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Workflow orchestration · November 2026 Edition

Make vs Temporal

Two of fourteen models named Make first on the direct prompt; two named Temporal. Make was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Temporal by fourteen and Make carries 29 labels and Temporal 42, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Make

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Temporal

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share9%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate10%12%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#8A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels2942A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Make reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.n8n was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Prefect vs Make · Prefect vs Temporal · Dagster vs Make

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the workflow orchestration page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
MakeFirst choices, of fourteen modelsTemporal
Direct22
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained301 against Temporal
Scale-constrained001 against Temporal
Negative003 against Make · 3 against Temporal
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Make and Temporal were named in the same answer forty times, of the 155 answers naming Make and the 115 naming Temporal. In those answers Temporal took the first choice two times and Make four.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Make and Temporal stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Make Temporal first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Make on the left and Temporal on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Make and Temporal stood in it.

Make first, Temporal not the choice

2 of 14 modelsTemporal was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Qwen 3.7 FlashMake alternatives: Apache Airflow, Microsoft Power Automate, n8n
GLM 4.7 FlashXMake alternatives: Microsoft Power Automate, Tray.io, Workato, Zapier, n8n

Temporal first, Make an alternative

2 of 14 modelsMake was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniTemporal alternatives: Apache Airflow, Prefect
Gemini 3.5 FlashDagster, Prefect, Temporal, n8n alternatives: Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow, Astronomer Astro, Make

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarWorkato alternatives: Make, Microsoft Power Automate, Zapier, n8n
Grok 4.20Zapier alternatives: Camunda Platform 8, Make, Microsoft Power Automate, SnapLogic, Workato, n8n
DeepSeek V4 FlashWorkato alternatives: Make, Prefect, Zapier, n8n
Llama 4 MaverickPrefect alternatives: Apache Airflow, Dagster, Make, Microsoft Power Automate, Workato, Zapier, n8n
Kimi K2Microsoft Power Automate, Zapier alternatives: Make, Workato, n8n
GPT-6 LunaWorkato alternatives: Camunda Platform 8, Microsoft Power Automate, Temporal, n8n
Muse Glimmer 30BWorkato alternatives: Boomi, Make, Microsoft Power Automate, SnapLogic, Zapier

Neither was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Prefect, Zapier/Make alternatives: Apache Airflow
Mistral SmallPrefect alternatives: Apache Airflow, Camunda Platform 8, Dagster, Microsoft Power Automate, Workato
MiniMax M2.5no first choice

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Make leads by thirty-one points.
Make33%#1 of 10
Temporal2%#7 of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Make leads by six points.
Make9%#5 of 16
Temporal4%#8 of 16
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Temporal leads at enterprise.
Temporal16%#2 of 20
Make0%#19 of 20
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Make

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.

“It's best avoided for complex or high-volume workflows.” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Zapier, Make, or similar automation tools for high-volume, mission-critical processes” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“be cautious for complex, high-scale, or mission-critical orchestration” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“The Best Overall (Visual & Complex Logic): Make (formerly Integromat) ... Make is currently the strongest contender.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“the top recommendation for most mid‑market B2B organizations is: Make (formerly Integromat)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“Make is generally considered the best balance between power and cost for most businesses.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Temporal

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Avoid: Proprietary paid tools like Temporal Cloud or heavy enterprise suites until you have budget for them.” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Temporal - It is not recommended unless you're building a complex, long-running distributed system and have a dedicated DevOps/infrastructure team.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · soft negative
“Emerging/niche tools (e.g., Kestra, Temporal): Generally positive, but watch for immaturity” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Winner: Temporal ... is the industry standard for developer-centric durable execution.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“the best default choice is usually Temporal” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice
“Best for reliable, durable execution of complex business logic or microservices... has a steeper learning curve.” Grok 4.20 · scale prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.