How to Migrate from Make to Ceven
Make gives you a powerful visual canvas of modules, routers, and filters. The teams that move to Ceven usually do so because their scenarios have grown intricate enough that maintaining the branching logic has become its own job — and because some steps need judgment that modules and filters can't express.
Migrating from Make to Ceven is a rebuild of your scenario logic as Ceven workflows pointed at the same apps, not a data import. This guide walks it step by step so you can validate the Ceven version before retiring the scenario.
Migrate from Make to Ceven in 6 steps
Map your scenarios by outcome
List your active Make scenarios and describe what each one ultimately accomplishes. Note the apps each module touches — those become your Ceven integrations.
Connect the same apps in Ceven
Connect the tools your scenarios use through Ceven's integration picker (1,000+ supported). Authorize each with standard OAuth.
Describe the outcome in Ceven's builder
Instead of re-wiring modules one by one, describe the result in plain language. Ceven drafts an editable workflow you can inspect and refine, collapsing complex router/filter branches into clearer logic.
Replace brittle branches with AI steps and gates
Wherever a scenario used stacked filters or routers to approximate a decision, use an AI step. Add human-approval gates before anything writes to a system of record.
Validate in parallel
Run the Ceven workflow alongside the live scenario on real data and compare results, including edge cases, until the Ceven version is at least as good.
Schedule and cut over
Put the Ceven workflow on its trigger or schedule, disable the Make scenario, and watch the first live runs. Repeat per scenario.
Why teams switch from Make to Ceven
Make is a strong visual automation platform, and for teams that want to wire every module by hand it is excellent. The reasons teams move to Ceven are scale and judgment: complex scenarios become hard to maintain, and the branching logic can only approximate decisions that really need reasoning. Ceven works from the outcome down, drafting a workflow that reasons through steps and handles exceptions, with approval gates where a human should sign off.
What moves over and what doesn't
Your scenario logic moves over as rebuilt Ceven workflows; your app connections move over by re-authorizing the same tools. Make-internal state and module configuration do not transfer, because this is a rebuild rather than an export-import. That is the opportunity to simplify scenarios that have accreted routers and filters over time into a handful of clear workflows.
Avoiding the common pitfalls
Don't rebuild module-for-module — start from the outcome and you'll usually need far fewer steps. Don't cut over before validating in parallel on real data. And don't skip approval gates on writes to important systems until the workflow has earned your trust.
Frequently asked
Can Ceven import my Make scenarios?
No automatic import — Ceven runs workflows rather than mirroring Make's module model. You rebuild the logic on Ceven, usually simplifying it, and point it at the same connected apps.
Is Ceven harder to set up than Make?
Generally easier for the same outcome: instead of wiring every module, you describe the result and Ceven drafts the workflow for you to inspect and edit. Complex branching becomes AI steps and approval gates.
Can I migrate gradually?
Yes — migrate one scenario at a time and run it in parallel with Make until the Ceven version is proven, then switch over.