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Bubble Lab vs Pipedream
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
B
Choose Bubble Lab if…
- you want to trial it before paying
- you work on Slack, Discord, WhatsApp
- you're in its core audience: event organizers, paid community operators
P
Choose Pipedream if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: ai agent developers, saas product teams
Side by side
Feature Bubble Lab Pipedream
Pricing modelFree trialFreemium
Starting price$99/mo$99/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentYes—
Data retentionKept per customer agreement; after termination, limited period for export, then may deleteCustomer event data automatically deleted from subprocessors; account deletion removes personal data
Security and complianceGDPR, CCPASOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAA
MCP server—
PlatformsWeb, Slack, Discord, WhatsApp, TelegramWeb, API
CategoryWorkflow AutomationDeveloper Tools & APIs
CompanyBubble Lab, Inc.Pipedream, Inc.
Based inUnited States—
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
B Bubble Lab
- Attendee enrichment from LinkedIn and the public web
- Plain-English search across guests and members
- Guest matchmaking with reasons and icebreakers
- Automated post-event recaps with guest photos
- Applications, checkout and onboarding
- Community CRM with engagement and revenue data
- Searchable branded member directory
- MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and others
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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Bubble Lab
Gather$99/mo + 1% of payments processed
Build$499/mo + 1% of payments processed
Engage$799/mo + 1% of payments processed
EnterpriseFrom $1,499/mo + 1% of payments processed
MCP full access add-on$99/mo
Pipedream
Free$0
Startup$99/mo billed annually ($150 monthly)
BusinessCustom
Strengths and limitations
Bubble Lab
- Integrates with Luma, Partiful, Slack, Stripe, Discord and 40+ other tools
- 30-day refundable trial on Build and Engage
- Every plan imports existing data at setup
- MCP access works with any MCP client
- 1% fee on payments processed through Bubble Lab on every plan
- No free plan; entry plan is $99/mo
- Community plans require a one-time setup scoped with the team
- Gather and Build limited to 4 events a month
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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