Side-by-side comparison · Automation & Workflows
Gumloop vs Make vs Parabola
Everything that matters when choosing between them, in one place: our rating, what each can do, what they cost, and the trade-offs.
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At a glance
Pick it if: Marketers, sales teams and researchers who want AI to do the repetitive reading, sorting and summarising.
Pick it if: Marketers and operators who've outgrown simple automations and want to see what their workflows are doing.
Pick it if: Operations and finance teams at ecommerce and logistics businesses who live in spreadsheets.
Overview
| Attribute | Gumloop | Make | Parabola |
|---|---|---|---|
| In one line | Build AI agents that research, scrape and enrich data across your work apps. | Draw automations as a flowchart, with branches and loops, for less than Zapier charges. | Automates messy operations data jobs like reconciliations, reports and invoice audits. |
| Pricing model | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| Starting price | From $37/mo | From $9/mo | Free |
| Free plan | No | Yes | Yes |
| Works with Claude Code | Yes | Yes | No |
Rating breakdown
Our scores out of 5. The higher bar in each row is highlighted.
| Attribute | Gumloop | Make | Parabola |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3.9 | 4.3Winner | 4.0 |
| Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it. | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 |
| FeaturesHow completely it covers its own job, and how well the pieces fit together. | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them. | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Value for moneyWhat you get for the price, including the free plan. | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| Speed & reliabilityHow fast it is and how often it falls over. | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Feature comparison
A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.
| Attribute | Gumloop | Make | Parabola |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access & platform | |||
| Free plan | No | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app | No | – | – |
| Desktop app | No | No | – |
| Browser extension | Yes | Yes | – |
| API access | Yes | Yes | – |
| Teams & business | |||
| Team workspace | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise plan or SSO | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Connects to other apps | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open source or self-hosted | No | No | No |
| AI abilities | |||
| Works with your files | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Understands images | Yes | – | – |
| Makes images | – | No | No |
| Makes video | No | No | No |
| Writes code | Yes | No | – |
| Runs agents or automations | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Learns your brand or style | Yes | No | – |
| Works in many languages | – | Yes | – |
| Capabilities score | 10/ 17 | 9/ 17 | 6/ 17 |
Pricing
Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.
| Attribute | Gumloop | Make | Parabola |
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| Plans | ProOur pick From $37/mo Anyone who wants AI doing the research and data work. | Free Free Learning the canvas and running a couple of light scenarios. | BasicOur pick Free One person automating their own reports. |
Enterprise Custom Companies that need security controls and a private cloud. | CoreOur pick From $9/mo billed yearly One person automating a small business. | Business Custom Operations and finance teams. | |
Pro From $16/mo billed yearly Anyone whose automations have become business-critical. | |||
Teams From $29/mo billed yearly A team sharing scenarios and connections. | |||
Enterprise Custom Companies that need SSO, audit logs and an uptime guarantee. | |||
| Which plan to pick | Pro is the only option short of Enterprise, so use the 14-day trial to run one real job end to end and watch the credit meter. If it comes in under 20,000 credits a month, you are set. | Core is enough for most small businesses, and 10,000 credits goes a long way when routers and error handlers are free. Move to Pro if a failed run costs you money and you want priority execution and better logs. | Start on the free Basic plan to rebuild one report you do every week. If the team needs to share and govern Flows, ask for a Business proof of concept, which is free if it doesn't prove value. |
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Questions people ask
Which is better, Gumloop, Make or Parabola?
Make scores highest overall in our ratings (Gumloop 3.9/5, Make 4.3/5 and Parabola 4.0/5). Gumloop is best for website scraping and research and lead enrichment and scoring. Make is best for multi-step marketing workflows and branching logic and filters. Parabola is best for inventory and order reconciliation and shipping and parcel invoice audits.
Which is cheaper, Gumloop, Make or Parabola?
Gumloop: There's no free plan. Paid plans start at From $37/mo. Make: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at From $9/mo. Parabola: It's free to use.
How we compare
Ratings are our own, from using each tool, across ease of use, features, output quality, value for money, speed & reliability.
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