AJ Learning HubZapier · Make · n8n
Go from clicking your first Zap to building AI-powered, self-hosted workflows — platforms, core concepts, AI steps, recipes, and a learning path.
After a $180M Series C in October 2025 at $2.5B, n8n reportedly doubled to $5.2B alongside a strategic investment from SAP. Relevant when you're picking a platform to build a business on — this one isn't going anywhere.
n8n 2026 roundup →The rebuilt AI Agent node does tool-calling across six LLM providers, with 35+ new nodes including Anthropic Claude and Google Gemini, a Canvas UI overhaul, and production-grade error handling with configurable retries and error branching.
n8n 2026 roundup →The AI Agent Tool Node enables multi-agent orchestration, with native LangChain integration across 70+ AI nodes, agent memory that persists between executions, vector-database support for RAG, and sandboxed code execution.
n8n 2026 roundup →Make's Maia assistant generates a scenario from a natural-language description, and its agent builder is still flagged beta. Describe the outcome, let AI draft the flow, then refine and harden it.
Make (product page) →Zapier Agents execute multi-step tasks across its app catalog — the largest of the three. Zapier still wins for fast 2–3 step Zaps; reach for n8n when logic gets complex, Make for visual mid-complexity.
Zapier (product page) →Zapier, Make, and n8n each ship native connections to OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Gemini plus purpose-built agent templates. The model is no longer the differentiator — pick on logic complexity, hosting, and price.
2026 comparison →Across all three platforms the model can now scaffold a workflow for you — but it still needs guardrails, error handling, and idempotency before production. Use AI to start, not to ship.
Three tools, one skillset. Learn the concepts once — they transfer across all of them.
No-code, 7000+ apps, fastest to set up.
Pick a trigger, pick an action, done. The biggest app library and the gentlest learning curve. Best for simple 2–3 step automations and the widest integrations.
Visual scenarios — power without code.
A drag-and-drop canvas with routers, filters, iterators, and data mapping. More capable than Zapier, friendlier than n8n. Great price-to-power.
Open-source, self-hostable, code when needed.
The most flexible — visual nodes plus optional JavaScript. Self-host for no per-task fees and full control. Steeper curve, biggest ceiling. AI-native nodes built in.