Iron Visual AI agents across thousands of applications.
Make is strong for business teams that want visual AI automation, a large app catalog, visible reasoning, and accessible public plans.
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Go beyond visible automation with durable agent control.
Make combines a visual automation canvas, AI agents, transparent reasoning, MCP, and more than 3,000 application integrations. Iron Gorilla adds durable agent-state management, behavioral trust, adaptive autonomy, containment, business compensation, and guided recovery.
Keep autonomous work controlled through failure and change.
Make provides a strong visual automation and agent builder. Iron Gorilla adds durable checkpoints, earned behavioral trust, contextual approvals, managed connection health, compensation, containment, guided recovery, and portable evidence for higher-risk autonomous work.
Feature comparison
Compare visual agent automation with durable governed operations.
Iron Gorilla covers 38 of 42 capabilities. Make covers 24. Iron Gorilla includes 18 capabilities Make does not.
Managed agent runtimeBuild, run, supervise, and improve agents in one platform.12 features
Fully managed production agent runtimeDeploy, execute, scale, and operate production agents as one accountable service.
Guided Agent BuilderCreate reviewed, versioned agents without assembling the runtime by hand.
Durable execution across interruptionPreserve state and continue long-running work after workers, networks, or providers fail.
Managed long-term agent memoryKeep governed context across sessions and long-running goals.
Long-running goal managementTrack plans, dependencies, state, and outcomes across many steps or sessions.
Managed multi-agent orchestrationCoordinate specialized agents, dependencies, handoffs, and shared work.
Contextual human approval gatesPause higher-risk work for a named person before execution continues.
Checkpoint resume and operator replayRestart work from a known good state after review or failure.
Business-action compensationReverse or compensate for a completed business action during recovery.
Scheduled and event-triggered agentsStart governed work from schedules, APIs, events, or enterprise systems.
Runtime observability and tracesInspect agent steps, tools, models, latency, failures, and outcomes.
Visual reasoning and execution canvasInspect agent decisions, tool use, workflow routes, and execution data in one visual environment.
Policy and evidenceControl actions before they happen and keep proof of each decision.10 features
Pre-action business policy enforcementEvaluate business rules before tools change enterprise systems.
Policy simulation before activationTest expected decisions against sample actions before enforcement.
Prompt, output, and sensitive-data controlsInspect model traffic and prevent unsafe content or sensitive-data exposure.
Tool permissions and action allowlistsRestrict which tools and actions each agent may use.
Behavioral Trust ProfilesScore each agent from observed behavior and surface drift to operators.
Adaptive autonomy from earned trustTighten or relax oversight as observed behavior changes.
Live agent and connection containmentIsolate risky agents, connections, or work before impact spreads.
Guided operational recoveryDiagnose failure and recover affected work through an accountable operator flow.
Tamper-evident action audit trailPreserve policy, approvals, calls, actions, and outcomes as trustworthy evidence.
Scheduled fixed reports and portable exportsGive leaders and auditors repeatable reports in stable formats.
Connections and modelsControl MCP tools, model traffic, routing, cost, and integrations.11 features
MCP tools and connectionsConnect agents to MCP servers and governed enterprise actions.
MCP ownership, health, and lifecycleOperate connections with owners, credentials, health, risk, assignments, and history.
Enterprise application integrationsConnect agents to existing systems without rebuilding every interface.
APIs and developer interfacesEmbed agents and platform functions into existing products and workflows.
Multiple model providersUse approved models across providers without rebuilding agent workflows.
Policy-aware model routingSelect models by capability, cost, latency, risk, and policy.
Automatic model-provider fallbackContinue work on an approved backup when a provider fails.
Spend attribution, budgets, and cost routingTrack model cost by agent and constrain or reroute work before spend runs away.
Per-agent tool and model assignmentGive each agent only the tools, data, and model routes it needs.
More than 3,000 apps and 30,000 actionsUse a broad catalog of ready-made modules and actions from agents and workflows.
On-premises connectivity bridgeReach local applications from the managed cloud without deploying the full platform on premises.
Enterprise and governmentProtect identity and data across private and public-sector work.9 features
Managed SaaS deliveryUse the platform as a supported enterprise cloud service.
Customer-controlled on-premises deploymentOperate the platform inside infrastructure controlled by the buyer.
Air-gapped deployment patternOperate inside disconnected environments with controlled data and model access.
Enterprise identity and scoped accessApply organization, role, group, environment, and ownership boundaries.
Published plan structureShow buyers public plan options and included capabilities.
Dedicated government and defense solutionAddress mission, procurement, deployment, approval, and evidence needs directly.
Regulatory and assurance mappingsMap controls and evidence to regulated or public-sector assurance needs.
Formal implementation partner ecosystemUse consulting, technology, and delivery partners for adoption.
Independent SOC 2 Type II assuranceProvide independent assurance that service controls operated effectively over time.
The short answer
Make or accountable agent operations?
Use Make when business and automation teams want a visual canvas, transparent reasoning, reusable agents, thousands of application modules, hosted MCP, and public credit-based plans.
Choose Iron Gorilla when production agents need durable checkpoints, behavioral trust, adaptive autonomy, contextual approvals, MCP health, compensation, containment, guided recovery, or a full private and air-gapped runtime.
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Make alternative questions
Is Iron Gorilla an alternative to Make?
Yes. Both platforms support production AI work. Make builds and runs managed AI agents and automation scenarios, but its on-premise agent is a connectivity bridge and it does not publish the same durable checkpoint, behavioral-trust, compensation, containment, and guided-recovery model. Iron Gorilla adds a managed operating model centered on durable execution, behavioral trust, action control, containment, and recovery.
What is the main difference between Make and Iron Gorilla?
Make provides a strong visual automation and agent builder. Iron Gorilla adds durable checkpoints, earned behavioral trust, contextual approvals, managed connection health, compensation, containment, guided recovery, and portable evidence for higher-risk autonomous work.
Does Make run production agents?
builds and runs managed AI agents and automation scenarios, but its on-premise agent is a connectivity bridge and it does not publish the same durable checkpoint, behavioral-trust, compensation, containment, and guided-recovery model.
Where is Make stronger?
Make is stronger for visual workflow design, application breadth, transparent reasoning views, accessible plans, reusable scenarios, and hosted MCP backed by thousands of actions.
When should a team choose Iron Gorilla over Make?
Choose Iron Gorilla when production agents need durable checkpoints, behavioral trust, adaptive autonomy, contextual approvals, MCP health, compensation, containment, guided recovery, or a full private and air-gapped runtime.
Can Iron Gorilla buy out a Make contract?
Your organization may be eligible for a contract buyout and complimentary professional services. Eligibility and scope depend on your current contract and migration needs.
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