Albato
Automation · albato.com
Albato is an integration and automation platform (iPaaS) that connects 1,000+ apps into automated workflows, with self-serve plans for individuals and teams plus an embedded/white-label iPaaS offering for SaaS companies.
Switching to Activepieces saves $264 / year and covers 80% of the compared capabilities.
Find my alternative
Way less money.
Top Albato alternatives
We compared 10 products and found 6 cheaper alternatives · vs Albato Pro at $22/mo · scenario: single user, monthly billing, USD.
Albato’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.
Albato costs $22/mo on the Pro plan at single user, monthly billing. We found 6 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 1 of them covers at least 75% of the 5 compared capabilities. Albato's own free plan covers this scenario, so downgrading may beat switching.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
IFTTT Pro plan · missing: AI agents, Custom app connectors, Execution logs, Self-hosted deployment | 20% | $2.99/mo how? ⓘ | $228.12 / year 86% cheaper | |
Make Core plan · missing: Multi-step workflows, AI agents, Self-hosted deployment | 40% | $9/mo how? ⓘ | $156 / year 59% cheaper | |
TOP PICK Activepieces Plus plan · missing: Execution logs | 80% | $16/mo how? ⓘ | $72 / year 27% cheaper | |
Zapier Professional plan · missing: Custom app connectors, Execution logs, Self-hosted deployment | 40% | $19.99/mo how? ⓘ | $24.12 / year 9% cheaper | |
Integrately Starter plan · missing: AI agents, Custom app connectors, Self-hosted deployment | 40% | $19.99/mo how? ⓘ | $24.12 / year 9% cheaper |
Which Albato alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best free plan
- Activepieces — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 80%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- Activepieces — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 80%
- Need multi-step workflows, AI agents, custom app connectors or self-hosted deployment?
- Activepieces — from $0/mo (Free plan)
- Need execution logs?
- Make — from $0/mo (Free plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Albato has that the top alternatives lack.
- Multi-step workflows — Chain multiple steps together into one automated workflow.Missing from Make, n8n.
- 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.
- Execution logs — Review logs of past workflow runs.Missing from Activepieces, n8n, Zapier.
- Self-hosted deployment — Run the automation platform on your own infrastructure.Missing from Make, Zapier.
Feature comparison
Albato vs the top alternatives, on the 5 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Albato | Activepieces | Make | n8n | Zapier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-step workflows from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| AI agents from Pro | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom app connectors from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Execution logs from Free | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Self-hosted deployment from Embedded Enterprise | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $22/mo Pro | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Community Edition | $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 Albato covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Multi-step workflows — from Free
- ✓ AI agents — from Pro
- ✓ Custom app connectors — from Free
- ✓ Execution logs — from Free
- ✓ Self-hosted deployment — from Embedded Enterprise
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://albato.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-08-31)
- https://albato.com/embedded/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-08-31)
Frequently asked
How much does Albato cost?
Albato's Pro plan costs $22/mo in our scenario (single user, monthly billing). A free plan exists.
Is there a free Albato alternative?
Yes. Activepieces has a free plan that covers 80% of the 5 capabilities we compared against Albato.
What is the cheapest Albato alternative?
In our scenario (single user, monthly billing), Activepieces is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free plan).
What is the cheapest Albato alternative with Execution logs?
Make covers Execution logs and costs $0/mo (Free plan) in our scenario.
Does Albato have a free plan?
Yes. Albato'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.