Make builds on a canvas. A Blueprint lives in one file.
Make's AI agents can return a custom data structure, and scenarios can define their inputs and outputs. A Blueprint keeps those declarations with the rest of the workflow in source you can review and check before it runs.
Head to head
Barndoor Automations vs. Make, row by row
Barndoor Automations | Make Visual scenario automation | |
|---|---|---|
The AI step What the model can see and reach | A scoped session: only the context you pass and the tools you enable for that step. On Barndoor, only what your policy allows. | AI agents can call modules, scenarios and MCP tools inside a scenario. |
Output contract Checked before anyone trusts it | Give a session a schema, and Frags validates the model's answer before the next step, or the caller, trusts it. A run that can't meet it stops and says so. | AI agents can return a defined data structure; scenarios can also declare typed inputs and outputs. |
What you review The thing that actually runs | One FML file, written from plain English, diffed in a pull request and checked before it runs. | Built on a canvas, by hand or with Maia. Scenarios export as JSON. |
What the caller gets Over API or MCP | JSON in the shape the Blueprint declares, over API or MCP. | Defined scenario outputs can be returned through the API or Make MCP server when a Return output module is configured. |
Whose identity it runs as Step by step | On Barndoor: the person who starts or schedules it. A step that needs more access runs as a service account the Blueprint names, for that step only. | Usually the connections of whoever built the scenario. |
Policy and audit Every model and tool call | On Barndoor: policy checks every model and tool call, and each run gets one audited record of every call, with cost. | Team and organization roles govern access. Scenario modules and connected accounts determine what a run can do. |
Where it runs Your infra, your model | Our cloud, or the open-source Frags runtime in your VPC or on premises, with the model you choose. | Make's cloud. |
The AI step
What the model can see and reach
BARNDOOR AUTOMATIONS
A scoped session: only the context you pass and the tools you enable for that step. On Barndoor, only what your policy allows.
MAKE
AI agents can call modules, scenarios and MCP tools inside a scenario.
Output contract
Checked before anyone trusts it
BARNDOOR AUTOMATIONS
Give a session a schema, and Frags validates the model's answer before the next step, or the caller, trusts it. A run that can't meet it stops and says so.
MAKE
AI agents can return a defined data structure; scenarios can also declare typed inputs and outputs.
What you review
The thing that actually runs
BARNDOOR AUTOMATIONS
One FML file, written from plain English, diffed in a pull request and checked before it runs.
MAKE
Built on a canvas, by hand or with Maia. Scenarios export as JSON.
What the caller gets
Over API or MCP
BARNDOOR AUTOMATIONS
JSON in the shape the Blueprint declares, over API or MCP.
MAKE
Defined scenario outputs can be returned through the API or Make MCP server when a Return output module is configured.
Whose identity it runs as
Step by step
BARNDOOR AUTOMATIONS
On Barndoor: the person who starts or schedules it. A step that needs more access runs as a service account the Blueprint names, for that step only.
MAKE
Usually the connections of whoever built the scenario.
Policy and audit
Every model and tool call
BARNDOOR AUTOMATIONS
On Barndoor: policy checks every model and tool call, and each run gets one audited record of every call, with cost.
MAKE
Team and organization roles govern access. Scenario modules and connected accounts determine what a run can do.
Where it runs
Your infra, your model
BARNDOOR AUTOMATIONS
Our cloud, or the open-source Frags runtime in your VPC or on premises, with the model you choose.
MAKE
Make's cloud.
Rows marked “On Barndoor” describe Barndoor Automations running on the Barndoor AI gateway. On the standalone product, Blueprints are shared with named users who sign in with OAuth, every run is kept in execution history, and SSO, SAML and audit logs are coming soon on Enterprise. The Make column is based on its public documentation as of September 28, 2026. Make is a trademark of its owner.
What changes with a Blueprint
An output schema in source
Declare the model's output schema in the same FML file as the workflow. Frags validates the answer before the next step or caller uses it.
One file to review
Inputs, tools, branches and the output shape live in one FML file you can diff in a pull request.
Governed on every step
On Barndoor, each step runs as the person who started or scheduled it, and policy checks every model and tool call.
Bring the workflow, not the canvas
Describe what your current workflow does in plain English. The assistant explores your connected tools, writes the Blueprint, and checks it before it runs. Start on the free plan, with no credit card.
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