Activepieces vs Latenode

Activepieces

• Teams that want open-source automation they can host themselves
• Small teams that prefer a flat price to per-seat billing
• Building AI agents alongside trigger-and-action flows

Latenode

• Workflows with many steps, since steps do not add to the bill
• Developers who want JavaScript and NPM packages in a visual builder
• Automating websites that have no API with the headless browser

Activepieces

• The Free cloud plan covers a single user and 1,000 credits a month; runs beyond the quota do not go through until credits refresh.
• AI steps cost 2, 10 or 20 credits depending on the model. Connecting your own AI keys, on Plus and above, brings each AI step down to 1 credit.
• The self-hosted Community edition leaves out Agents and Chat and MCPs. SSO starts on Team, and SCIM and audit logs need Ultimate.
• Activepieces says its SOC 2 program is still in progress and that it does not yet hold the certification.

Latenode

• Free is limited to 5 active scenarios, 1 worker, 3-minute runs, 3 days of history and a 10-minute trigger interval.
• Polling faster than every 10 minutes, runs longer than 10 minutes and files over 16 MB are paid add-ons, priced from $5 to $70 a month.
• Built-in AI models and other paid provider nodes are billed in Plug-n-Play tokens at $1 each, on top of runtime charges.
• Inviting teammates to a workspace is listed as a Pay as you go benefit, not part of Free.

Activepieces

Flow builder

A visual builder with branching, retries, waitpoints, subflows, error handling and human approvals. TypeScript can be written inline for a step that needs code.

AI agents and chat

An agent takes a task described in plain words and chooses tools from connected apps and MCP servers, with approval gates on the steps you pick. Chat drafts flows from a description.

Pieces

The integration directory lists 762 pieces, all open source under the MIT license. An HTTP piece reaches any REST or GraphQL API that does not have a piece yet.

Tables and knowledge base

Tables hold data that every flow and agent can read and write, and a knowledge base makes your documents searchable by agents.

MCP server

Tools built in Activepieces can be served over MCP, so assistants such as Claude and Cursor can run them. MCPs are part of the cloud plans, not the Community edition.

Cloud, self-hosted or air-gapped

Activepieces Cloud runs in Frankfurt. The same software can be installed on your own infrastructure with Docker or Kubernetes, including with no outbound network.

Latenode

Visual builder with code nodes

Workflows are built on a drag-and-drop canvas, and any node can be switched to JavaScript with NPM packages. An AI code copilot writes, explains and debugs the code.

AI Assistant

Describe an automation in plain English and the assistant produces the nodes, connections and JavaScript for it. Ready-made templates cover common workflows.

AI agents and RAG

An AI Agent node reasons over a task and calls other nodes as tools. RAG storage grounds agents in your documents; one storage is included and more are an add-on.

Headless browser

A built-in headless browser automates sites that have no API, covering scraping, form filling, screenshots and other UI flows. It is included on every plan.

Built-in AI models

Latenode offers 335+ LLMs without separate API keys. Nodes that use paid providers are marked with a $ icon and charged in Plug-n-Play tokens, at $1 per token.

Runtime-based billing

Cost is runs multiplied by average seconds per run, and the number of nodes does not add to it. Latenode's example: 100,000 CPU seconds in a month costs $10.80.

Activepieces

• Free$0

  Activepieces Cloud for one user: 1,000 credits a month, unlimited flows, and agents, chat, tables, MCP and API access. No card needed.

• Community$0

  Self-hosted open-source edition: credits are not metered and users are unlimited, but Agents and Chat and MCPs are not included.

• Plus$16

  flat per month, billed yearly ($20 billed monthly)

  10,000 credits a month, then $0.007 per credit. Up to 5 users, and you can connect your own AI provider keys.

• Team$166

  flat per month, billed yearly ($200 billed monthly)

  50,000 credits a month, 25 users, unlimited projects, SSO, standard roles, global connections and email support.

• UltimateCustom

  Yearly credit pool sized to the customer, dedicated workers, execution priority, SCIM, custom roles, Git Sync, audit logs and dedicated support.

• EmbedFrom $36k

  per year

  White-label flow builder, AI agents and the integration library placed inside your own product through one SDK. Sold through sales.

Latenode

• Free$0

  10,000 CPU seconds every month, 5 active scenarios, 1 worker, 3-minute runs and 3-day history, with all apps, AI agents, RAG, browser and database.

• Pay as you go$0.00012

  per CPU second, after 10,000 free a month; no base fee

  The rate steps down to $0.00005 per CPU second above 5 million. Unlimited active scenarios, 5 workers, 10-minute runs, 30-day history and teammate invites.

Activepieces

• Annual discount

  Save 2 months with annual billing

  The pricing page's Annual option is labeled as saving 2 months: Plus is $16 a month billed yearly instead of $20, and Team is $166 instead of $200.

Latenode

No public discounts listed.