Latenode Pricing (2026): CPU Seconds, Credits & Cost Calculator vs Make.com and Zapier

Latenode Pricing Plans & Billing Models at a Glance (2026)

When evaluating Latenode pricing, you will encounter two documented billing structures depending on whether your workspace is on Latenode’s current Pay-as-You-Go (CPU seconds) architecture or its tiered execution credit plans. According to Latenode’s official billing documentation, both models share the same core philosophy: you pay for scenario runtime duration, never for the number of nodes inside a workflow.

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Enter your monthly workflow runs, average action steps (or loop items) per run, and average execution time in seconds to compare your monthly bill across all three pricing engines.

CPU Seconds vs 30-Second Execution Credits Explained

Per Latenode’s official usage statistics documentation, it is important to understand how both CPU seconds and execution credits are metered:

• 30-Second Execution Credits (Tiered Plans & LTDs): One credit equals 30 seconds of scenario execution time. A 2-node scenario and a 25-node scenario that both finish in under 30 seconds each consume exactly 1 credit on Start. On Grow, runs finishing in 15 seconds or less consume 0.5 credits; on Prime, runs finishing in 3 seconds or less consume 0.1 credits.
• CPU Seconds (Free & Pay as You Go): Every Free account receives 10,000 CPU seconds per month. A remaining-balance widget at the bottom of the left sidebar tracks your live CPU seconds and Plug&Play tokens in real time.
• Zero-Cost Single-Node Debugging: Clicking “Run once” on an individual node while building or testing a JavaScript transform does not consume credits or CPU seconds.

Pay-as-You-Go Limits, Parallel Runs & Daily-Prorated Add-Ons

When you attach a payment method and activate Pay as You Go in Latenode, your workspace limits immediately expand beyond the Free tier defaults even before adding optional modules:

• 5 parallel executions included by default (vs. 1 on Free), expandable per unit via the Reserved Parallel Executions add-on.
• 10-minute maximum execution timeout per scenario run (up from Free limits, with legacy credit documentation supporting up to 30-minute windows).
• 30 days of execution history, unlimited active scenarios, unlimited connected authorizations, and a 16 MB file size limit per execution.
• 1 RAG AI Knowledge Storage (50 RAG chunking pages), global variables, and 1 workspace team invite included.
• Daily Proration on Add-Ons: If you toggle an add-on (such as extra parallel executions or expanded payload limits), Latenode bills one-thirtieth (1/30th) of the monthly add-on price per day while active.

How Plug&Play AI Tokens vs Bring-Your-Own-Key (BYOK) Billing Works

AI workflows often cause surprise bills on legacy iPaaS tools because every LLM call, JSON parser, and retry step adds another billable operation. Latenode lets you choose between two AI billing modes:

• Plug&Play AI Nodes (Welcome Token Included): Every new registration receives a welcome Plug&Play token. You can drop Claude, OpenAI GPT, or Gemini nodes onto the canvas with zero API key setup; usage draws from your Plug&Play token balance.
• Bring Your Own API Key (BYOK) inside a JavaScript Node: If you pass your own OpenAI or Anthropic key inside a Latenode JavaScript node, Latenode charges $0 markup on AI tokens—you only consume standard scenario runtime seconds:

// Latenode JavaScript Node: Process a 25-item array in 1 execution window
export default async function run({ data }) {
  const leads = data.variables.incoming_leads || [];
  const cleaned = leads.map((item, idx) => ({
    id: idx + 1,
    email: String(item.email || '').trim().toLowerCase(),
    company: item.company || 'Unknown'
  }));
  return {
    processed_count: cleaned.length,
    normalized_batch: cleaned
  };
}

What Increases Your Latenode Bill? (Behavior Matrix)

Real Production Workflow Cost Breakdowns

Simple Lead Notification (1,500 Runs/Month, 2 Seconds/Run)

A webhook receives a form submission, formats fields, and posts to Slack. In Make.com, 1,500 runs × 3 modules = 4,500 credits ($9/mo Core). In Latenode, 1,500 runs × 2 seconds = 3,000 CPU seconds, which fits 100% inside Latenode’s $0 Free tier (10,000 CPU seconds).

E-Commerce Order Line-Item Loop (2,000 Orders/Month, 30 Items/Order)

In Make.com, an Iterator splitting 30 line items across 2 downstream modules consumes 62 credits per order (124,000 credits/month ≈ $90+/mo). In Latenode, looping all 30 items inside a single JavaScript node takes ~3 seconds per order (6,000 CPU seconds/month), costing $0 on Free or $19/mo on Start. See our Make.com Iterator Credits Guide for the exact math.

Dynamic Web Scraping + CRM Enrichment (2,500 Runs/Month, 14 Seconds/Run)

Using Latenode’s built-in Headless Browser node takes 14 seconds per run (2,500 credits on Start for $19/mo, or 1,250 credits on Grow). Replicating that in Make requires a $12 Make Core plan plus a $49/month external scraping API ($61/mo total).

Spending Limits, Nodul Sub-Scenarios & Failed Invoice Rules

Before deploying mission-critical production automations, note three operational billing rules documented in Latenode’s Billing Guide:

• Hard Monthly Spending Caps: On Pay as You Go, you can set a maximum dollar limit for CPU seconds and Plug&Play tokens so runaway webhook loops cannot exceed your budget.
• Nodul Sub-Scenario Billing: When a parent scenario executes a reusable Nodul sub-scenario, credits are calculated from the execution time of the main scenario rather than double-counting the child Nodul separately.
• Unpaid Invoice Threshold ($2 Rule): On Pay as You Go, Latenode settles accrued usage periodically; if failed card charges exceed the $2 platform hard limit, the account reverts to Free plan limits until the invoice row is retried and paid.

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