Activepieces vs Make

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

Make

• Building multi-step, branching automations on a visual canvas
• Individuals and small teams that want unlimited scenarios at a low entry price
• Trying automation on a free plan with no time limit

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.

Make

• The Free plan allows only 2 active scenarios and 1,000 credits a month, with at least 15 minutes between scheduled runs.
• Credits expire at the end of each term, and extra credits cost 25% more than those included in the plan.
• Teams and roles, custom variables and enterprise apps are not part of the Free plan.
• The $9 price applies to annual billing; the pricing page says annual billing saves 15% or more over monthly.

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.

Make

Visual scenario builder

Scenarios are built by placing app modules on a canvas and linking them with routers and filters, so branching logic is visible at a glance.

3,000+ pre-built apps

Make lists more than 3,000 app integrations, among them OpenAI, HubSpot, Salesforce and Slack. Access to enterprise apps comes with the paid plan.

Credit-based billing

Most module actions use 1 credit. The paid plan starts at 5,000 credits a month, and extra credits are sold in bundles of 1,000 or 10,000 at 25% more than plan credits.

AI agents, Maia and MCP

AI agents can be built to orchestrate workflows, Maia builds automations from a conversation, and the Make MCP server lets outside AI assistants trigger scenarios.

Make Grid

Make Grid gives a map of an organization's scenarios and how they connect, to keep a large automation setup under control.

Teams, variables and API

The paid plan adds teams and team roles, custom variables, full-text search of execution logs and access to more than 300 Make API endpoints.

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.

Make

• Free$0

  Up to 1,000 credits a month, 2 active scenarios, a 15-minute minimum interval between runs and 7 days of execution logs.

• Make Plan$9

  per month, billed annually, for 5,000 credits

  Unlimited active scenarios, 1-minute minimum interval, teams and roles, custom variables, high-priority execution and Make API access. Credit tiers go up to 8 million and beyond.

• Company (Enterprise)Custom

  Custom functions, 24/7 enterprise support, overage protection, advanced security and 60 days of execution logs.

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.

Make

• Annual discount

  Save 15% or more with annual billing

  Make's pricing page says annual billing saves 15% or more compared with paying monthly. The $9 starting price is the annual rate.

• Nonprofit

  Support for non-profit organizations

  The pricing page says Make supports non-profits and asks NGOs and NPOs to contact it for details. No discount figure is published.