Make alternatives: 8 tools compared (November 2026)

Microsoft Power Automate is the automation component of the Power Platform, sold through Microsoft's enterprise channel for companies already running Microsoft 365, with Copilot as an AI layer that builds, monitors and repairs workflows from natural language.

Key functions

• Copilot generates workflows directly from a natural-language description
• Copilot in Process Mining summarizes process data and findings in natural language
• AI Builder provides trainable AI models for document processing and text recognition without code

Compared with Make

• Has a German interface; Make does not list one.
• Different pricing model: per user instead of freemium.
• Single sign-on in all plans; at Make only in higher plans.

Check before buying: Check your data processing agreement with Microsoft before routing HR data through flows, and decide who may build or edit flows touching HR records. Outside a few GPU-enabled regions, Copilot is on by default through a cross-geo data-sharing toggle an admin can turn off at the tenant level. If a resulting workflow ends up monitoring or scoring individual employees, German works councils can still claim co-determination under Section 87(1) No. 6 BetrVG.

n8n is a general-purpose workflow automation platform from Berlin built around a visual, node-based editor, used across departments including HR, with native AI nodes, autonomous agents and support for the Model Context Protocol.

Key functions

• Native AI nodes for OpenAI, Anthropic and other language models without building your own API integration
• AI agents with human-in-the-loop approval steps and coordination between several specialized agents
• Native support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Compared with Make

• Different pricing model: usage-based instead of freemium.
• Strongest elsewhere: Germany.

Check before buying: Set up a data processing agreement once employee data passes through n8n or its AI calls, and decide who may build or edit flows touching HR data. Self-hosting gives full control over data location; the managed cloud is faster to start with but hosts outside your own infrastructure. Where an automated flow ends up monitoring or scoring individual employees, German works councils can still gain co-determination rights under Section 87(1) No. 6 BetrVG.

Workato is a US enterprise integration and automation platform that connects business applications and orchestrates AI agents across systems such as CRM, ERP, ITSM and HR software. HR and People Ops teams use it to automate workflows between connected HR systems.

Key functions

• Workato One orchestrates agentic AI workflows across connected business systems
• AgentX Apps are pre-built agents for specific business processes such as IT support or sales
• Enterprise MCP and Agent Trust give AI agents governed, role-based access to connected systems

Compared with Make

• Built for larger organizations than Make's smallest customers.
• Names 5 security certificates, Make 3.
• Single sign-on in all plans; at Make only in higher plans.

Check before buying: Workato publishes no list prices, so request a written quote based on expected recipes, connectors and task volume. Ask which data center region applies to your account, since Workato runs regional data centers in the United States, the United Kingdom, the EU and Asia-Pacific. Because Workato is a general platform, check whether any HR agent you configure supports hiring decisions, since New York City requires a bias audit for such tools. In the United Kingdom, solely automated decisions need safeguards such as human review under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025.

Zapier is a general-purpose, no-code automation platform from San Francisco that connects apps rather than serving HR specifically, with AI agents that work autonomously across more than 9,000 connected apps and safeguards such as AI Guardrails.

Key functions

• Zapier Agents work autonomously across more than 9,000 connected apps
• AI Guardrails check automated workflows for personal data, prompt injection and toxic language
• Human-in-the-loop approvals can be built directly into AI workflows

Compared with Make

• States no EU hosting option; Make has one.
• Starts higher: from $19.99 per month, Make from $9 per month.
• Strongest elsewhere: United States.

Check before buying: Sign a data processing agreement before employee data reaches Zapier or its AI model calls, and decide who may build or change Zaps that touch HR data. Zapier's data hosting is US-based, and there is no self-hosted option. If a Zap or agent ends up scoring candidates in New York City, Local Law 144 requires an independent bias audit and a published summary. California's CCPA covers employee and applicant data flowing through Zaps the same way as consumer data.

DingTalk is Alibaba's workplace platform, widely used across China, combining messaging, approvals and payroll-adjacent HR tools with AI features for attendance tracking, meeting summaries and workforce analytics.

Key functions

• AI Minutes writes meeting notes with speakers, chapters, key points and action items
• AI risk detection flags duplicate or conflicting requests during approvals
• Qwenwork AI office agent replies to messages, processes files and does research

Compared with Make

• States no EU hosting option; Make has one.
• Names fewer security certificates: 1, Make 3.
• Strongest elsewhere: China.

Check before buying: Before adopting DingTalk outside China, clarify the hosting location and whether facial recognition and biometric attendance checks are legal in your country. Confirm paid-tier pricing directly, since it is not published. Because turnover prediction and video screening evaluate individual people, PIPL Article 24 lets them demand an explanation and refuse decisions made solely by automated means.

Lintelly is an outsourced HR department for German companies with 10 to 150 employees that have no HR team of their own: software drafts contracts, references and deadline reminders, and a named HR lead reviews and approves everything before it reaches employees.

Key functions

• Drafts employment contracts, references and written warnings from the company's own templates, approved by an HR lead
• Tracks deadlines such as probation, fixed-term contracts, holiday forfeiture and the six-week threshold for German return-to-work management (BEM), with advance notice
• Sends a daily HR briefing each morning with pending decisions and the ready-made letter for each

Compared with Make

• Has a German interface; Make does not list one.
• Different pricing model: per employee instead of freemium.
• Strongest elsewhere: Germany.

Check before buying: Lintelly is not a fit for companies that only want HR software, or for companies under about 10 employees, where a dedicated HR lead rarely pays off. Payroll, court proceedings and legal opinions are out of scope; payroll stays with the payroll office and disputes go to an employment law firm. A free 30-minute HR check by video reviews contracts and obligations first, and the result belongs to the company even if it does not continue.

Integration platform that lets HR teams connect HRIS, ATS, payroll and benefits systems without IT help.

Key functions

• Agentic Studio answers natural language questions about workforce data and Analytics Studio generates analyses such as attrition by unit.

Compared with Make

• Strongest elsewhere: United States.

Interview scheduling software from San Francisco that syncs calendars and picks interviewers by workload and availability.

Key functions

• Taylor AI is a configurable AI recruiting agent that works around the clock on recruiting tasks.

Compared with Make

• Strongest elsewhere: United States.