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ZNo-code workflow automation and AI agents across 9,000+ apps for businesses
Free, from $19.99/mo
Activepieces vs Tray.io
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Activepieces if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you want the lower entry price ($20/mo vs $50/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 Tray.io if…
- you want to trial it before paying
- you work on Slack
- you're in its core audience: enterprise it teams, revenue and marketing operations
Side by side
Feature Activepieces Tray.io
Pricing modelFreemiumFree trial
Starting price$20/mo$50/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentNo—
Data retentionKept only as long as you choose (configurable retention window)Configurable log retention policies; 7-day logs on Pro and Team
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type IISOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA
Updates, last 90 days—4
Self-hosting—
MCP server
AI agent builder
Custom code steps—
Prompt-to-workflow
Custom connectors
Embedded integrations
PlatformsWeb, Self-hosted, APIWeb, API, Slack
CategoryWorkflow AutomationWorkflow Automation
CompanyActivepieces Inc.Tray.ai, Inc.
Based inUnited StatesUnited States
Founded—2012
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
T Tray.io
- 700+ connectors, plus connector development for any API
- Merlin no-code AI agent builder with guardrails and audit logs
- Agent Gateway exposing connectors as governed MCP tools
- Visual drag-and-drop builder with pre-built templates
- Claude Code and Codex plugins via Tray Headless
- One-command deployment of AI-built apps to managed runtime
- Per-app and per-team tracking of LLM and compute spend
- RBAC, audit trails and observability across workflows
Plans and prices
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Activepieces
Free$0
Plus$20/mo
Team$200/mo
UltimateCustom
EmbedFrom $36k a year
Tray.io
Tray HelixStarts at $50/mo
ProTalk to sales
TeamTalk to sales
EnterpriseTalk to sales
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
Tray.io
- No per-user, per-connection or per-runtime fees
- Retries are not charged as Tasks
- Offers both a visual builder and a code-first path for coding assistants
- Lists SOC 1, SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR compliance
- iPaaS plan prices are not published and require talking to sales
- SSO, HIPAA and regional hosting cost extra unless you're on Enterprise
- Pro plan limited to 3 workspaces and 7-day log retention
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