Is Camunda or Make better?

Neither clearly leads. Camunda starts at On request and Make at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Camunda or Make?

Make has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Camunda and Free for Make.

Does Camunda or Make run on more platforms?

Camunda runs on Web, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes. Make runs on Web.

Can I use Make for free?

Yes. Make has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Camunda starts at On request.

What is Camunda best used for?

Camunda is most often used for long-running business processes crossing several services where the state must be visible to non-developers, insurance claims or loan origination where the process model is itself a compliance artefact, replacing orchestration logic scattered across microservices with one engine that owns the state machine, a regulated organisation that needs an auditable record of how each process instance actually executed. Of those, long-running business processes crossing several services where the state must be visible to non-developers and insurance claims or loan origination where the process model is itself a compliance artefact are not what Make is typically brought in for.

What can Camunda do that Make cannot?

Camunda covers BPMN 2.0 execution, DMN decision tables, Zeebe engine, Operate console. Make covers Visual workflow builder, Webhooks, API connectors, Conditional logic.

Automation Integration · head to head

Camunda vs Make

Camunda

Automation Integration

BPMN process orchestration engine, now source-available rather than open source

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

Make

Remote Work

The platform for the new way of working

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only Make has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: Camunda camunda 7 Community Edition stopped receiving security patches after the 7.24 release in October 2025, so free production deployments are now running unpatched software.; Make free tier limited to 1,000 credits per month
They diverge on capability: Camunda covers BPMN 2.0 execution, Make covers Visual workflow builder.
Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Camunda and Make actually diverge.

Attributes where Camunda and Make differ
Attribute	Camunda	Make
Starting price	On request	Free
Pricing model	quote	freemium
Free tier	No	Yes
Platforms	Web, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes	Web
Category	Automation Integration	Remote Work
Founded	Unknown	2013

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Camunda

BPMN 2.0 execution
DMN decision tables
Zeebe engine
Operate console
Job workers
Optimize

Only in Make

Visual workflow builder
Webhooks
API connectors
Conditional logic
Data transformation
Error handling
Scheduling
Team collaboration

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Camunda

Long-running business processes crossing several services where the state must be visible to non-developersnot Make
Insurance claims or loan origination where the process model is itself a compliance artefactnot Make
Replacing orchestration logic scattered across microservices with one engine that owns the state machinenot Make
A regulated organisation that needs an auditable record of how each process instance actually executednot Make

Make

Automating integrations between 3,000+ pre-built applicationsnot Camunda
Building AI agents and workflow automation without extensive codingnot Camunda
Enterprise automation with GDPR, SOC 2 Type II compliancenot Camunda
Rapid deployment of automations from concept to livenot Camunda

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Camunda

Camunda 7 Community Edition stopped receiving security patches after the 7.24 release in October 2025, so free production deployments are now running unpatched software.
Camunda 8 Self-Managed is source-available under the Camunda License 1.0, not open source: production use requires a paid licence, and organisations that adopted Camunda for its Apache licence have to renegotiate that decision.
Migrating from Camunda 7 to 8 is a rewrite rather than an upgrade because the engine, the API and the persistence model all changed, and there is no in-place migration for running instances.
Camunda 8 Self-Managed has substantial infrastructure requirements including Zeebe brokers, Elasticsearch and Identity, which is a considerable operations burden compared with the single database that Camunda 7 needed.
Pricing is not published at all, so evaluating total cost requires a sales process, and there is no way to size a budget before committing engineering time to a proof of concept.

Make

Free tier limited to 1,000 credits per month
Free tier restricted to 2 active scenarios maximum
Free tier enforces 15-minute minimum scheduling interval
Credit-based model means costs scale with usage volume, not just features

Pricing, plan by plan

Camunda

On request

Camunda 8$undefined/year
- Self-Managed under Camunda License 1.0, production licence required
- SaaS with a thirty day full trial
- Free unlimited BPMN and DMN modelling after the trial

Make

Free

No published plan breakdown. See the Make review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Camunda if

You need bpmn 2.0 execution.
You work on Web, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes.
You also want dmn decision tables.

Camunda review

Choose Make if

You need visual workflow builder.
You want to start without paying.
You also want webhooks.

Make review

Questions people ask

Is Camunda or Make better?: Neither clearly leads. Camunda starts at On request and Make at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Camunda or Make?: Make has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Camunda and Free for Make.
Does Camunda or Make run on more platforms?: Camunda runs on Web, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes. Make runs on Web.
Can I use Make for free?: Yes. Make has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Camunda starts at On request.
What is Camunda best used for?: Camunda is most often used for long-running business processes crossing several services where the state must be visible to non-developers, insurance claims or loan origination where the process model is itself a compliance artefact, replacing orchestration logic scattered across microservices with one engine that owns the state machine, a regulated organisation that needs an auditable record of how each process instance actually executed. Of those, long-running business processes crossing several services where the state must be visible to non-developers and insurance claims or loan origination where the process model is itself a compliance artefact are not what Make is typically brought in for.
What can Camunda do that Make cannot?: Camunda covers BPMN 2.0 execution, DMN decision tables, Zeebe engine, Operate console. Make covers Visual workflow builder, Webhooks, API connectors, Conditional logic.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Camunda: Is Camunda still open source?

No. Camunda 8 Self-Managed ships under the Camunda License 1.0, which is source-available and requires a paid production licence.

Make: How is Make priced and does the free plan expire?

Make offers a free plan with 1,000 credits per month at no cost and no time limit. The free plan includes the no-code workflow builder, access to 3,000+ apps, and customer support. Paid tiers (Core, Pro, Teams) are $9-$29/month with 10,000+ credits included.

Source

Camunda: What happened to Camunda 7?

Its final feature release, 7.24, was in October 2025 and the Community Edition receives no further patches. Enterprise support runs to April 2030.

Make: What happens if I exceed my monthly credits?

Extra credits beyond the monthly allowance can be purchased in bundles of 1,000 or 10,000. Auto-purchasing is available for Core, Pro, and Teams plans to automatically buy additional credits when needed.

Source

Camunda: Can I upgrade from 7 to 8?

Not in place. The engine, API and persistence changed, so it is a rewrite of the integration layer.

Make: Can I save money by switching to annual billing?

Yes, annual plans offer 15% or more savings compared to monthly billing. Monthly subscriptions continue until the end of the billing month, while annual plans run for 12 months.

Source

Camunda: What does it cost?

Camunda does not publish prices. Both self-managed production and SaaS require a quote.

Make: What happens to unused credits if I cancel?

Unused monthly credits expire at the end of each billing cycle. With annual subscriptions on Pro and Teams plans, credits are maintained for the full 12-month term. Users can cancel at any time and the organization converts to the free plan after the current billing cycle ends.

Source

Make: How many active scenarios can I create on the free plan versus paid plans?

The free plan is limited to 2 active scenarios and has a 15-minute minimum interval between runs. Paid plans (Core and above) offer unlimited active scenarios with the ability to schedule runs down to the minute.

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Camunda vs Make

Camunda

Make

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Camunda

Only in Make

What people use each for

Camunda

Make

Where each one falls short

Camunda

Make

Pricing, plan by plan

Camunda

Make

Which should you pick?

Choose Camunda if

Choose Make if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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