Make vs. Writer: data protection per plan
Make (3 plans) and Writer (2 plans) side by side: DPA, training on inputs, hosting and data retention per plan, based on the providers’ public documents. Without rating.
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At a glance
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| Feature | Make | Writer |
|---|---|---|
| Provider based in | Celonis, Inc., One World Trade Center, 87th Floor, New York, NY 10007, USA | WRITER Inc., 111 Maiden Lane, Fourth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA |
| Plans recorded | 3 | 2 |
| Hosting | EU option: all 3 plans | mixed: all 2 plans |
| Training on inputs | not documented: all 3 plans | no: all 2 plans |
| DPA | yes: all 3 plans | yes: all 2 plans |
| As of | 18 Oct 2026 | 18 Oct 2026 |
Plans compared
Comparing: Make Core / Pro / Teams vs. Writer Starter
| Feature | MakeCore / Pro / Teams | WriterStarter |
|---|---|---|
| yes | yes | |
| Details: DPA available | yes (Celonis Data Processing Agreement for Make, version May 2024; DPF as the primary transfer mechanism, standard contractual clauses Module Two as fallback; SCCs for European customers additionally linked as a separate document); terms page: 'Your use of the Services is subject to the terms of the Data processing agreement' (thus applies to all plans) Provider’s DPA | yes (Terms of Use, version 2026-06-05, apply to free, trial and paid versions except Enterprise: 'When you are acting on behalf of an organization when accessing our Services, our Data Processing Agreement (“DPA”) applies and is incorporated by reference into these Terms.') Provider’s DPA |
| differs by plan | not publicly documented | no |
| Details: Training on inputs | Neither the pricing page, the security page, the privacy notice nor the DPA (version May 2024) mentions model training on customer data; likewise no statement in the help centre article 'AI providers and data zones in Make' or in the Make section of the Celonis Trust Center. Master Services Agreement for Make (March 2026), clause 6.2: licence to customer data 'solely as necessary to provide the Services'; DPA Annex 1: usage analysis only in anonymised form. Privacy notice: Google Workspace APIs are not used to train general AI/ML models. The Celonis Trust Center contains a training commitment only for the 'Celonis Platform', not for Make. Express training rules for Make: not publicly documented. | Trust page: WRITER does not train its models on customer data, user inputs or outputs; the customer controls how its data is used. Privacy policy (applies to website visitors and individual accounts): no use of data provided when accessing or using the Services for training, including inputs and outputs. Terms of Use: 'We will not use your Materials to train our models.'; however, Materials may be used to provide, maintain and improve the Services and to develop other products. |
| differs by plan | EU option | mixed |
| Details: Data residency | Sub-processor list (effective 2025-12-12): AWS hosting for non-Enterprise customers in Ireland or the USA; database for EU customers in Ireland; AI sub-processors: hosting in the USA (Microsoft France). Help centre 'AI providers and data zones in Make': data zones US1, US2, EU1, EU2; 'Selecting the EU1 or EU2 data zone does not automatically mean every request gets processed and stays in the EU.' Always in the USA (OpenAI): Maia, Make AI Web Search, all OpenAI models in Make's AI Provider, AI Content Extractor (image description, audio translation); always in the EU (Microsoft Azure AI services): the other AI Content Extractor functions. Own connections: EU processing guaranteed only for Microsoft Foundry, Amazon Bedrock and OpenAI-compatible endpoints, not for Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, Mistral AI, Cohere, Groq and xAI. According to the same page, some features route to the United Kingdom: Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.6 in Make's AI Provider 'are served from a UK Bedrock region'; for further Claude models the table also lists, among others, Zurich and London for EU zones. | Sub-processor list (as of 2026-10-14): cloud and infrastructure providers with processing locations in the USA and partly the EU (AWS, Google Cloud, Daytona, Parasail, Turbopuffer, Recall.ai) or worldwide (Cloudflare). Whether customers can choose an EU region, and which data is stored where, is not described. Trust page: data is provisioned in an isolated production project; 'Managed, multi-cloud options, including dedicated private cloud deployment'. |
| list available | list available | |
| Details: List published |
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| differs by plan | Pricing page: detailed execution logs 30… | Trust page: 'zero data retention' approach |
