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ZNo-code workflow automation and AI agents across 9,000+ apps for businesses
Free, from $19.99/mo
Activepieces vs Pipedream
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Activepieces if…
- you want the lower entry price ($20/mo vs $99/mo)
- you want open source you can self-host or audit
- you work on Self-hosted
- you're in its core audience: operations and business teams, developers and it teams
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Choose Pipedream if…
- you're in its core audience: ai agent developers, saas product teams
Side by side
Feature Activepieces Pipedream
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$20/mo$99/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentNo—
Data retentionKept only as long as you choose (configurable retention window)Customer event data automatically deleted from subprocessors; account deletion removes personal data
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type IISOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAA
Self-hosting—
MCP server
AI agent builder—
Custom code steps—
Prompt-to-workflow—
Custom connectors—
Embedded integrations—
PlatformsWeb, Self-hosted, APIWeb, API
CategoryWorkflow AutomationDeveloper Tools & APIs
CompanyActivepieces Inc.Pipedream, Inc.
Based inUnited States—
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
A Activepieces
- 770+ MIT-licensed integration pieces
- Chat that drafts flows from plain-language requests
- AI agents with approval gates on sensitive steps
- Visual builder with branching, retries, subflows and inline TypeScript
- Built-in Tables and searchable knowledge base
- MCP server for Claude and Cursor
- HTTP piece for any REST or GraphQL API
- Self-hosting via Docker, Kubernetes or air-gapped
P Pipedream
- Managed OAuth and token refresh for 3,000+ APIs
- 10,000+ prebuilt actions and triggers
- Remote MCP server with built-in tool discovery
- Connect proxy for calling any API endpoint
- Hosted Connect Link or embeddable browser SDK
- SDKs for TypeScript, Python and Java, plus REST
- Bring your own OAuth clients
- Credentials encrypted at rest, scoped per project
Plans and prices
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Activepieces
Free$0
Plus$20/mo
Team$200/mo
UltimateCustom
EmbedFrom $36k a year
Pipedream
Free$0
Startup$99/mo billed annually ($150 monthly)
BusinessCustom
Strengths and limitations
Activepieces
- Free plan with unlimited flows and up to 5 users, no card needed
- MIT-licensed core that can be self-hosted
- Runs priced per run, so logic inside a flow costs no extra credits
- Bring your own AI keys on Plus and above drops AI steps to 1 credit
- SOC 2 certification is still in progress
- SSO starts on the $200/mo Team plan, while audit logs and SCIM need Ultimate
- AI steps cost 2 to 20 credits unless you bring your own keys
- Free plan runs past quota stop until credits refresh
Pipedream
- Free plan includes every feature in development, with no credit card required
- Unlimited team members on all plans
- Prebuilt tools are public on GitHub and can be extended
- SOC 2 Type 2 and GDPR on all plans
- Production use requires at least the $99/month Startup plan
- Usage beyond included credits and users costs extra
- SSO, SCIM and HIPAA are only on the custom Business plan
- Conduit is still in early access
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