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RPipedream vs Workato
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Pipedream if…
- you want the lower entry price ($99/mo vs $100/mo)
- you're in its core audience: ai agent developers, saas product 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 Pipedream Workato
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$99/mo$100/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Data retentionCustomer event data automatically deleted from subprocessors; account deletion removes personal dataAudit logs retained for configurable 90 days
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAAISO 27001, ISO 42001, HIPAA, PCI DSS
MCP server
Webhooks—
Official SDKs—
Bring your own key—
SSO & RBAC—
SOC 2 / HIPAA—
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb
CategoryDeveloper Tools & APIsWorkflow Automation
CompanyPipedream, Inc.Workato, Inc.
Based in—United States
Founded——
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
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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Pipedream
Free$0
Startup$99/mo billed annually ($150 monthly)
BusinessCustom
Workato
Free$0
Pro$100
EnterpriseCustom
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
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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