The 80–90% cheaper claim, with receipts. Every row below maps to a real shipped capability — not vague marketing copy.
Cold DMs and (eventually) Meta Ads send a steady stream of agency and consultant buyers who already use Zapier and need to understand why Buildweave is meaningfully cheaper. "We're 80–90% cheaper" stops working the moment a buyer asks cheaper how — the rest of the page exists to put the receipts next to the claim.
Agencies and consultants feel the per-task bill first because they automate at volume for clients: every Stripe payment, every Typeform submission, every Shopify order is a $0.001 Zapier task that compounds fast. Buildweave is flat-rate by design, so the bill doesn't move when client volume moves.
What to look at in the table below: workflows per month (the big one), seat pricing (no per-user add-on), integrations (everything reachable via HTTP and webhooks), custom branding (gated to Team like Zapier), and retry and observability (per-step execution logs, HMAC-signed webhooks, rate limits, a failed-run detector cron).
Every Buildweave row below is verifiable in the source — see the linked files and changelog for receipts.
| Capability | Zapier (Team) | Make (Business) | Buildweave (Pro) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workflows / month | Billed by task — bill scales with volume | Operation limits — throttled at scale | Unlimited active workflowsStarter caps at 10 active; Pro is unlimited. Flat monthly, no per-task counter. |
| Seat pricing | Add-on seats billed per user | Per-user tier escalation | Per-plan, not per-seatStarter: 1 seat. Pro: up to 5. Team: unlimited. Seats roll into the plan price. |
| Integrations | Native connectors, ecosystem-dependent | Native connectors, ecosystem-dependent | Everything reachable by HTTPEvery workflow exposes a unique webhook URL. http_post step type performs any HTTP call. Any service that can fire a POST triggers a workflow. |
| Custom branding | Gated to top enterprise tier | Limited on Business plan | White-label on Team onlyStarter and Pro share the Buildweave brand on notifications; Team is white-label. Same gating model as Zapier. |
| Retry & observability | Built-in but locked to higher tiers | Per-scenario logs only | Per-step logs + HMAC + rate limitEvery workflow step writes a per-execution log entry. Webhooks are HMAC-signed per workflow. Rate-limited at 60 req/min per token. Hourly failed-run detector cron flags stuck runs. |
| Plan tiers | Starter → Pro → Team → Enterprise (climbing) | Core → Pro → Teams → Enterprise | Three tiers, flat monthlyStarter $29/mo · Pro $79/mo · Team (custom). Stripe checkout wired end-to-end. No per-task billing on any tier. |
| Monthly cost (top comparable tier) | $599/mo | $299/mo | $79/mo |
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