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RPipedream vs Tray.io
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Pipedream if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you're in its core audience: ai agent developers, saas product teams
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Choose Tray.io if…
- you want the lower entry price ($50/mo vs $99/mo)
- 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 Pipedream Tray.io
Pricing modelFreemiumFree trial
Starting price$99/mo$50/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Data retentionCustomer event data automatically deleted from subprocessors; account deletion removes personal dataConfigurable log retention policies; 7-day logs on Pro and Team
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAASOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA
Updates, last 90 days—4
MCP server
Webhooks—
Official SDKs—
Bring your own key—
SSO & RBAC—
SOC 2 / HIPAA—
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API, Slack
CategoryDeveloper Tools & APIsWorkflow Automation
CompanyPipedream, Inc.Tray.ai, Inc.
Based in—United States
Founded—2012
Part of——
Key features
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
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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Pipedream
Free$0
Startup$99/mo billed annually ($150 monthly)
BusinessCustom
Tray.io
Tray HelixStarts at $50/mo
ProTalk to sales
TeamTalk to sales
EnterpriseTalk to sales
Strengths and limitations
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
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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