# Make alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 186 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Make holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/make/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Apache Airflow: 44
- Prefect: 27
- Dagster: 15
- Temporal: 12
- Camunda Platform 8: 10
- n8n: 5

## Workflow orchestration

**Small business**: 35 of 84 answers did not name Make (Make is #1 of 10 at 33%).

- Prefect: first choice in 9 of those 35
- Apache Airflow: first choice in 2 of those 35
- Dagster: first choice in 2 of those 35
- n8n: first choice in 2 of those 35
- Prefect Open Source: first choice in 1 of those 35
- Temporal: first choice in 1 of those 35
- n8n Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 35

**Mid-market**: 67 of 84 answers did not name Make (Make is #5 of 16 at 9%).

- Apache Airflow: first choice in 19 of those 67
- Prefect: first choice in 14 of those 67
- Dagster: first choice in 10 of those 67
- n8n: first choice in 3 of those 67
- Camunda Platform 8: first choice in 1 of those 67
- Temporal: first choice in 1 of those 67
- Workato: first choice in 1 of those 67
- Zapier/Make: first choice in 1 of those 67

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Make (Make is #19 of 20 at 0%).

- Apache Airflow: first choice in 23 of those 84
- Temporal: first choice in 10 of those 84
- Camunda Platform 8: first choice in 9 of those 84
- Prefect: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Dagster: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Workato: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Beta Systems ANOW! Suite: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Astronomer Astro: first choice in 1 of those 84

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