| Details: Data retention | Pricing page: detailed execution logs 30 days (Core, Pro, Teams). Celonis Trust Center (Make, Data Erasure): execution logs are deleted after 30 days (Enterprise: 60 days); user data can be deleted by the customer at any time; 'Per default, the complete customer's database is deleted within 30 day after contract termination.' DPA clause 3.3: deletion or return on request within 30 days of the end of the contract. Help centre: retention period of the scenario run history per plan according to the pricing page; incomplete executions are stored only if enabled. | Trust page: 'zero data retention' approach; data is stored only for as long as needed to use the platform. Help centre 'Setting up data retention': automatic deletion schedules only 'on certain Enterprise plans'; the default is 'No automatic deletion', content is kept until users delete it manually. Terms of Use: after termination no obligation to retain; WRITER may delete Materials. DPA section 9: return or deletion of personal data upon the customer's written request, unless the law requires otherwise. |
| differs by plan | several tiers | not publicly documented |
| Details: Price | Base tier 10,000 credits per month: with annual billing Core USD 9, Pro USD 16, Teams USD 29 per month ('Save 15 %'), with monthly billing USD 10.59, USD 18.82, USD 34.12. Higher credit tiers with monthly billing (Core/Pro/Teams per month): 20,000 credits USD 18.82/34.12/62.35; 40,000: USD 34.12/62.35/116.47; 80,000: USD 64.71/107.06/203.41; 150,000: USD 116.47/180.53/343.01; 300,000: USD 214.31/315.93/600.26; from 500,000 credits Core 'Not available' (500,000: Pro USD 482.67, Teams USD 917.06; 750,000: Pro USD 678.75, Teams USD 1,289.62). No indication whether VAT is included. All plans with 'Unlimited users' according to the pricing page; Teams additionally teams and team roles. AI surcharge: no separate AI credit; AI features via Make's AI Provider partly consume more credits. | not publicly documented (the pricing page shows no price; according to the FAQ, monthly or annual billing per seat with fixed credit limits; 14-day free trial, no credit card required) |
| yes | yes | |
| Details: AI features included | yes (Make AI Agents (beta) and AI Toolkit in all plans: 'Make's AI Provider (all plans) or your own LLM key'; 10,000 credits per month in the base tier; Make Code App 2 credits per second) | yes (WRITER Agent for chat and automation, up to 5 users, up to 5 Playbooks, up to 3 scheduled routines, 1 team personality profile, basic connectors; AI Studio with limited access) |
| 9 sources | 7 sources | |
| Details: Sources with retrieval date |
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Contract / DPA
- Make Core / Pro / Teamsyes
- Writer Starteryes
- Make Core / Pro / Teams
yes (Celonis Data Processing Agreement for Make, version May 2024; DPF as the primary transfer mechanism, standard contractual clauses Module Two as fallback; SCCs for European customers additionally linked as a separate document); terms page: 'Your use of the Services is subject to the terms of the Data processing agreement' (thus applies to all plans)
Provider’s DPAWriter Starteryes (Terms of Use, version 2026-06-05, apply to free, trial and paid versions except Enterprise: 'When you are acting on behalf of an organization when accessing our Services, our Data Processing Agreement (“DPA”) applies and is incorporated by reference into these Terms.')
Provider’s DPA
Training
- differs by plan
- Make Core / Pro / Teamsnot publicly documented
- Writer Starterno
- Make Core / Pro / Teams
Neither the pricing page, the security page, the privacy notice nor the DPA (version May 2024) mentions model training on customer data; likewise no statement in the help centre article 'AI providers and data zones in Make' or in the Make section of the Celonis Trust Center. Master Services Agreement for Make (March 2026), clause 6.2: licence to customer data 'solely as necessary to provide the Services'; DPA Annex 1: usage analysis only in anonymised form. Privacy notice: Google Workspace APIs are not used to train general AI/ML models. The Celonis Trust Center contains a training commitment only for the 'Celonis Platform', not for Make. Express training rules for Make: not publicly documented.
Writer StarterTrust page: WRITER does not train its models on customer data, user inputs or outputs; the customer controls how its data is used. Privacy policy (applies to website visitors and individual accounts): no use of data provided when accessing or using the Services for training, including inputs and outputs. Terms of Use: 'We will not use your Materials to train our models.'; however, Materials may be used to provide, maintain and improve the Services and to develop other products.
