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Workflow orchestration · November 2026 Edition

Make vs Workato

Two of fourteen models named Make first on the direct prompt; four named Workato. Make was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Workato by eleven and Make carries 29 labels and Workato 20, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Make

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Workato

criticized challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share9%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate10%25%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels2920A 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 Workato · 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 modelsWorkato
Direct241 against Workato
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained301 against Workato
Scale-constrained001 against Workato
Negative003 against Make · 2 against Workato
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 Workato were named in the same answer thirty-seven times, of the 155 answers naming Make and the 91 naming Workato. In those answers Workato took the first choice three times and Make seven.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Make and Workato 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 Workato first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Make on the left and Workato on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Make first, Workato an alternative

2 of 14 modelsWorkato 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

Workato first, Make an alternative

4 of 14 modelsMake was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarWorkato alternatives: Make, Microsoft Power Automate, Zapier, n8n
DeepSeek V4 FlashWorkato alternatives: Make, Prefect, Zapier, 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 the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashDagster, Prefect, Temporal, n8n alternatives: Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow, Astronomer Astro, Make
Grok 4.20Zapier alternatives: Camunda Platform 8, Make, Microsoft Power Automate, SnapLogic, Workato, n8n
Mistral SmallPrefect alternatives: Apache Airflow, Camunda Platform 8, Dagster, Microsoft Power Automate, Workato
Llama 4 MaverickPrefect alternatives: Apache Airflow, Dagster, Make, Microsoft Power Automate, Workato, Zapier, n8n
Kimi K2Microsoft Power Automate, Zapier alternatives: Make, Workato, n8n

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
GPT-5.4 miniTemporal alternatives: Apache Airflow, Prefect
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-three points.
Make33%#1 of 10
Workato0%#– of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Make leads by two points.
Make9%#5 of 16
Workato8%#6 of 16
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Workato leads at enterprise.
Workato5%#6 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 Workato

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 or be cautious with Zapier, Make, and Workato for anything beyond simple automation” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid enterprise tools such as Workato, Camunda, or ServiceNow” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · hard negative
“Workato, for example, can be overkill and cost-prohibitive for smaller teams” GLM 4.7 FlashX · scale prompt · soft negative
“Workato is repeatedly positioned for mid-market and enterprise organisations that need automation with strong governance, cross-department reliability and operational depth.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, Workato is the strongest *orchestration* choice if you have the budget and need serious governance.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Workato is the strongest overall choice” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
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.