Who this comparison is for
FlowForge highlights
- Approvals per-node (refunds, broadcasts, deletes)
- DLQ triage & safe replay; error-class grouping
- Wait-for-event (sagas) and timeout branches
Make (formerly Integromat) highlights
- Rich scenario editor with many modules
Capability matrix
| Capability | FlowForge | Make (formerly Integromat) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Node approvals & RBAC | Native | Partial | Approver roles & audit links |
| Dead-letter queue & replay | Native | Partial | Requeue with mapping edits |
| Long-running waits & timeouts | Full | Partial | Sagas with callback resume |
| Rate limits & concurrency | Full | Partial | Global + per-connection ceilings |
| Prometheus /metrics | Native | Add-on | SLO dashboards included |
| Velaxe-first nodes (Desk/Live/Pulse/etc.) | Native | None | Deep actions & triggers |
| Templates & tests/simulation | Full | Partial | Unit tests & shadow mode |
- Focus is reliability/governance for service operations; connector breadth differs by stack.
- Tokens legend: full/partial/none/native/addon/config-dependent.
Total cost of ownership
As flows expand into incident-prone surfaces (payments, SLAs, messaging), FlowForge’s guardrails and DLQ reduce outage blast radius and operator time.
Assumptions
- Cross-app flows with tickets, calls, payments
Migration plan
From Make · Scenario inventory → FlowForge templates → staged promotion
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1
Export scenarios and identify risky nodes for approvals
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2
Rebuild with FlowForge nodes; add tests & rate limits
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3
Publish to Staging (shadow) and validate traces
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4
Promote to Prod and decommission scenarios
Security
- KMS vault for secrets; per-connection scopes
- Audit logs and exportable run history
Evidence & sources
| Claim | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals & RBAC | Gated nodes + approver roles | product_docs |
| Waits & timeouts (sagas) | Pause & resume on callbacks | product_docs |
About FlowForge
FlowForge is a no-code/low-code automation studio for the entire Velaxe workspace. Start from events like new tickets, chat handoffs, missed calls, payment failures, file uploads, cron schedules, or signed webhooks. Add conditions, transforms, and iterators, then run actions across Agent Desk, LiveConnect, PulseGate, VoiceLink, Chronicle, ActionDesk, PayStream, SecureStore, InsightLake, ProductCatalog, and popular third‑party apps.
Designed for reliability and safety, FlowForge ships with idempotent execution, retries with backoff, rate limits, approvals for sensitive steps, environments (Dev/Staging/Prod), rollouts, and detailed run logs. Metrics are exposed via Prometheus so SREs can set SLOs and alerts.