Botpress vs Make: which tool in 2026?
Choose Botpress if your primary goal is building conversational AI agents, as its free tier includes 100 conversations and 3 AI agents. Opt for Make at $9 a month for 10,000 credits if you need a general integration hub connecting databases, CRM systems and billing tools. While Botpress structures the dialogue interface, Make handles the complex multi-step data flows behind the scenes.
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TL;DR verdict
Pick Botpress when you need a structured interface for client-facing chat, using 3 free AI agents or starting the Plus plan at $150 a month billed annually. Pick Make when you need to sync databases, trigger back-office automations, or connect 7,000 apps with plans starting at $9 a month.
| Botpress | Make | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry paid plan | $150/mo (billed annually) | $9/mo |
| What's included | 250 conversations/mo and unlimited AI agents | 10,000 credits/mo and 1-minute minimum interval |
| Free option | $0 with 100 conversations/mo and 3 AI agents | $0/mo with up to 1,000 credits/mo |
| Billing unit | Per conversation | Per module operation (credits) |
| Storage add-on | $40/mo for 100,000 table rows and 1GB vector storage | Not applicable (30 days log storage on Core) |
| Custom code execution | Supported via JavaScript cards | 2 credits per 1 sec of execution time |
| Learning curve | Medium, requires understanding AI agent states | Gentle, visual flowchart style |
| Strongest at | Building customer facing AI chat widgets | Back-office automations and data sync |
Sources: Botpress pricing · Make pricing · data checked: Jul 18, 2026
Which we'd pick, scenario by scenario
A 5-person services firm wanting an automated FAQ bot for their website
Botpress. The free tier allows 100 conversations a month and 3 AI agents, which is perfect for structured support without writing complex logic.
E-commerce business syncing orders from WooCommerce to billing software
Make. General database syncing and processing order events across multiple apps is exactly what Make's $9 a month Core plan with 10,000 credits is built for.
An AI assistant that chats with a client and then generates a PDF invoice
Both combined. Use Botpress for the chat interface starting with 100 free conversations, and have it trigger a Make webhook running on the $9 a month Core plan to handle the back-office file generation.
Our take
Choosing between these two tools is not about feature lists, but about who is initiating the action. If you are building an interactive interface where a customer chats with an AI to resolve a ticket, Botpress is the correct choice. It structures the prompt history, handles natural language processing, and starts with a free tier of 100 conversations and 3 AI agents. If you try to build this directly inside Make, your scenario structures become massive, expensive, and fragile. However, if your goal is background data movement, such as updating your CRM or syncing spreadsheets when a database row changes, Botpress is entirely wrong. Make is a superior general integration engine where a $9 a month plan gets you 10,000 credits to connect almost any system. In our daily agency work, we rarely pick just one of these systems. We frequently deploy them as a pair, using our AI chatbots solution to manage the customer chat interface, which then triggers a webhook in Make to execute back-office database tasks. This keeps your conversational costs low on Botpress while utilizing Make's strength in background workflow execution. If you want to understand broader automation options, our automations team can help set up this exact hybrid infrastructure to protect your operational budget.