Activepieces
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.
Switching to n8n saves $192 / year and covers 67% of the compared capabilities.
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Way less money.
Top Activepieces alternatives
We compared 10 products and found 6 cheaper alternatives · vs Activepieces Plus at $16/mo · scenario: single user, monthly billing, USD.
Activepieces’s own free plan covers this scenario. If you’re paying for features you don’t use, downgrading beats switching. The paid comparison below is for when you’ve outgrown free tiers — the “Free plans” view shows alternatives if you want free with different limits.
Activepieces costs $16/mo on the Plus plan at single user, monthly billing. We found 6 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 0 of them cover at least 75% of the 6 compared capabilities. Activepieces's own free plan covers this scenario, so downgrading may beat switching.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
IFTTT Pro plan · missing: Self-hosted deployment, AI agents, Custom app connectors, Audit logs, Git version control | 17% | $2.99/mo how? ⓘ | $156.12 / year 81% cheaper | |
Make Core plan · missing: Multi-step workflows, Self-hosted deployment, AI agents, Git version control | 33% | $9/mo how? ⓘ | $84 / year 44% cheaper |
Which Activepieces alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best free plan
- n8n — $0/mo (Community Edition plan) · covers 67%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- n8n — $0/mo (Community Edition plan) · covers 67%
- Need multi-step workflows or custom app connectors?
- Albato — from $0/mo (Free plan)
- Need self-hosted deployment, AI agents, audit logs or git version control?
- n8n — from $0/mo (Community Edition 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 n8n, Make.
- Self-hosted deployment — Run the automation platform on your own infrastructure.Missing from Make, Zapier.
- AI agents — Use AI agents to complete steps within a workflow.Missing from Make.
- Custom app connectors — Build a connector for an app not natively supported.Missing from n8n, Zapier.
- Audit logs — Track who changed what within the automation platform.Missing from Albato, Zapier.
- Git version control — Version workflow changes with Git.Missing from Albato, Make, Zapier.
Feature comparison
Activepieces vs the top alternatives, on the 6 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Activepieces | n8n | Albato | Make | Zapier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-step workflows from Free | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Self-hosted deployment from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| AI agents from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Custom app connectors from Free | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Audit logs from Ultimate | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Git version control from Ultimate | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $16/mo Plus | $0/mo Community Edition | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free |
✓ 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 — from Ultimate
- ✓ Git version control — from Ultimate
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://www.activepieces.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-08-26)
Frequently asked
How much does Activepieces cost?
Activepieces's Plus plan costs $16/mo in our scenario (single user, monthly billing). A free plan exists.
Is there a free Activepieces alternative?
Yes. n8n has a free plan that covers 67% of the 6 capabilities we compared against Activepieces.
What is the cheapest Activepieces alternative?
In our scenario (single user, monthly billing), n8n is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Community Edition plan).
What is the cheapest Activepieces alternative with Git version control?
n8n covers Git version control and costs $0/mo (Community Edition plan) in our scenario.
Does Activepieces have a free plan?
Yes. Activepieces's free plan is limited to 1 seat.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-08-25 and 2026-09-12, on the vendors' official pricing pages.