Does the agent build the automation logic in each case?

With Zapier, largely yes — the agent discovers and chains individual actions at runtime. With Make, no — you design the multi-step scenario in Make's visual editor, and the server exposes it as a callable tool the agent simply triggers, keeping the logic owned in Make.

Are both servers hosted and official?

Yes. Zapier's is an official hosted remote endpoint over OAuth tied to your account; Make's is an official hosted cloud endpoint authenticated with a bearer token tied to your Make scenarios. Neither requires a local install.

Zapier vs Make

Zapier MCP and Make MCP are both official, hosted servers from major automation platforms, but they expose their products to an agent in different ways. Zapier's server is a per-account remote endpoint over OAuth that lets an agent work with Zapier's action catalog directly: discover available actions across 8,000+ apps and 40,000+ actions, enable and disable specific actions, and execute read or write actions on demand, with dynamic provisioning to bring tools online. Make's server takes the scenario-as-tool route: it turns your existing Make scenarios into callable tools, so an agent runs the multi-step automations you have already built rather than assembling actions itself. It is a hosted cloud endpoint authenticated with a bearer token. So Zapier exposes a huge library of individual actions for the agent to compose, while Make exposes your pre-built scenarios as ready-to-run capabilities. Here is a balanced look at how the two servers differ.

How they compare

Dimension	Zapier	Make
What's exposed	Individual actions across 8,000+ apps and 40,000+ actions, which the agent discovers, enables, and executes one by one.	Your existing Make scenarios as callable tools — the multi-step automations you have already designed in Make.
Who builds the logic	The agent composes steps at runtime, choosing and chaining individual actions as it works through a task.	You build the scenario in Make's visual editor up front; the agent simply triggers it as a single tool when needed.
Discovery model	Tools to discover, enable, disable, and auto-provision actions let the agent manage which capabilities are available.	The available tools mirror the scenarios you have published — the surface is whatever automations you expose from Make.
Hosting and auth	Hosted remote endpoint over OAuth, tied to your Zapier account.	Hosted cloud endpoint authenticated with a bearer token, tied to your Make account and scenarios.
Best-fit task	Letting an agent act flexibly across a vast catalog of app actions, composing steps itself for ad hoc cross-app tasks.	Letting an agent run robust, pre-designed multi-step automations on demand, with the logic owned and versioned in Make.

Verdict

Both are official, hosted servers from leading automation platforms, so choose by where the logic should live. Pick Zapier's server when you want flexibility and breadth: an agent that discovers, enables, and executes individual actions across thousands of apps, composing steps at runtime for ad hoc tasks. Pick Make's server when you have already invested in visual scenarios and want the agent to trigger those durable, multi-step automations as callable tools, keeping the orchestration logic in Make where you can version and maintain it. In short: Zapier for runtime composition over a huge action catalog; Make for invoking pre-built scenarios as ready-to-run tools.

FAQ

Does the agent build the automation logic in each case?: With Zapier, largely yes — the agent discovers and chains individual actions at runtime. With Make, no — you design the multi-step scenario in Make's visual editor, and the server exposes it as a callable tool the agent simply triggers, keeping the logic owned in Make.
Are both servers hosted and official?: Yes. Zapier's is an official hosted remote endpoint over OAuth tied to your account; Make's is an official hosted cloud endpoint authenticated with a bearer token tied to your Make scenarios. Neither requires a local install.