Make vs Workato
Make is a European alternative to Workato: same developer tools use case, headquartered in Czech Republic and governed by EU GDPR, while Workato is based in the United States.
By the EU Alternatives team Last updated
Visually connect applications and automate repetitive tasks. Build complex workflows without coding to improve efficiency and integrate your digital tools.
- Jurisdiction
- EU / EEA
- Primary privacy law
- EU GDPR
- US CLOUD Act exposure
- No
- Open source
- No
- Free tier
- No
Enterprises use Workato to automate workflows across 1,200-plus app connectors with a recipe builder that business teams can drive without engineers. Pricing is quote-only and starts around 10,000 dollars a year, climbing well past 100,000 dollars for large deployments. The company operates from headquarters in Mountain View, California, under US jurisdiction.
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- GDPR by default
- Requires DPA + TIA
- US CLOUD Act exposure
- Yes
Make vs Workato at a glance
| Make | Workato | |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Czech Republic | United States |
| Data jurisdiction | EU / EEA | United States |
| Primary privacy law | EU GDPR | Requires DPA + transfer assessment |
| US CLOUD Act exposure | No | Yes |
| Best for | Teams that need developer tools built for European data-protection requirements | Teams already invested in the Workato ecosystem |
Choose Make if…
- You want a provider governed by a European privacy regime
- GDPR or public-sector data-protection requirements apply to you
- You'd rather back the European tech ecosystem
Stick with Workato if…
- You depend on integrations only available in the Workato ecosystem
- Your organisation has no EU data-residency constraints
- Migration costs outweigh the jurisdiction benefits for now
Why choose Make over Workato?
The decisive argument is data jurisdiction. Workato is headquartered in the United States, which means personal data processed through it can be subject to non-EU legal regimes: the US CLOUD Act, FISA 702, or similar laws depending on the provider. After the 2020 Schrems II ruling, EU organisations must carry out a transfer impact assessment for every such data flow.
Make removes that overhead. As a Czech Republic-based provider, it operates under EU GDPR, and data stays inside the EU/EEA by default. For regulated sectors such as health, public administration, and finance, that's not a nice-to-have but a requirement. For everyone else, it's concentration-risk insurance: you avoid depending on a single jurisdiction that can change the rules without warning.