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ZNo-code workflow automation and AI agents across 9,000+ apps for businesses
Free, from $19.99/mo
Activepieces vs Workato
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 $100/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 Workato if…
- you're in its core audience: enterprise it teams, integration and automation architects
Side by side
Feature Activepieces Workato
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$20/mo$100/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentNo—
Data retentionKept only as long as you choose (configurable retention window)Audit logs retained for configurable 90 days
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type IIISO 27001, ISO 42001, HIPAA, PCI DSS
Self-hosting—
MCP server
AI agent builder
Custom code steps—
Prompt-to-workflow
Desktop RPA—
Custom connectors
Embedded integrations
PlatformsWeb, Self-hosted, APIWeb
CategoryWorkflow AutomationWorkflow Automation
CompanyActivepieces Inc.Workato, Inc.
Based inUnited StatesUnited 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
W Workato
- Connectivity to 17,000+ apps, APIs, databases and MCP servers
- Agent Studio for building and orchestrating multi-agent solutions
- Centralized AI governance, policy, approvals and cost controls
- AI gateway with routing across open and closed models
- API management and Enterprise MCP servers
- Intelligent document processing and RPA
- Embedded iPaaS for integrations inside your product
- AIRO assistant for building and troubleshooting automations
Plans and prices
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Activepieces
Free$0
Plus$20/mo
Team$200/mo
UltimateCustom
EmbedFrom $36k a year
Workato
Free$0
Pro$100
EnterpriseCustom
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
Workato
- Free plan includes 50,000 one-time credits
- Free and Pro share the same core platform capabilities
- Single credit model covers workflows, API calls, data and agents
- Enterprise customers can pick extra data hosting regions
- Pro plan is limited to 3 users per workspace
- Platform API access and SSO are Enterprise-only
- Enterprise pricing is not published
- Pro plan data is hosted only in the United States
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