Hosting
- differs by plan
- Make Core / Pro / TeamsEU option
- Writer Startermixed
- Make Core / Pro / Teams
Sub-processor list (effective 2025-12-12): AWS hosting for non-Enterprise customers in Ireland or the USA; database for EU customers in Ireland; AI sub-processors: hosting in the USA (Microsoft France). Help centre 'AI providers and data zones in Make': data zones US1, US2, EU1, EU2; 'Selecting the EU1 or EU2 data zone does not automatically mean every request gets processed and stays in the EU.' Always in the USA (OpenAI): Maia, Make AI Web Search, all OpenAI models in Make's AI Provider, AI Content Extractor (image description, audio translation); always in the EU (Microsoft Azure AI services): the other AI Content Extractor functions. Own connections: EU processing guaranteed only for Microsoft Foundry, Amazon Bedrock and OpenAI-compatible endpoints, not for Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, Mistral AI, Cohere, Groq and xAI. According to the same page, some features route to the United Kingdom: Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.6 in Make's AI Provider 'are served from a UK Bedrock region'; for further Claude models the table also lists, among others, Zurich and London for EU zones.
Writer StarterSub-processor list (as of 2026-10-14): cloud and infrastructure providers with processing locations in the USA and partly the EU (AWS, Google Cloud, Daytona, Parasail, Turbopuffer, Recall.ai) or worldwide (Cloudflare). Whether customers can choose an EU region, and which data is stored where, is not described. Trust page: data is provisioned in an isolated production project; 'Managed, multi-cloud options, including dedicated private cloud deployment'.
Sub-processors
- Make Core / Pro / Teamslist available
- Writer Starterlist available
- Make Core / Pro / Teams
- Amazon Web Services (hosting; location selectable: USA or Germany (Enterprise) or Ireland (others))
- MongoDB (database; EU customers Germany (Enterprise) or Ireland, non-EU customers USA)
- Supabase (database for Make and Grid; EU customers Ireland, otherwise USA)
- 84codes (execution; region as for AWS)
- AI: OpenAI OpCo (USA), Anthropic Ireland (hosting USA), Google (USA), Microsoft (France), Groq (USA)
- E2B.dev (code execution, USA)
- Cloudflare (CDN; data of European customers only via EU servers), Mixpanel (Netherlands), Rudderstack, Freshdesk (Germany) and others
- Group: Celonis SE, Celonis s.r.o. (Czech Republic, support) and others
Writer Starter- Amazon Web Services (cloud): USA, EU
- Google Cloud Platform (cloud): USA, EU
- Microsoft Azure (infrastructure): USA
- Baseten (infrastructure): USA
- Cloudflare (infrastructure): worldwide
- Daytona (infrastructure): USA, EU
- Elastic Cloud (infrastructure): USA
- OpenRouter (infrastructure): USA
- Parasail (infrastructure): USA, EU
- Turbopuffer (infrastructure): USA, EU
- Exa.ai (web search): USA
- Tavily (web search): USA
- Recall.ai (services and support): USA, EU
- Snowflake (data warehouse): USA
- Fullstory, Omni, Segment (analytics): USA
- Pylon (customer support): USA
- Sendgrid (email): USA
- Stripe (billing): USA
- Writer, Inc. group companies (services and support): worldwide
Retention
- differs by plan
- Make Core / Pro / TeamsPricing page: detailed execution logs 30…
- Writer StarterTrust page: 'zero data retention' approach
- Make Core / Pro / TeamsPricing page: detailed execution logs 30 days (Core, Pro, Teams). Celonis Trust Center (Make, Data Erasure): execution logs are deleted after 30 days (Enterprise: 60 days); user data can be deleted by the customer at any time; 'Per default, the complete customer's database is deleted within 30 day after contract termination.' DPA clause 3.3: deletion or return on request within 30 days of the end of the contract. Help centre: retention period of the scenario run history per plan according to the pricing page; incomplete executions are stored only if enabled.Writer StarterTrust page: 'zero data retention' approach; data is stored only for as long as needed to use the platform. Help centre 'Setting up data retention': automatic deletion schedules only 'on certain Enterprise plans'; the default is 'No automatic deletion', content is kept until users delete it manually. Terms of Use: after termination no obligation to retain; WRITER may delete Materials. DPA section 9: return or deletion of personal data upon the customer's written request, unless the law requires otherwise.
