Lobstack vs Make
A hosted, visual automation platform where you build scenarios from modules, with AI Agents in beta.
Make builds automations as visual scenarios across thousands of apps, and runs them on Make. Lobstack is a desktop app where bots work on your computer and ask before each change.
Ten questions, answered from each side’s own pages.
| Lobstack | Make | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A desktop app where AI bots work in your repos and tools and wait for your yes, plus an API with a receipt on every call. | A visual-first automation platform built around scenarios. |
| Where it runs | On your computer: Windows, macOS and Linux. Public beta, not code-signed yet. Prompts go to the model. | Scenarios run on Make. An Enterprise on-premise agent reaches apps on your local network. |
| How you build | Give a bot a job in plain words and it proposes the steps. A finished run can become a routine. There is no visual canvas. | Scenarios made of modules, in a visual editor. AI Agents are in beta. |
| Apps and integrations | 36 built-in connectors, plus 2 generic ones that reach any MCP server by URL or command. | 3,000+ apps. |
| Approval before an action | On by default. Every step that changes something waits for your yes, with the exact call in front of you. | A Human in the Loop app, on the Enterprise plan. |
| Scheduled runs | Routines run on a schedule, but only while the app is running. A closed laptop runs nothing. | Scenarios run on a schedule. On the Free plan, at most every 15 minutes. |
| MCP | Connectors are MCP servers. Add any HTTP or stdio MCP server. | Make MCP Server, on all plans, connects AI tools to your scenarios. |
| Your own model key | Yes. Your own provider key or GitHub Copilot work instead of the Lobstack API, with no Lobstack account. | AI Agents run on Make's AI provider or your own LLM key. |
| How usage is counted | Dollars of model spend. Each call on the Lobstack API returns what it cost, and calls can be tagged by client. | Credits: one per module action. |
| Free tier and entry price | Free to download. $5 of credit for 30 days on first sign-in, then $1 a month of model spend. Paid plans from $29 a month. | Free: 1,000 credits a month. Core: $12 a month for 10,000 credits, billed monthly. |
As of 2026-09-30. The Make column is read from Make’s own pages, each listed with a quote under Sources. Prices and plans change; check them before you decide.
What Make does that we do not.
Visual scenarios
Every automation is a picture of modules you can follow and change. Lobstack has no canvas: a bot proposes steps in a thread.
Thousands of apps
3,000+ apps by Make's own count, far more than Lobstack's connector list.
A low price to start
A free plan with 1,000 credits a month, and a paid plan from $12 a month. Credits are counted per module action.
Runs without your computer
Scenarios run on Make, on a schedule. Lobstack's routines only run while the app is open.
Pick the one that fits the job.
Choose Make if
- You want to see an automation as a visual scenario and change it by hand.
- It must run on a schedule with your computer off.
- The apps you connect are in Make's library.
- You want a low monthly price, counted per module action.
Choose Lobstack if
- You want bots working on your own computer, in your repos, files and browser.
- Every change should wait for your yes by default, on every plan, not only Enterprise.
- You want to pay for model spend in dollars, with a receipt on each call.
- You would rather describe a job than build a scenario.
What people ask.
- Is Lobstack a replacement for Make?
- No. Make runs visual scenarios on its own platform, on a schedule, across thousands of apps. Lobstack runs bots on your computer that work in your files, repos and browser, and asks before each change.
- Can I use them together?
- Make MCP Server connects AI tools to your scenarios, and Lobstack can add any HTTP MCP server by URL. That could let a bot run a scenario, with your approval first. We have not tested this pairing ourselves.
- Both have AI agents. How are they different?
- Make's AI Agents are in beta and run inside Make, on Make's AI provider or your own key. Lobstack's bots run on your computer, on the Lobstack API, GitHub Copilot or your own key, and wait for your yes before any change.
- How is each one priced?
- Make counts credits, one per module action, with a free plan of 1,000 a month. Lobstack is free to download and charges for model spend in dollars.
Every page we read, and when.
- make.com/en/pricing
What it is · How you build · Apps and integrations · Scheduled runs · MCP · Your own model key · How usage is counted · Free tier and entry price · read 2026-09-30
“experience our visual-first interface and create the first scenario”
“Build and manage AI Agents in Make”
“3000+ apps”
“15-minute minimum interval between runs”
“Connect your AI to your Make scenarios from anywhere”
“our AI Provider (all plans) or your own LLM key”
“Each module action in your scenario [...] counts as one credit.”
“Price for 10k credits/mo”
- help.make.com/on-premise-agent
Where it runs · read 2026-09-30
“your scenarios can access applications and databases on your local network”
- apps.make.com/human-in-the-loop-enterprise
Approval before an action · read 2026-09-30
“The Human in the Loop app is available on the Make Enterprise plan.”
- Lobstack’s column
Each line restates a page on this site: /download, /docs/app, /connectors, /docs/app#approval, /docs/app#routines, /docs/app#connectors, /docs/console/clients, /pricing.
Download Lobstack.
Free for Windows, Mac and Linux, in public beta. Bots work on your computer and wait for your yes before anything that changes something.