Automate Basics

Activepieces vs Zapier

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 25 September 2026.

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Activepieces

Open source · cloud from $20/mo

Zapier

Free plan · from $19.99/mo

What it isOpen-source no-code builder for automations and AI agents, cloud or self-hostedNo-code tool that connects web apps and runs automated, AI-assisted workflows
Free planCloud Free plan: 100 credits a day that reset daily (runs wait for the next day once used up); 1 user; unlimited flows100 tasks per month; two-step Zaps only; unlimited Zaps, Tables and Forms
Cheapest paid plan$20/mo (Plus)Activepieces pricing$19.99/mo billed annually (Professional)Zapier pricing
What it covers10,000 credits/month, then $0.007 per credit; up to 5 users; a flow run costs one credit however many steps it has.For 750 tasks/month; price rises with the task tier.
Free trialNone stated14-day free trial of the Professional plan for new accounts, no credit card required
PlatformsWeb, Self-hosted, APIWeb
Integrations (vendor's figure)760+ integrations (pieces)9,000+ apps
Open sourceYes, self-hostableNo
Good for
  • Automating lead routing and notifications between common business apps
  • Running automations on a company's own server for data control
  • Letting AI assistants trigger prepared workflows through MCP
  • Sending new web-form leads into a CRM and a Slack channel
  • Copying email attachments to cloud storage automatically
  • Adding new orders or calendar events to a shared spreadsheet
Watch out for
  • Free cloud plan is capped at 100 credits a day and one user
  • Usage beyond the monthly allowance on Plus and Team costs $0.007 per credit
  • The self-hosted Community Edition lacks Agents and Chat, access controls and audit history, which require a paid plan
  • Free plan allows only two-step Zaps and 100 tasks a month
  • Every Zap step, AI step, code run and connector call draws from one shared monthly task allowance
  • Multi-step Zaps, premium apps and webhooks require a paid plan
Made byActivepiecesZapier, Inc.

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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