Make draws the scenario.
Engini guards the records underneath.
Make is a visual automation platform loved by operations teams, now with AI Agents and a hosted MCP server. Engini decides what each agent may read or write in your systems of record, and keeps the receipts.
Visual automation and governed agent access
Make lets teams build scenarios on a visual canvas across 3,000+ apps, with Make AI Agents built inside the same canvas and a hosted MCP server that exposes chosen scenarios as tools.
Engini is the layer agents go through to reach ERP, HR and CRM records. It reads each instance's live schema, scopes tools per agent, holds risky calls for a person and logs every call.
Where Make is strong
- Mature, friendly visual builder for business and ops teams
- 3,000+ apps, including enterprise apps on the Enterprise plan
- Deep NetSuite app with custom records and SuiteQL (Enterprise)
- Hosted MCP server included in all plans
- Reasoning panel that shows which tools an agent used
Where Engini is built to win
- Toolsets that decide which tools each agent can see
- Approvals that hold risky calls for a person
- An audit trail of every call, its arguments and the person it acted for
- Live schema for SAP, NetSuite, Oracle, Workday and Salesforce, custom fields included
- On-Prem Agent for systems behind the firewall, outbound only
- MCP, SDK, CLI, REST and a no-code canvas on one core
Make vs Engini, side by side
Choose Engini, Make, or both
Choose Engini when
- Your agents need governed access to ERP and HR records
- You want tools without building a scenario for each action
- Developers need MCP, SDK and CLI, not only a canvas
- You need on-prem reach without the Enterprise plan of another tool
Choose Make when
- Your ops team builds automations visually across many SaaS apps
- You already have a library of Make scenarios
- You want AI agents built inside the same canvas
Where the difference shows up
With Make: Build a scenario with the Workday module and expose it to the agent.
With Engini: Add workday.worker.create to the HR agent's toolset and require approval.
With Make: MCP scenario tools return within 25 to 40 seconds; the client polls for longer runs.
With Engini: Use an Agentic Workflow for the long job and let the agent start it as a tool.
With Make: Enterprise on-premise agent through HTTP.
With Engini: On-Prem Agent with outbound calls only.
Using Make and Engini together
Ops teams can keep Make for marketing and ops scenarios and send the sensitive system-of-record actions through Engini, where they are scoped, approved and logged.
Last reviewed October 30, 2026. Details about Make come from its public website and documentation, listed below, and may change.
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Make vs Engini: common questions
Is Engini a Make alternative?
For agents acting in systems of record, yes. For visual automation across thousands of SaaS apps, Make is a strong tool and the two can work together.
Does Make have an MCP server?
Yes. Make's hosted MCP server exposes your scenarios as tools to MCP clients such as ChatGPT, Claude and Cursor, and is included in all plans.
Can Engini handle NetSuite custom records?
Yes. Engini reads each instance's live schema, including custom records and fields.
How does Make price?
Make bills in credits. Most actions cost one credit, and the Free plan includes 1,000 credits a month.
How do I connect my AI agent to Engini?
Point any MCP client to https://mcp.engini.io and pass the toolset you want the agent to use in the X-Engini-Toolset header. The same tools are available from the SDK, the CLI and the REST API, and the agent only sees the tools inside its toolset.