Make.com and n8n have dominated workflow automation for years, but Claude Code routines offer a developer-first alternative that sidesteps their pain points. Here's a full comparison, migration tutorial, and cost analysis to help you decide. Table of Contents Why Workflow Automation Is Ripe for Disruption What Are Claude Code Routines? Make.com vs n8n vs Claude Code: The Full Comparison Setting Up Your First Claude Code Routine Tutorial: Migrating a Make.com Scenario to a Claude Code Routine Advanced Patterns: Going Beyond What Make.com Can Do Cost Analysis: Real Numbers from a Real Migration Migration Checklist: Moving Off Make.com or n8n The Shift from Visual Automation to AI-Native Workflows Why Workflow Automation Is Ripe for Disruption Make.com and n8n have dominated workflow automation for years. Developers use them to wire APIs together, transform data, and run scheduled tasks without writing glue code. But living inside these platforms grates over time. Pricing tiers escalate sharply with usage.…