AI automation platform with enterprise governance and predictable pricing
Activepieces is a workflow automation and AI agent platform for teams that need IT oversight and scalable integrations.
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AI Editor ApprovedApproved and published by our AI Editor-in-Chief after full panel analysis.Activepieces is a workflow automation and AI agent platform for teams that need IT oversight alongside scalable integrations. Users build automated workflows and AI agents in a visual drag-and-drop builder connected to more than 729 app integrations, while an agent library, usage analytics, and gamification features support org-wide AI adoption. Enterprise controls include SAML 2.0 single sign-on, SCIM provisioning, advanced role-based access control, and audit logs, and the platform can be self-hosted via Helm or Docker with free dev and staging environments. It suits mid-market and enterprise IT teams that want centralized governance over automation sprawl without per-task fees. A free plan and free trial are available, and paid plans are quote-based. TopReviewed's six-seat AI review panel scored it 7.7/10, praising the out-of-the-box governance stack of SSO, SCIM, RBAC, and audit logs while noting that the lack of public pricing tiers slows procurement cycles.
Users interact with Activepieces through a visual flow builder where triggers, actions, and AI steps are connected without writing code. Pre-built agents — such as a Lead Qualifier, Smart Email Agent, or Daily Report Agent — can be pulled from an agent library and deployed immediately. Teams can also build custom flows using multi-step logic, conditional branching, and embedded code blocks when needed.
The platform includes an AI Adoption Stack designed to measure and increase automation usage across an organization. Admins can monitor active flows, hours saved, cost savings, and per-team adoption rates through a built-in analytics dashboard. A leaderboard and badge system tracks individual contributor activity. Governance features cover SAML 2.0 SSO, SCIM user provisioning, granular RBAC, and audit logs. Connections to over 729 apps include Gmail, Slack, Notion, HubSpot, OpenAI, Salesforce, and Google Analytics.
Activepieces targets both individual builders and enterprise IT teams that need centralized control over automation sprawl. It is positioned as a lower-cost alternative to Zapier and Make, and also competes with n8n in the self-hosted segment. Pricing follows a subscription model with published tiers: a free cloud plan capped at 100 credits per day, Plus at $16 per month billed yearly for 10,000 monthly credits, Team at $166 per month billed yearly for 50,000 credits and SSO, and a custom-priced Ultimate tier that adds SCIM, custom RBAC and audit logs. A self-hosted Community Edition is free and open source with no cap on runs, users or flows. Plans meter monthly credit pools rather than per-task counts, with overage billed at a published $0.007 per credit.
Deployment options include a fully managed cloud (SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliant, with EU and US data regions) and a self-hosted option via Docker, Helm, or any cloud provider. Self-hosted installations allow data to remain on-premises and support custom compliance requirements. Development and staging environments are available at no cost on self-hosted deployments.
Lets users build intelligent AI agents with enterprise integrations, custom logic, human approval steps, and agent-specific data sources.
A curated library of pre-built AI agents (e.g., Lead Qualifier, Meeting Summarizer, Inbox Zero Bot) that teams can deploy directly with estimated cost savings displayed.
Tracks org-wide AI adoption metrics including active flows, hours saved, AI agent tasks completed, adoption rate by team, and monthly cost savings over time.
A visual builder that lets users create and manage multi-step automated flows without writing code, supporting complex logic and integrations.
A gamification layer that ranks individuals and teams by time saved and active flows, awarding badges to drive competitive AI adoption across the organization.
Allows organizations to run Activepieces on their own servers via Helm, Docker, or any cloud, keeping data in-network and supporting any compliance requirement with free dev and staging environments.
Allows organizations to apply their own look and feel to the platform, as shown by the branded theme selector in the product UI.
Connects workflows to over 729 third-party apps including Gmail, OpenAI, Slack, Notion, and HubSpot via pre-built integration pieces.
Provides granular role definitions (e.g., Admin, Builder, User) that control exactly who can create, edit, run, or manage flows and billing across the org.
Records platform activity for IT oversight, giving enterprise teams visibility into who did what within the system.
Secures platform access via SAML 2.0 and Google SSO, enabling organizations to connect their existing identity provider.
Automatically syncs users and groups from an identity provider to Activepieces, streamlining onboarding and offboarding at scale.
Free forever cloud plan, no card required — one user with a 100-credit daily cap.
