Make alternative
MAKE ALTERNATIVE BUILT FOR CREATIVE OPERATIONS
Make automates how data moves between your tools. Plainly Flows automates how creative gets made, connecting your generation and rendering tools into one workflow with approvals and brand checks built in.
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Make is built for data movement.
Plainly Flows is built for creative teams
Same category on paper. Very different tools in practice.
Make
Best for data automation
Transforming and mapping data between tools
Connecting apps with routers, filters, and branching logic
Ops and technical-leaning teams comfortable with some complexity
Workflows where the output doesn't need a review
No way to make assets, only route them
Plainly Flows
Best for teams producing creative at scale
Repeatable video, image, and GenAI content workflows
Creative workflows that work without a technical person building them
Workflows where assets need review and approval before going live
Turning brand-approved templates into automated creatives
Mid-to-large organizations running creative operations at scale
Plainly has been an incredible partner. They are technical experts, highly responsive, and have allowed us to rethink how we execute large-scale video production.
Zachary Perlinski, Senior Manager of Content Design @ Anywhere
The differences that matter for creative teams
Plainly Flows
Make
Workflow automation
Built for creative ops
Built for moving data
Who builds workflows
Anyone
Technical users
Pre-built creative nodes
AI with templated creatives
Visual preview at every stage
Built-in approval stages
Multi-stakeholder sign-off steps
Brand safety guardrails
Pricing
Custom
Starts at $10.59 per month
Make vs Plainly Flows
Built for things Make was never designed for
Less setup, more creativity
Setting up Make is a project. Modules to pick, data to map, scenarios to test, and someone on the team has to own all of it. And that work starts over every time the process changes.
Plainly Flows is built for creative work, which is what makes the setup simple. The nodes come already set up for creative work, review stages are part of the platform, and brand rules are checked along the way. Your team adjusts a working system instead of developing one.
Plainly Flows is built for creative work, which is what makes the setup simple. The nodes come already set up for creative work, review stages are part of the platform, and brand rules are checked along the way. Your team adjusts a working system instead of developing one.
See the asset, not the data bundle
Make's canvas is visual about everything except your creative. You can watch operations flow through modules in real time, but the creative being generated never appears on screen, only the data describing it. Seeing the actual output means leaving Make entirely.
In Plainly Flows the canvas shows the creative. Every stage displays what it produced, so your team watches the work take shape step by step and opens any output right where it was made.
In Plainly Flows the canvas shows the creative. Every stage displays what it produced, so your team watches the work take shape step by step and opens any output right where it was made.
Approval stages with multi-stakeholder sign-off
In Make, an approval step is something you construct. Pause the scenario, write the status to a sheet, watch for the change, branch on the answer. It can be done, and every team that does it ends up maintaining a small approval system of their own on the side.
Plainly Flows has the approval system built in. Reviewers see the actual asset, sign off in the order you set, and the workflow holds until the last yes is in. Legal, creative director, regional lead, however many stages your process needs.
Plainly Flows has the approval system built in. Reviewers see the actual asset, sign off in the order you set, and the workflow holds until the last yes is in. Legal, creative director, regional lead, however many stages your process needs.
Brand compliance built into the workflow
Make has no idea what your brand guidelines are. Any checking of colors, logos, or messaging is a scenario someone needs to create. The guardrails are only as good as the person maintaining them.
In Plainly Flows the checks come with the platform. Brand rules are set once, enforced on every output, and updated in one place instead of across a pile of scenarios.
In Plainly Flows the checks come with the platform. Brand rules are set once, enforced on every output, and updated in one place instead of across a pile of scenarios.
Trusted by creative teams worldwide
Collaborating with Plainly was a seamless experience. Their team was committed and proficient, allowing us to achieve our campaign goals and create great experiences for our supporters.
Toma Delafosse
Head of Performance @ Unicef Australia
You know you often hear business owners say we really just want technology to help us run our business better? Like this is it. This is what you do to run your business better.
Jody Poole
Team Lead Design @ Leads.io
We use Plainly for crucial tasks to automate creative production for our clients, and whilst they have a great product we're even more happy about their support.
Kasimir Hellman
CEO @ Plug
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Currently, we're accepting teams at mid-to-large companies that run creative operations at scale and want to shape the future of creative automation with us.
Compared to my old in-house rendering setup, it's like night and day. It scales effortlessly, performs consistently, and has been rock-solid reliable.
Tony Sajdak, CTO @ Perfect Fools
Frequently asked questions
Is Plainly Flows a Make alternative?
Can I use Plainly Flows and Make together?
Does Plainly Flows integrate with as many apps as Make?
Do I need coding experience to build workflows in Plainly Flows?
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Does Plainly Flows replace my creative team or design tools?
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