Price
- differs by plan
- Make Core / Pro / Teamsseveral tiers
- Writer Starternot publicly documented
- Make Core / Pro / Teams
Base tier 10,000 credits per month: with annual billing Core USD 9, Pro USD 16, Teams USD 29 per month ('Save 15 %'), with monthly billing USD 10.59, USD 18.82, USD 34.12. Higher credit tiers with monthly billing (Core/Pro/Teams per month): 20,000 credits USD 18.82/34.12/62.35; 40,000: USD 34.12/62.35/116.47; 80,000: USD 64.71/107.06/203.41; 150,000: USD 116.47/180.53/343.01; 300,000: USD 214.31/315.93/600.26; from 500,000 credits Core 'Not available' (500,000: Pro USD 482.67, Teams USD 917.06; 750,000: Pro USD 678.75, Teams USD 1,289.62). No indication whether VAT is included. All plans with 'Unlimited users' according to the pricing page; Teams additionally teams and team roles. AI surcharge: no separate AI credit; AI features via Make's AI Provider partly consume more credits.
Writer Starternot publicly documented (the pricing page shows no price; according to the FAQ, monthly or annual billing per seat with fixed credit limits; 14-day free trial, no credit card required)
- Make Core / Pro / Teamsyes
- Writer Starteryes
- Make Core / Pro / Teams
yes (Make AI Agents (beta) and AI Toolkit in all plans: 'Make's AI Provider (all plans) or your own LLM key'; 10,000 credits per month in the base tier; Make Code App 2 credits per second)
Writer Starteryes (WRITER Agent for chat and automation, up to 5 users, up to 5 Playbooks, up to 3 scheduled routines, 1 team personality profile, basic connectors; AI Studio with limited access)
Evidence
- Make Core / Pro / Teams9 sources
- Writer Starter7 sources
- Make Core / Pro / Teams
- PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Notice (as of 2026-07-20)Privacy notice, retrieved 8 Oct 2026
- SecurityTrust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Terms and conditions (legal documents)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Make List of sub-processors (effective 2025-12-12)Sub-processor list, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Data Processing AgreementDPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Master Services Agreement for Make (March 2026)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- AI providers and data zones in MakeHelp centre, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Make Enterprise by Celonis Trust CenterTrust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
Writer Starter- Plans & PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Security and trust at WRITERTrust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (Effective Date April 17, 2026)Privacy notice, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Subprocessors (Last Updated October 14, 2026)Sub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data Processing Agreement (as of 2025-12-04)DPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Terms of Use (Version June 5, 2026)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Setting up data retentionHelp centre, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
| Feature | Make | Writer |
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| yesall 3 plans | yesall 2 plans | |
| Details: DPA available |
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| differs by tool | not publicly documentedall 3 plans | noall 2 plans |
| Details: Training on inputs |
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| differs by tool | EU optionall 3 plans | mixedall 2 plans |
| Details: Data residency |
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| list availableall 3 plans | list availableall 2 plans | |
| Details: List published |
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| differs by tool | Pricing page: detailed execution logs 7…all 3 plans | Trust page: 'zero data retention' approachall 2 plans |
| Details: Data retention |
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| differs by tool |
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| Details: Price |
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| yesall 3 plans | yesall 2 plans | |
| Details: AI features included |
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| 9 sources | 8 sources | |
| Details: Sources with retrieval date |
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Contract / DPA
- Makeyesall 3 plans
- Writeryesall 2 plans
- Make
- Free
yes (Celonis Data Processing Agreement for Make, version May 2024; DPF as the primary transfer mechanism, standard contractual clauses Module Two as fallback; SCCs for European customers additionally linked as a separate document); terms page: 'Your use of the Services is subject to the terms of the Data processing agreement' (thus applies to all plans)
Provider’s DPA - Core / Pro / Teams
yes (Celonis Data Processing Agreement for Make, version May 2024; DPF as the primary transfer mechanism, standard contractual clauses Module Two as fallback; SCCs for European customers additionally linked as a separate document); terms page: 'Your use of the Services is subject to the terms of the Data processing agreement' (thus applies to all plans)
Provider’s DPA - Enterprise
yes (Celonis Data Processing Agreement for Make, version May 2024; DPF as the primary transfer mechanism, standard contractual clauses Module Two as fallback; SCCs for European customers additionally linked as a separate document)
Provider’s DPA
Writer- Starter
yes (Terms of Use, version 2026-06-05, apply to free, trial and paid versions except Enterprise: 'When you are acting on behalf of an organization when accessing our Services, our Data Processing Agreement (“DPA”) applies and is incorporated by reference into these Terms.')
