# Why is make.com able to do simple things and N8N can't? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Tags:** outlook, clickup\ **Created:** [24 أبريل 2025، 2:15م UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/why-is-make-com-able-to-do-simple-things-and-n8n-cant/105603 "2025-04-24T14:15:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frits1980](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/frits1980/32/59782_2.png) [@Frits1980](https://community.n8n.io/u/Frits1980)\ **Post date:** [24 أبريل 2025، 2:15م UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/why-is-make-com-able-to-do-simple-things-and-n8n-cant/105603/1 "2025-04-24T14:15:21Z")
Ok, so I had an automation which added all clickup events with due dates to my outlook calendar. And if I removed them from clickup they where removed from Outlook. And if I updated them in clickup they were updated in Outlook. Really simple stuff. Was done in about 30 minutes and worked like a charm. Only the pricing of [Make.com](http://Make.com) is just not worth it for 1 simple automation. So I went on a search and found N8N, which looked promising. But after trying for hours and hours. It just not works. It is impossible to make the same as [make.com](http://make.com) has. It starts with the fact that N8N can’t really record changes made in clickup since last run. So I have to trigger on every single possible clickup thing. Then the whole hell breaks loose, I get data which I have to filter, change, make nice, etc. Before I can get it anywhere near Outlook. And when I got anything inside outlook, the timezone was wrong and the whole struggle started over again. For which I found a workaround. But after I got something in Outlook I made a change to an existing clickup task and well you guessed it, it did not made it’s way into outlook, no I have to create a whole new automation for that, with all the filters and everything on it. What a waste of time this show is. ---
**Author:** ![hubschrauber](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/hubschrauber/32/46788_2.png) [@hubschrauber](https://community.n8n.io/u/hubschrauber)\ **Post date:** [24 أبريل 2025، 3:40م UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/why-is-make-com-able-to-do-simple-things-and-n8n-cant/105603/2 "2025-04-24T15:40:52Z")
Some people prefer an iphone level tool, and others prefer an oscilloscope level tool. The analogy is far from perfect, but I think you’ve just realized that n8n operates at a lower level, and trades off simplicity for granularity/flexibility. … **and** the pricing options are better. ---
**Author:** ![Frits1980](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/frits1980/32/59782_2.png) [@Frits1980](https://community.n8n.io/u/Frits1980)\ **Post date:** [25 أبريل 2025، 7:23ص UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/why-is-make-com-able-to-do-simple-things-and-n8n-cant/105603/3 "2025-04-25T07:23:50Z")
I don’t think your correct. I’m not convinced N8N is capable of doing more then [make.com](http://make.com) in this case. So my conclusion is that the integration of outlook and ClickUp are just not that great. ---
**Author:** ![Olek](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/olek/32/59619_2.png) [@Olek](https://community.n8n.io/u/Olek)\ **Post date:** [25 أبريل 2025، 8:45ص UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/why-is-make-com-able-to-do-simple-things-and-n8n-cant/105603/4 "2025-04-25T08:45:53Z")
Probably make fits your needs better so no need to switch over to n8n. ---
**Author:** ![Frits1980](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/frits1980/32/59782_2.png) [@Frits1980](https://community.n8n.io/u/Frits1980)\ **Post date:** [25 أبريل 2025، 10:37ص UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/why-is-make-com-able-to-do-simple-things-and-n8n-cant/105603/5 "2025-04-25T10:37:59Z")
Well there is a need. It has two sides. 1. The need to keep data local (or at least not on too many cloud services). 2. The cost. [Make.com](http://Make.com) is not cheap at all. ---
**Author:** ![hubschrauber](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/hubschrauber/32/46788_2.png) [@hubschrauber](https://community.n8n.io/u/hubschrauber)\ **Post date:** [25 أبريل 2025، 1:11م UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/why-is-make-com-able-to-do-simple-things-and-n8n-cant/105603/6 "2025-04-25T13:11:16Z")