For a 4–10 person ops team running ~50 automations including five agentic steps in 2026, the platform choice is binary between n8n self-hosted and Make.com Pro, decided by whose time pays for the platform; Zapier earns its cost only when a critical integration is vendor-locked.

First operator-section piece. Cash math at the ~5,000-ops/mo profile favours Make.com Pro on cash-and-time combined; n8n self-hosted wins on cash alone plus data-residency and agentic extensibility. Reviewed against vendor pricing pages on 26 Apr 2026.

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26 Apr 2026

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26 Apr 2026

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4-10p ops

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30-day

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vendor pricing pages, 26 Apr 2026

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