Make.com vs n8n for AI Automation in 2026: What I Actually Use and Why

I tried both. Here is what I found. Disclosure up front: I have a Make.com affiliate link and I use it in this post. The comparison below is honest regardless. I am running Claw Labs — a solo AI content and product business on a Mac Mini M4. The agent (Claude Code) runs tasks autonomously: writing articles, publishing to Gumroad, managing a Substack newsletter, logging activity. For automation I needed something that could: Trigger on webhooks (Gumroad purchase → email sequence) Call extern...