Activepieces alternatives

Automation · www.activepieces.com

Activepieces is an open-source automation platform for building flows, AI agents, and chat-based automations with 700+ integrations, available on cloud or self-hosted.

workflow automationFree plan availableOpen sourcePaid plans from $20/mo (Plus)Prices verified 2026-10-28
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47%
$112.92 / year

Switching to Make, which covers 25% of the compared capabilities.

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Top Activepieces alternatives

We compared 10 products and found 1 cheaper option (0 of them cover at least half the compared features) · vs Activepieces Plus at $20/mo · scenario: 1,000 runs/month of a 3-step workflow (trigger + 2 actions), monthly billing, USD.

The short version

Activepieces costs $20/mo on the Plus plan at 1,000 runs/month of a 3-step workflow (trigger + 2 actions), monthly billing. We found 1 assessed alternative that is cheaper in this scenario; 0 of them cover at least 75% of the 4 compared capabilities.

ProductMatchPriceAnnual savings
Make
Core plan · missing: Multi-step workflows, Self-hosted deployment, AI agents
25%$10.59/mo
how? ⓘ
$112.92 / year
47% cheaper

Which Activepieces alternative for which situation

Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.

Best paid drop-in
Make — $10.59/mo (Core plan) · covers 25%
Need custom app connectors?
Make — from $10.59/mo (Core plan)

What you give up

Capabilities Activepieces has that the top alternatives lack.

  • Multi-step workflows — Chain multiple steps together into one automated workflow.
    Missing from Make.
  • Self-hosted deployment — Run the automation platform on your own infrastructure.
    Missing from Make.
  • AI agents — Use AI agents to complete steps within a workflow.
    Missing from Make.

Price at your volume

The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.

UsageActivepiecesCheapest assessed alternative
500 runs/month$20/moPlus$10.59/mocheaperMake · Core
1,000 runs/month$20/moPlus$10.59/mocheaperMake · Core
5,000 runs/month$20/moPlus$18.82/mocheaperMake · Core · 20k
  • Activepieces counts credits: one run of a trigger + 2 actions uses 1 credit. Source
  • Make counts credits: one run of a trigger + 2 actions uses 3 credits. Source

Feature comparison

Activepieces vs the top alternatives, on the 4 compared capabilities.

CapabilityActivepiecesMake
Multi-step workflows
from Free
✓✗
Self-hosted deployment
from Free
✓✗
AI agents
from Free
✓✗
Custom app connectors
from Free
✓✓
Scenario price
cheapest qualifying plan
$20/mo
Plus
$10.59/mo
Core

✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.

What Activepieces covers

The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.

  • ✓ Multi-step workflows — from Free
  • ✓ Self-hosted deployment — from Free
  • ✓ AI agents — from Free
  • ✓ Custom app connectors — from Free
  • ↑ Audit logs — only from Ultimate, not compared
  • ↑ Git version control — only from Ultimate, not compared

Price ladder

Observed prices from the official pricing page.

Free
$0/mo
Free
Plus
$20/mo
Team
$200/mo
Ultimate
Contact sales / custom pricing
Embed
Contact sales / custom pricing
Community Edition (self-hosted)
$0/mo
Free

Who switched

Anonymous: no account, no email, no IP stored. Reports are shown once a switch has 3 or more and never change ranking or order — alternatives are computed from prices and capabilities only.

Sources

Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.

Frequently asked

How much does Activepieces cost?

Activepieces's Plus plan costs $20/mo in our scenario (1,000 runs/month of a 3-step workflow (trigger + 2 actions), monthly billing). A free plan exists.

Is there a free Activepieces alternative?

We have not verified a free plan that fits this scenario among the assessed alternatives.

What is the cheapest Activepieces alternative?

In our scenario (1,000 runs/month of a 3-step workflow (trigger + 2 actions), monthly billing), Make is the cheapest assessed alternative at $10.59/mo (Core plan).

Does Activepieces have a free plan?

Yes. Activepieces's free plan is limited to 1 seat.

When were these prices checked?

Between 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-29, on the vendors' official pricing pages.

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