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Alternatives to Make
19 remote work tools sit alongside Make in this directory. Below is what separates each from Make on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 13
- Cheaper to start
- 3
- Make starts at
- Free, then $9/month
Why people look past Make
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Make has a free tier, and starts at $9/month against a category median of $15/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Free CRM for sales and marketing
- Starts $6 a month dearer, at $15/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
AI note-taking for teams
- Starts $1 a month dearer, at $10/month.
Virtual spaces for remote collaboration
- Starts $3 a month dearer, at $12/month.
Automate almost anything with IFTTT
- Starts $6.01 a month cheaper, at $2.99/month.
Spatial virtual office where proximity in a 2D map controls who you can hear
- Starts $7 a month dearer, at $16/month.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than freemium.
AI meeting recorder with highlights
- Starts $9 a month dearer, at $18/month.
Every Make alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Make (this page) | Free, then $9/month | Freemium | - | |
| HubSpot CRMFree CRM for sales and marketing | Free, then $15/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Make |
| Fireflies.aiAI note-taking for teams | Free, then $10/month | Freemium | - | vs Make |
| GatherVirtual spaces for remote collaboration | Free, then $12/month | - | 2 | vs Make |
| IFTTTAutomate almost anything with IFTTT | Free, then $2.99/month | Freemium | 5 | vs Make |
| Kumospace | Free, then $16/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs Make |
| tl;dv | Free, then $18/month | - | - | vs Make |
| Tuple | Free, then $30/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Make |
| Mural | Free, then $16/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Make |
| Krisp | Free, then $8/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Make |
| Tandem | Free, then $59/month | - | - | vs Make |
| Grain | Free, then $15/month | - | 3 | vs Make |
| Otter.ai | Free, then $16.99/month | Freemium | 6 | vs Make |
| Mmhmm | Free, then $10/month | Freemium | 5 | vs Make |
| Monday Sales CRM | On request | Subscription | 2 | vs Make |
| Splashtop | On request | Subscription | - | vs Make |
| N-able N-central | On request | Quote | - | vs Make |
| Slack Workflow Builder | Free | - | - | vs Make |
| ConnectWise | On request | Quote | - | vs Make |
| Kaseya VSA | On request | Quote | - | vs Make |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Make badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (13)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- HubSpot CRM , Free, then $15/month
- Fireflies.ai , Free, then $10/month
- Gather , Free, then $12/month
- IFTTT , Free, then $2.99/month
- Kumospace , Free, then $16/month
- tl;dv , Free, then $18/month
- Tuple , Free, then $30/month
- Mural , Free, then $16/month
Cheaper than Make (3)
Entry price under Make's $9/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- IFTTT , Free, then $2.99/month
- Krisp , Free, then $8/month
- Slack Workflow Builder , Free
What you would be giving up
Make is most often brought in for automating integrations between 3,000+ pre-built applications, building ai agents and workflow automation without extensive coding, enterprise automation with gdpr, soc 2 type ii compliance, rapid deployment of automations from concept to live. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Make is broadly right and the question is cost, the Make pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Remote Work category lists everything the directory holds, and best remote work tools ranks them.
Make runs on web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Make alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Make?
- 19 other remote work tools are listed in this directory, led by HubSpot CRM, Fireflies.ai, Gather, IFTTT. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Make?
- 13 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: HubSpot CRM, Fireflies.ai, Gather, IFTTT, Kumospace.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Make?
- Yes. 3 of the alternatives below start under Make's $9/month: IFTTT at Free, then $2.99/month, Krisp at Free, then $8/month, Slack Workflow Builder at Free.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Make?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Make has a free tier, and starts at $9/month against a category median of $15/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Make?
- Make is most often brought in for automating integrations between 3,000+ pre-built applications, building ai agents and workflow automation without extensive coding, enterprise automation with gdpr, soc 2 type ii compliance, rapid deployment of automations from concept to live. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Make?
- None of the remote work tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Make alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Remote Work, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Make against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Make covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every remote work tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Remote Work category, 19 tools beside Make. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.