Provider’s DPA - Enterprise
yes (Platform Services Agreement, version 2026-08-05, section 5.4: the DPA 'is incorporated by reference into this Agreement'; according to the Terms of Use, the Platform Services Agreement governs Enterprise)
Provider’s DPA
- Free
Training
- differs by tool
- Makenot publicly documentedall 3 plans
- Writernoall 2 plans
- Make
- Free
Neither the pricing page, the security page, the privacy notice nor the DPA (version May 2024) mentions model training on customer data; likewise no statement in the help centre article 'AI providers and data zones in Make' or in the Make section of the Celonis Trust Center. Master Services Agreement for Make (March 2026), clause 6.2: licence to customer data 'solely as necessary to provide the Services'; DPA Annex 1: usage analysis only in anonymised form. Privacy notice: Google Workspace APIs are not used to train general AI/ML models. The Celonis Trust Center contains a training commitment only for the 'Celonis Platform', not for Make. Express training rules for Make: not publicly documented.
- Core / Pro / Teams
Neither the pricing page, the security page, the privacy notice nor the DPA (version May 2024) mentions model training on customer data; likewise no statement in the help centre article 'AI providers and data zones in Make' or in the Make section of the Celonis Trust Center. Master Services Agreement for Make (March 2026), clause 6.2: licence to customer data 'solely as necessary to provide the Services'; DPA Annex 1: usage analysis only in anonymised form. Privacy notice: Google Workspace APIs are not used to train general AI/ML models. The Celonis Trust Center contains a training commitment only for the 'Celonis Platform', not for Make. Express training rules for Make: not publicly documented.
- Enterprise
as above: not publicly documented (no statement on training for Make on the pricing page, in the DPA, MSA, help centre or Trust Center).
Writer- Starter
Trust page: WRITER does not train its models on customer data, user inputs or outputs; the customer controls how its data is used. Privacy policy (applies to website visitors and individual accounts): no use of data provided when accessing or using the Services for training, including inputs and outputs. Terms of Use: 'We will not use your Materials to train our models.'; however, Materials may be used to provide, maintain and improve the Services and to develop other products.
- Enterprise
Trust page: WRITER does not train its models on customer data, user inputs or outputs; the customer controls how its data is used. Privacy policy (applies to website visitors and individual accounts): no use of data provided when accessing or using the Services for training, including inputs and outputs. Platform Services Agreement 5.2: 'Writer will not use any Customer Materials to train its models.'; licence to Customer Materials only to provide and support the platform.
- Free
Hosting
- differs by tool
- MakeEU optionall 3 plans
- Writermixedall 2 plans
- Make
- Free
Sub-processor list (effective 2025-12-12): AWS hosting for non-Enterprise customers in Ireland or the USA; database for EU customers in Ireland; AI sub-processors: hosting in the USA (Microsoft France). Help centre 'AI providers and data zones in Make': data zones US1, US2, EU1, EU2; 'Selecting the EU1 or EU2 data zone does not automatically mean every request gets processed and stays in the EU.' Always in the USA (OpenAI): Maia, Make AI Web Search, all OpenAI models in Make's AI Provider, AI Content Extractor (image description, audio translation); always in the EU (Microsoft Azure AI services): the other AI Content Extractor functions. Own connections: EU processing guaranteed only for Microsoft Foundry, Amazon Bedrock and OpenAI-compatible endpoints, not for Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, Mistral AI, Cohere, Groq and xAI. According to the same page, some features route to the United Kingdom: Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.6 in Make's AI Provider 'are served from a UK Bedrock region'; for further Claude models the table also lists, among others, Zurich and London for EU zones.