Entry paid cloud tier, listed at $16 per month billed yearly; lifts the daily credit cap and adds seats.
Team tier at $166 per month billed yearly, for orgs that need projects, SSO and role separation.
Custom-priced enterprise tier ("We'll figure it out together") adding governance, security and dedicated support.
Open-source self-hosted edition, free forever with no cap on runs, users or flows; excludes the cloud-only team and AI features.
Governance you can actually price: $16 to start, and a sales call only for the SCIM tier.
“Activepieces is a credible Zapier and n8n alternative with genuine enterprise governance built in. The gamification and adoption analytics are differentiated — most workflow tools don't think at the org level.”
729 integrations, SAML SSO, SCIM provisioning, RBAC, and self-hosted deployment via Helm or Docker. That's a feature set that beats early-stage tools and matches what IT actually asks for. The Agent Library — with pre-built agents like Lead Qualifier and Inbox Zero Bot — means business teams can deploy without waiting on engineers.
The AI Adoption Analytics layer is the real differentiator. Tracking adoption rate by team, hours saved, and cost savings over time, with a leaderboard on top — that's an IT leader's argument for budget renewal. Zapier doesn't give you that dashboard. Neither does Make.
Procurement gets its number without a demo: Plus at $16 a month billed yearly, Team at $166 with SSO and 25 seats. The catch is SCIM, custom RBAC, and audit logs live only in Ultimate, which is quoted, not listed. Self-hosted orgs get dev and staging free, which is smart.
Plus lists at $16 a month for 10,000 credits against n8n's €20 Starter at 2,500 executions, and matches n8n on self-hosting while adding the governance layer n8n lacks out of the box.
SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, EU and US data regions — the compliance story is solid enough to present to a cautious board.
Pre-built agents with displayed cost savings estimates and a no-code builder mean a team can deploy a real workflow in a day.
The AI Adoption Stack positions this as org-wide infrastructure, not just a point tool — that's a different conversation than cost savings.
A complete public tier table with credit pools, seat counts and a listed $0.007 overage rate is a real shipping signal; the absent changelog still makes velocity harder to verify than peers like n8n.
Mid-market IT teams that need centralized governance over automation sprawl without per-task Zapier fees.
Boards that need audit logs and SCIM on a published price rather than a quote.
729 integrations, flat execution pricing, and real enterprise governance — Zapier's serious challenger.
“Activepieces combines a no-code workflow builder with enterprise controls that IT teams actually need: SAML 2.0, SCIM, RBAC, audit logs, and self-hosting via Docker or Helm. The AI Adoption Analytics dashboard and gamification layer are genuinely differentiated — most competitors don't touch org-wide adoption management at all.”
The governance stack here is built by someone who understands how automation sprawl kills enterprise deployments. SCIM provisioning plus granular RBAC plus audit logs isn't a checkbox list — that's the operational foundation that lets a COO say yes without IT saying no later. Self-hosted deployment with free dev and staging environments removes a real budget friction that Zapier and Make both charge into.
The AI Adoption Stack — leaderboards, team-level adoption scores, cost savings dashboards — is the most operationally interesting piece. Most automation platforms assume adoption happens. Activepieces is designed to drive it and measure it. That matters when you're trying to show a board that AI investment is producing throughput gains, not just licenses.
The tier ladder shows where the strategy actually lands. Plus at $16 a month buys five seats and 10,000 credits; Team at $166 buys SSO and twenty-five. But the governance primitives that make this org-wide — SCIM, custom RBAC, audit logs — sit only in Ultimate, which is quoted, so the platform you architect for is not the one on the price list.
Plus at $16 a month undercuts n8n's €20 Starter with four times the monthly volume, holding a position between Zapier's ease and n8n's self-hosted control that is genuinely underserved at the enterprise mid-market.
SAML SSO, SCIM, RBAC, and audit logs match exactly what IT governance requires before approving org-wide automation rollout.
729+ integrations covering Salesforce, HubSpot, OpenAI, Slack, and Notion covers the core enterprise stack without gaps.
Self-hosting option via Helm or Docker limits lock-in, but custom flows built on 729 proprietary connectors create switching friction over time.
AI Adoption Analytics plus gamification suggests a product roadmap built around organizational behavior change, not just feature count.
