Make vs Sim
Choose Sim when the priority is an open-source, self-hostable workspace centered on AI-agent workflows, with visual, conversational, and code-based building plus run monitoring. Choose Make when the priority is broader general-purpose application automation, a documented catalog of more than 3,000 integrations, workflow templates, or the stated enterprise controls in the target profile. Sim documents 1,000+ rather-rm
Decision guide
The practical reasons to choose either option, based on documented capabilities.
Choose Sim if
- Teams that need to self-host AI-agent workflows with Docker Compose or Kubernetes
- AI teams combining visual graphs, natural-language workflow generation, and code blocks
- Operators needing block-level traces, logs, schedules, and workflow-activity monitoring according to Sim's documentation
Stay with Make if
- Your workflows depend on Make's larger documented integration catalog: more than 3,000 versus Sim's stated 1,000+
- You require documented workflow templates; the supplied Sim materials do not establish template-library coverage
- You require the specific encryption, SSO, GDPR, SOC 3, and SOC 2 Type II controls stated in the Make profile; equivalent coverage is not fully documented here for Sim beyond a website claim of SOC 2 compliance status, so
Deployment and operations
Sim is Apache-2.0 licensed and available either cloud-hosted or self-hosted. Self-hosting requires Bun and Docker; the setup wizard supports local development, Docker Compose, and Kubernetes via Helm. Administrators can use documented commands for status, logs, diagnostics, restart, teardown, and reset. Self-hosted Chat still uses a Sim-managed service and requires a Chat API key, so deployments should account for that external dependency.
Feature fit
What Sim covers
- Visual workflow building
- Natural-language workflow creation
- Code-enabled workflow steps
- Application and data integrations
- AI-agent deployment
- Workflow execution monitoring
What’s different or missing
- No documented Make workflow importer
- No documented template-library coverage
- Smaller stated integration catalog
- No fully documented match for Make's listed enterprise controls
Project snapshot
- GitHub stars
- 29,424
- Contributors
- 60
- Language
- TypeScript
- Last commit
- Aug 15, 2026
- Latest release
- Aug 15, 2026
Categories: Workflow Automation, Business Intelligence, Forms & Surveys, Project Management
Sources and editorial review12 linked sources
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A workspace to build, deploy and manage AI agents and workflows.
readme · github.comConnect 1,000+ integrations and every major LLM
readme · github.comBuild agents visually, conversationally, or with code
readme · github.comMonitor runs, logs, schedules, and workflow activity
readme · github.comDocker Compose — a self-contained instance for testing self-hosting
readme · github.comKubernetes (Helm) — deploy to a local cluster
readme · github.com- Build agents visually, conversationally, or with code - Ingest files, knowledge bases, and structured table data - Monitor runs, logs, schedules, and workflow activity
verdict · github.comShip agents to production as APIs, Slack bots, or scheduled jobs, and trace every run block by block, all in one workspace.
shared feature · sim.ai- **Local dev** — run from source to contribute or hack on Sim - **Docker Compose** — a self-contained instance for testing self-hosting - **Kubernetes (Helm)** — deploy to a local cluster
deployment · github.comThis project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.
deployment · github.comChat is a Sim-managed service. `bun run setup` connects a Chat API key for you — sign in when it opens your browser and the key is stored automatically.
deployment · github.com- Connect 1,000+ integrations and every major LLM
consider original · github.com
