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How to get 1 month of Make Core free (10,000 credits) and save on polling in 4 steps

This guide covers how to activate a 1-month free trial of the Make Core plan, including 10,000 credits, through the AIdeal partner link (/go/make), and scenario design guidelines to avoid running out of credits in a week due to polling every 1 minute.

Clear distinction between the plans offered (Core vs Free·Pro) The partner link offer is 1 month of Make Core free, not Pro (10,000 credits, 1-minute minimum interval, unlimited active scenarios, Make API support, regular price $10.59/month or $9/month with annual billing). Free is limited to 1,000 credits per month, a 15-minute minimum interval, and 2 active scenarios.

Credit deduction formula per module execution Each run of a standard app module deducts 1 credit (Router·Filter themselves cost 0 credits). However, if Iterator loops through 50 array items, the following module runs 50 times, consuming 50 or more credits in one go.

1. Step 1: Create a new account using the partner-only registration link (/go/make)

   Sign up as a new user by visiting the AIdeal partner path (make.com/en/register?pc=aidealkr or /go/make). If you sign up directly from the regular home page, you may start on the default Free plan (1,000 credits), so check that the promotion parameter has been applied.

2. Step 2: Confirm the Core plan and allocation of 10,000 credits in the organization dashboard

   After logging in, check that the Core tier and monthly limit of 10,000 Credits are correctly displayed at the top of the Organization dashboard. This is a separate tier from the Pro plan, which adds advanced search, priority runs, and custom variables and costs $18.82 per month at the regular price [$16 per month with annual billing].

3. Step 3: Prioritize Instant webhook triggers over scheduled polling

   If you leave the new data monitoring trigger set to poll every 1 minute (Every 1 minute), 1,440 credits are used per day just for checks, even when there are 0 new items, exhausting all 10,000 credits in about 6.9 days. Use the Instant Webhook trigger, which has no idle-time deductions, or lengthen the polling interval to 15 to 60 minutes during business hours.

4. Step 4: 3 days before the 1-month trial expires, check auto-renewal and active scenarios

   When the 1-month free period ends, if a payment method is connected, the plan may renew at the regular Core monthly price ($10.59). If you downgrade to the Free plan (1,000 credits per month), any scenarios exceeding the limit of 2 active scenarios will be deactivated automatically, so 3 days before expiration, keep only your 2 core scenarios or decide whether to continue.

Credit protection checklist before running a scenario

1. Check whether the trigger module has a lightning bolt icon (Instant Webhook), or whether it uses Polling, which consumes credits with each cycle
2. When adding paid modules such as OpenAI or HTTP after Iterator, check that a Filter limit is set for the maximum number of array items that can come in at once
3. Set a calendar reminder 3 days before the trial ends (compare the $10.59/month paid plan with the Free plan's 2-scenario limit)