer on the vendor pages checked.
- Which supports generating documents?
- Procesio publishes a Document Designer for generating PDF, Word, and HTML documents from process data. Make does not publish a built-in document designer on the vendor pages checked.
- Do the platforms support custom code?
- Yes. Make publishes a code app for running JavaScript or Python in workflows. Procesio publishes scripting actions and the ability to create custom actions and connectors.
- What limits matter for long-running workflows?
- Make publishes a maximum scenario execution time of five minutes on Free and 40 minutes on paid plans. Procesio publishes a configurable process timeout that can be unlimited; its hosted plans still have processing-time allowances.