- Core / Pro / Teams
Sub-processor list (effective 2025-12-12): AWS hosting for non-Enterprise customers in Ireland or the USA; database for EU customers in Ireland; AI sub-processors: hosting in the USA (Microsoft France). Help centre 'AI providers and data zones in Make': data zones US1, US2, EU1, EU2; 'Selecting the EU1 or EU2 data zone does not automatically mean every request gets processed and stays in the EU.' Always in the USA (OpenAI): Maia, Make AI Web Search, all OpenAI models in Make's AI Provider, AI Content Extractor (image description, audio translation); always in the EU (Microsoft Azure AI services): the other AI Content Extractor functions. Own connections: EU processing guaranteed only for Microsoft Foundry, Amazon Bedrock and OpenAI-compatible endpoints, not for Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, Mistral AI, Cohere, Groq and xAI. According to the same page, some features route to the United Kingdom: Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.6 in Make's AI Provider 'are served from a UK Bedrock region'; for further Claude models the table also lists, among others, Zurich and London for EU zones.
- Enterprise
Sub-processor list: AWS hosting in Germany for Enterprise; Trust Center: infrastructure in private AWS EC2 instances (Amazon VPC), cluster across two zones. Help centre 'AI providers and data zones in Make': data zones US1, US2, EU1, EU2; 'Selecting the EU1 or EU2 data zone does not automatically mean every request gets processed and stays in the EU.' Always in the USA (OpenAI): Maia, Make AI Web Search, all OpenAI models in Make's AI Provider, AI Content Extractor (image description, audio translation); always in the EU (Microsoft Azure AI services): the other AI Content Extractor functions. Own connections: EU processing guaranteed only for Microsoft Foundry, Amazon Bedrock and OpenAI-compatible endpoints, not for Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, Mistral AI, Cohere, Groq and xAI. According to the same page, some features route to the United Kingdom: Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.6 in Make's AI Provider 'are served from a UK Bedrock region'; for further Claude models the table also lists, among others, Zurich and London for EU zones.
Writer- Starter
Sub-processor list (as of 2026-10-14): cloud and infrastructure providers with processing locations in the USA and partly the EU (AWS, Google Cloud, Daytona, Parasail, Turbopuffer, Recall.ai) or worldwide (Cloudflare). Whether customers can choose an EU region, and which data is stored where, is not described. Trust page: data is provisioned in an isolated production project; 'Managed, multi-cloud options, including dedicated private cloud deployment'.
- Enterprise
Sub-processor list (as of 2026-10-14): cloud and infrastructure providers with processing locations in the USA and partly the EU (AWS, Google Cloud, Daytona, Parasail, Turbopuffer, Recall.ai) or worldwide (Cloudflare). Whether customers can choose an EU region, and which data is stored where, is not described. Trust page: data is provisioned in an isolated production project; 'Managed, multi-cloud options, including dedicated private cloud deployment'. Enterprise: according to the pricing page, fully managed platform deployment; choice of location not described.
- Free
Sub-processors
- Makelist availableall 3 plans
- Writerlist availableall 2 plans
- Make
- Free
- Amazon Web Services (hosting; location selectable: USA or Germany (Enterprise) or Ireland (others))
- MongoDB (database; EU customers Germany (Enterprise) or Ireland, non-EU customers USA)
- Supabase (database for Make and Grid; EU customers Ireland, otherwise USA)
- 84codes (execution; region as for AWS)
- AI: OpenAI OpCo (USA), Anthropic Ireland (hosting USA), Google (USA), Microsoft (France), Groq (USA)
- E2B.dev (code execution, USA)
- Cloudflare (CDN; data of European customers only via EU servers), Mixpanel (Netherlands), Rudderstack, Freshdesk (Germany) and others
- Group: Celonis SE, Celonis s.r.o. (Czech Republic, support) and others
- Core / Pro / Teams
- Amazon Web Services (hosting; location selectable: USA or Germany (Enterprise) or Ireland (others))
- MongoDB (database; EU customers Germany (Enterprise) or Ireland, non-EU customers USA)
- Supabase (database for Make and Grid; EU customers Ireland, otherwise USA)
- 84codes (execution; region as for AWS)
- AI: OpenAI OpCo (USA), Anthropic Ireland (hosting USA), Google (USA), Microsoft (France), Groq (USA)
- E2B.dev (code execution, USA)
- Cloudflare (CDN; data of European customers only via EU servers), Mixpanel (Netherlands), Rudderstack, Freshdesk (Germany) and others