Enterprise or mid-market ops teams that need IT-governed automation at scale with measurable adoption metrics.
Teams that need SCIM provisioning without entering a custom-quote conversation.
$16 a month for 10,000 credits undercuts n8n's Starter on both price and volume.
“Activepieces competes directly with Zapier and n8n on features and self-hosting flexibility. Four of its five tiers carry published prices, so the cost model can be built before the first sales call.”
The comparable is n8n, and Activepieces wins the line item. Plus lists at $16 a month billed yearly for 10,000 credits; n8n's Starter is €20 for 2,500 executions. Team is $166 for 50,000 credits and twenty-five users, with overage published at $0.007 a credit.
Twenty-five seats on Team runs $5,976 over three years at list, before overage — a number I can model today without a call. SAML SSO sits inside that tier rather than behind a custom quote, and the Community Edition is free and uncapped if the workload moves on-prem.
Auto-renewal terms and termination clauses still aren't public — category norm is 30-60 day windows, but I can't confirm. Ultimate, where SCIM and audit logs live, is the only tier quoted rather than listed. Self-hosted deployments cut lock-in risk, and AI Adoption Analytics gives procurement a real ROI hook.
Free, Plus and Team are self-serve at listed prices; only the Ultimate tier routes through a sales conversation.
Auto-renewal windows, term lengths, and termination clauses are not publicly documented — standard enterprise risk.
Four of five tiers publish price, seat count, credit pool and a $0.007 overage rate on the vendor pricing page; only Ultimate is quoted.
AI Adoption Analytics tracks hours saved, cost savings, and team adoption rates out of the box — unusually concrete for this category.
Credit pools and a published overage rate make a three-year model buildable — $5,976 for twenty-five Team seats at list — though Ultimate pricing stays custom.
Mid-market or enterprise teams that need SSO, SCIM, and self-hosting without paying Zapier's enterprise premium.
Finance teams that need audit logs on a listed price rather than a custom quote.
The free Community Edition runs uncapped on your own Docker, so ops can pilot before any quote.
“Activepieces covers the ops automation stack — visual builder, SAML SSO, SCIM, audit logs, self-hosting — at a positioning that undercuts Zapier. Cloud tiers are listed from $16 a month, and the self-hosted Community Edition is free with no cap on runs or flows.”
The governance layer is what stands out. SAML 2.0, SCIM provisioning, granular RBAC, and audit logs in a tool that also has a no-code drag-and-drop builder — that combination usually costs enterprise-tier money elsewhere. Self-hosting via Helm or Docker with free dev and staging environments means IT can actually sandbox this before committing. That's ops-friendly.
Day-three reality: the AI Adoption Analytics dashboard and leaderboard system are genuinely interesting for org-wide rollouts, but gamification badges can feel like overhead if your team just wants flows running reliably. The Agent Library — Lead Qualifier, Inbox Zero Bot, Meeting Summarizer — shortens time-to-value. 729+ integrations covers most ops stacks without custom connectors.
The tradeoff is where the controls sit, not what they cost. Cloud is listed — $16 for 10,000 credits, $166 for Team with SSO. But audit logs, custom RBAC and Git Sync are Ultimate-only, and the free Community Edition drops the cloud-only team features.
Pre-built agents and the visual builder reduce ramp time, and a listed $16 entry tier plus a free self-hosted edition let a team start without waiting on procurement.
Docs exist and API is confirmed, but no changelog is a flag — ops teams need to know what broke or changed between deploys.
Self-hosting with Helm/Docker and free staging environments removes deployment friction; missing changelog makes it harder to track what changed week-to-week.
Conditional branching, embedded code blocks, custom AI agents with human approval steps, and SCIM provisioning signal real depth past the no-code surface.
729+ integrations including Slack, HubSpot, Salesforce, and OpenAI covers most ops workflows without gap-filling custom connectors.
Ops teams that need enterprise governance controls and org-wide automation rollout without per-task billing surprises.
Ops teams that need audit logs without a custom-quote conversation.
Zapier-killer pricing with actual enterprise bones underneath
“Activepieces packs 729+ integrations, real governance controls, and a no-code builder into a flat-rate model that makes Zapier's per-task billing look punishing. The AI Adoption Analytics and gamification layer are genuinely unusual features you won't find elsewhere at this price point.”
