Automation & Workflows
Lindy vs Make.
Both sit in Automation & Workflows, scored on the same six pillars from the same published methodology. Here is where they actually differ.
The short answer
Make scores higher — 84.3 against 79.8, a margin of 4.5 points. That is the overall answer, not the whole one: the pillar breakdown below is where the decision usually actually gets made.
Lindy leads on momentum; Make leads on maturity & reliability, value for money and security & compliance.
Lindy
79.8
Strong
No-code AI agents that automate work across your everyday apps.
- From
- Free / $49.99 per month
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Maturity
- Emerging
- Founded
- 2023
Make (Celonis)
84.3
Excellent
Visual automation builder with deep branching and AI steps.
- From
- Free / $9 per month (Core)
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Maturity
- Established
- Founded
- 2016
Pillar by pillar
The same six pillars and fixed weights used for every tool on the site. A lead of fewer than 5 points is not called for either side — these are evidence-backed judgements, not measurements. Read the methodology.
Capability
Level
Value for Money
Make by 10
Security & Compliance
Make by 6
Integrations & Ecosystem
Level
Maturity & Reliability
Make by 14
Momentum
Lindy by 7
Which one, and when
Pick Lindy if
- →where the product will be in a year matters as much as today — it leads Momentum by 7 points.
- →Email triage and scheduling agents
- →Sales and ops automation
- →Upgrading Zapier-style flows with AI
The catch
- Young platform, still maturing
- Credit pricing on heavy automations
Pick Make if
- →it has to hold up in production from day one — it leads Maturity & Reliability by 14 points.
- →cost per unit of output is the binding constraint — it leads Value for Money by 10 points.
- →compliance and data control decide it — it leads Security & Compliance by 6 points.
- →Complex multi-step automations
- →Ops teams replacing manual glue work
- →Budget-conscious no-code builders
The catch
- Steeper learning curve than the simplest automation tools
- Operation-based billing can spike on high-volume scenarios
What each is good at
Lindy
- ✓Agent reasoning plus classic trigger automation
- ✓Thousands of app integrations out of the box
- ✓Human-in-the-loop approvals built in
Make
- ✓Visual canvas handles complex branching, loops and error handling
- ✓Generous operations pricing versus per-task competitors
- ✓Native AI modules drop LLM calls into any workflow
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