Latenode
Low-code automation with an AI step builder and headless browser actions, priced by execution seconds rather than per-task credits.
What it costs
| Tier | Price | For | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/month | Testing a first workflow before committing to usage-based billing. | 10,000 CPU seconds/month, 5 active workflows, 1 parallel worker, 3-minute execution limit, 3-day run history. |
| Pay as you go | No base fee; $0.00012/CPU-second for the next 90,000 seconds beyond the free 10,000, dropping to $0.00005/second past 5 million seconds/month | A business running workflows regularly and paying only for compute actually used. | Unlimited active scenarios, 5 parallel workers, 10-minute execution limit, 30-day run history, teammate invites. |
Read from Latenode's own pricing page on 25 Sep 2026. Vendors change prices without notice.
Where it breaks
Pricing meters CPU seconds rather than the flat per-task credits used by Make or Zapier, so a workflow's real monthly cost isn't obvious until it has run in production for a while.
Browser-based. Optional add-ons — reserved workers, longer execution time, faster polling — are billed separately, from $5–$70/month.
First entry in this reference. There is no previous check to compare it against.
Latenode does the same job as Make — a hosted place workflows run whether or not your laptop is open, triggered by an event, a schedule, or a webhook. What’s different is the meter. Make and Zapier both sell flat per-task or per-operation credits; Latenode charges for the actual CPU seconds a workflow consumes, which rewards a fast, efficient scenario and penalises a slow one in a way flat-credit pricing doesn’t.
Two features push it toward the agent end of automation rather than plain if-this-then-that: an AI step that can write parts of a workflow from a description, and headless browser actions built into the canvas, so a scenario can click through a site that has no API rather than stopping there.
What the free tier actually covers
10,000 CPU seconds a month sounds abstract until you run one workflow and see what it costs — most simple scenarios use well under a second per run, so the free tier comfortably covers testing and light production use. The real limits at that level are the 5-workflow cap and the 3-minute execution ceiling, not the seconds themselves.
The trade-off against Make or n8n
Choose Latenode over Make if you want the AI step builder and browser automation in the same product rather than bolted on, and you’re comfortable with usage-based pricing you can’t fully predict on day one. Choose Make if a flat, predictable credit number matters more than either of those.
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