- Group: Celonis SE, Celonis s.r.o. (Czech Republic, support) and others
- Enterprise
- Amazon Web Services (hosting; location selectable: USA or Germany (Enterprise) or Ireland (others))
- MongoDB (database; EU customers Germany (Enterprise) or Ireland, non-EU customers USA)
- Supabase (database for Make and Grid; EU customers Ireland, otherwise USA)
- 84codes (execution; region as for AWS)
- AI: OpenAI OpCo (USA), Anthropic Ireland (hosting USA), Google (USA), Microsoft (France), Groq (USA)
- E2B.dev (code execution, USA)
- Cloudflare (CDN; data of European customers only via EU servers), Mixpanel (Netherlands), Rudderstack, Freshdesk (Germany) and others
- Group: Celonis SE, Celonis s.r.o. (Czech Republic, support) and others
Writer- Starter
- Amazon Web Services (cloud): USA, EU
- Google Cloud Platform (cloud): USA, EU
- Microsoft Azure (infrastructure): USA
- Baseten (infrastructure): USA
- Cloudflare (infrastructure): worldwide
- Daytona (infrastructure): USA, EU
- Elastic Cloud (infrastructure): USA
- OpenRouter (infrastructure): USA
- Parasail (infrastructure): USA, EU
- Turbopuffer (infrastructure): USA, EU
- Exa.ai (web search): USA
- Tavily (web search): USA
- Recall.ai (services and support): USA, EU
- Snowflake (data warehouse): USA
- Fullstory, Omni, Segment (analytics): USA
- Pylon (customer support): USA
- Sendgrid (email): USA
- Stripe (billing): USA
- Writer, Inc. group companies (services and support): worldwide
- Enterprise
- Amazon Web Services (cloud): USA, EU
- Google Cloud Platform (cloud): USA, EU
- Microsoft Azure (infrastructure): USA
- Baseten (infrastructure): USA
- Cloudflare (infrastructure): worldwide
- Daytona (infrastructure): USA, EU
- Elastic Cloud (infrastructure): USA
- OpenRouter (infrastructure): USA
- Parasail (infrastructure): USA, EU
- Turbopuffer (infrastructure): USA, EU
- Exa.ai (web search): USA
- Tavily (web search): USA
- Recall.ai (services and support): USA, EU
- Snowflake (data warehouse): USA
- Fullstory, Omni, Segment (analytics): USA
- Pylon (customer support): USA
- Sendgrid (email): USA
- Stripe (billing): USA
- Writer, Inc. group companies (services and support): worldwide
- Free
Retention
- differs by tool
- MakePricing page: detailed execution logs 7…all 3 plans
- WriterTrust page: 'zero data retention' approachall 2 plans
- Make
- FreePricing page: detailed execution logs 7 days. Security page: log data stored for 30 days by default. Celonis Trust Center (Make, Data Erasure): execution logs are deleted after 30 days (Enterprise: 60 days); user data can be deleted by the customer at any time; 'Per default, the complete customer's database is deleted within 30 day after contract termination.' DPA clause 3.3: deletion or return on request within 30 days of the end of the contract. Help centre: retention period of the scenario run history per plan according to the pricing page; incomplete executions are stored only if enabled.
- Core / Pro / TeamsPricing page: detailed execution logs 30 days (Core, Pro, Teams). Celonis Trust Center (Make, Data Erasure): execution logs are deleted after 30 days (Enterprise: 60 days); user data can be deleted by the customer at any time; 'Per default, the complete customer's database is deleted within 30 day after contract termination.' DPA clause 3.3: deletion or return on request within 30 days of the end of the contract. Help centre: retention period of the scenario run history per plan according to the pricing page; incomplete executions are stored only if enabled.
- EnterprisePricing page: detailed execution logs 60 days; Security page: longer storage of log data possible in the Enterprise plan. Celonis Trust Center (Make, Data Erasure): execution logs are deleted after 30 days (Enterprise: 60 days); user data can be deleted by the customer at any time; 'Per default, the complete customer's database is deleted within 30 day after contract termination.' DPA clause 3.3: deletion or return on request within 30 days of the end of the contract. Help centre: retention period of the scenario run history per plan according to the pricing page; incomplete executions are stored only if enabled.
Writer- StarterTrust page: 'zero data retention' approach; data is stored only for as long as needed to use the platform. Help centre 'Setting up data retention': automatic deletion schedules only 'on certain Enterprise plans'; the default is 'No automatic deletion', content is kept until users delete it manually. Terms of Use: after termination no obligation to retain; WRITER may delete Materials. DPA section 9: return or deletion of personal data upon the customer's written request, unless the law requires otherwise.