The Agent Library is the thing that'll hook people on day one. Pre-built agents — Lead Qualifier, Inbox Zero Bot, Meeting Summarizer — with cost savings estimates displayed right on the card. That's smart product thinking. Most tools make you imagine the value. This one just shows you. Visual builder, 729 integrations, no code required. The first ten minutes probably feel pretty good.
Three months in, the governance stuff starts mattering. SAML SSO, SCIM provisioning, granular RBAC, audit logs — that's a real enterprise stack. The AI Adoption Analytics dashboard with per-team adoption scores and a leaderboard is an unusual bet. Could feel motivating or could feel like being watched. Depends entirely on your company culture.
The catch isn't price, it's credits. Free is 100 a day; Plus at $16 is 10,000 a month; past that it meters at $0.007 each. Comparing against n8n or Make means converting executions into credits first. Web-only means mobile is a non-starter. For a tool pitched as org-wide automation, that's a quiet limitation.
The Agent Library with cost savings estimates and the branded theme selector suggest real attention to daily UX, though no changelog is publicly visible to confirm ongoing refinement.
No-code drag-and-drop builder handles the first hour well; code blocks and multi-step conditional logic give builders room to grow without hitting a ceiling.
Web-only platform — no mobile app listed anywhere — for a tool pitched as automation for every team is a real gap.
Pre-built agents with immediate deploy options and a visual no-code builder lower the first-session barrier considerably compared to category competitors like n8n.
SOC 2 Type II certification and self-hosted Docker/Helm options suggest infrastructure seriousness, but no public changelog or uptime page makes it hard to assess day-to-day stability claims.
Mid-market IT teams that need to govern automation sprawl across departments without paying Zapier's per-task tax.
Solo builders who need to run automations from a phone.
Two tells survive the price check: a superlative meta description and no changelog anywhere.
“Solid feature set with a real governance story behind it. The missing changelog is still a yellow flag, but the pricing page turns out to be one of the honest ones.”
Two tells upfront. The meta description says 'best way to build' — the kind of superlative that ages poorly. And no changelog is listed in capabilities. The pricing page, though, is the honest part: four of five tiers publish a number.
The actual product story is more interesting than the landing page deserves. SAML 2.0 SSO, SCIM provisioning, granular RBAC, audit logs, self-hosting via Docker or Helm — that's a real enterprise governance stack, not marketing veneer. The AI Adoption Analytics with leaderboards and badge systems is either genius or cringe depending on your org culture. The 729+ integrations number is credible and specific. SOC 2 Type II is verifiable.
Competitor framing works: $16 against n8n's €20 Starter, self-hostable like n8n, with governance n8n doesn't match. The tradeoff is real though — SCIM and audit logs are Ultimate-only, the one tier still quoted rather than listed. Could go either way on long-term viability; no funding data visible.
Combining n8n-style self-hosting with SCIM provisioning and gamified adoption analytics is a distinct enough position vs. Zapier and Make.
Self-hosting via Docker/Helm means your data and flows stay on-premises; cloud lock-in risk is lower than most competitors.
No public funding data, no changelog cadence visible — hard to assess shipping velocity or runway from public materials.
Four of five tiers publish price, seats, credits and a $0.007 overage rate; the 'best way to' superlative in the meta description is the remaining overreach.
Self-hosted + enterprise governance angle mirrors n8n's survival pattern more than Zapier imitators that faded; no changelog weakens the signal.
Mid-market IT teams that need self-hosted workflow automation with real governance controls and don't want Zapier's per-task billing.
Buyers who need audit logs without entering a custom-quote conversation.
Common questions answered by our AI research team
Activepieces supports 729+ app integrations.
Yes, Activepieces includes SAML SSO as an enterprise control, alongside SCIM provisioning and role-based access control.
The Agent Library is a collection of pre-built AI agents teams can deploy, such as an AI Support Agent, Smart Email Agent, and Daily Report Agent, with estimated annual cost savings shown for each.
Yes, Activepieces tracks AI adoption with usage analytics at both personal and team levels, displayed as adoption scores (e.g., Personal 6/10, Team 9/10), plus gamification features like leaderboards.
Yes, workflows are built through a visual drag-and-drop builder that requires no coding.
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Activepieces is an open-source workflow automation platform that allows teams to build automated workflows connecting apps and AI models without writing code.
