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Comparisons, coming soon

We're building a small set of honest, rubric-scored comparisons, each with a “who it's NOT for” section. Here are the first two. More are on the way.

2 publishedMore in researchNew ones announced in The Agent Brief

The first two · more on the way

Head to head, in plain English.

We'd rather publish a few comparisons we've checked properly than a thin directory. The next ones are in research and will be scored the same way.

NoviceDesk-researched

Zapier vs Make for beginners

Free plans, billing units and learning curve, and who each one is not for.

Free plans · Billing units · Who it's NOT for
IntermediateDesk-researched

n8n Cloud vs self-hosted (Community Edition)

Cloud plans against the free Community Edition: price, data location and who maintains it.

Pricing · Data location · Maintenance
Coming soon

Comparison 03

In research now. Scored on the same five criteria, with the same “who it's NOT for” section.

Get it in The Agent Brief
Coming soon

Comparison 04

In research now. Scored on the same five criteria, with the same “who it's NOT for” section.

Get it in The Agent Brief

How we score

Five things that matter to a small business.

We score tools on: setup time, cost, reliability, data handling and lock-in. Nobody can pay to change a score. Where a link is an affiliate link, it's labelled Ad.

01Setup time
02Cost
03Reliability
04Data handling
05Lock-in

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