- EnterpriseTrust page: 'zero data retention' approach. Help centre 'Setting up data retention' (on certain Enterprise plans): default 'No automatic deletion'; org admins can set deletion after 1, 3, 6 or 12 months for docs, outputs, uploaded files, chat sessions and WRITER Meet notes (Knowledge Graph files excluded). Platform Services Agreement section 9: Customer Materials can be exported for up to 30 days after the end of the contract upon written request, after which WRITER may delete them; upon written request, destruction within 90 days. DPA section 9: return or deletion of personal data at the customer's request.
Price
- differs by tool
- Make
- 0 USDFree
- several tiersCore / Pro / Teams
- customEnterprise
- Writer
- not publicly documentedStarter
- customEnterprise
- Make
- Free
USD 0 (1,000 credits per month; minimum interval of 15 minutes between scheduled runs)
- Core / Pro / Teams
Base tier 10,000 credits per month: with annual billing Core USD 9, Pro USD 16, Teams USD 29 per month ('Save 15 %'), with monthly billing USD 10.59, USD 18.82, USD 34.12. Higher credit tiers with monthly billing (Core/Pro/Teams per month): 20,000 credits USD 18.82/34.12/62.35; 40,000: USD 34.12/62.35/116.47; 80,000: USD 64.71/107.06/203.41; 150,000: USD 116.47/180.53/343.01; 300,000: USD 214.31/315.93/600.26; from 500,000 credits Core 'Not available' (500,000: Pro USD 482.67, Teams USD 917.06; 750,000: Pro USD 678.75, Teams USD 1,289.62). No indication whether VAT is included. All plans with 'Unlimited users' according to the pricing page; Teams additionally teams and team roles. AI surcharge: no separate AI credit; AI features via Make's AI Provider partly consume more credits.
- Enterprise
Individual (pricing page: 'Talk to sales')
Writer- Starter
not publicly documented (the pricing page shows no price; according to the FAQ, monthly or annual billing per seat with fixed credit limits; 14-day free trial, no credit card required)
- Enterprise
Custom, contact sales (pricing page)
- Free
- Makeyesall 3 plans
- Writeryesall 2 plans
- Make
- Free
yes (Make AI Agents (beta), AI Toolkit, Maia, MCP server, AI Content Extractor and AI Web Search also included in the Free plan according to the pricing page; 'Make's AI Provider (all plans) or your own LLM key'; 1,000 credits per month; Make Code App not included)
- Core / Pro / Teams
yes (Make AI Agents (beta) and AI Toolkit in all plans: 'Make's AI Provider (all plans) or your own LLM key'; 10,000 credits per month in the base tier; Make Code App 2 credits per second)
- Enterprise
yes (as above; separate AWS environment; extended log storage)
Writer- Starter
yes (WRITER Agent for chat and automation, up to 5 users, up to 5 Playbooks, up to 3 scheduled routines, 1 team personality profile, basic connectors; AI Studio with limited access)
- Enterprise
yes (any number of users and teams, unlimited Playbooks, advanced orchestration, audit logs, SSO/SAML, SCIM, 'Works with preferred LLMs')
- Free
Evidence
- Make9 sources
- Writer8 sources
- Make
- PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Notice (as of 2026-07-20)Privacy notice, retrieved 8 Oct 2026
- SecurityTrust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Terms and conditions (legal documents)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Make List of sub-processors (effective 2025-12-12)Sub-processor list, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Data Processing AgreementDPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Master Services Agreement for Make (March 2026)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- AI providers and data zones in MakeHelp centre, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Make Enterprise by Celonis Trust CenterTrust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
Writer- Plans & PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Security and trust at WRITERTrust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (Effective Date April 17, 2026)Privacy notice, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Subprocessors (Last Updated October 14, 2026)Sub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data Processing Agreement (as of 2025-12-04)DPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Terms of Use (Version June 5, 2026)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Platform Services Agreement (Version August 5, 2026)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Setting up data retentionHelp centre, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
not documentedmeans: not publicly documented, not verifiable in any provider source. It does not mean “no”.
No guarantee of accuracy, not legal advice. Each entry is valid as of the date shown. Open points are listed on the detail pages.
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