# Activepieces

> Open-source automation with flows, AI agents and tables

Activepieces is an open-source automation platform that combines a visual flow builder with AI agents, chat, tables and an MCP server. It runs on the company's cloud or on your own servers with Docker or Kubernetes, and its 760+ integrations, called pieces, are MIT-licensed. Cloud plans are priced at a flat monthly rate by credits instead of per seat: one flow run costs one credit, and AI steps cost more.

- **Category:** Automation
- **Made by:** Activepieces
- **Website:** https://www.activepieces.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 5, 2026

## Pricing

Activepieces has a free plan. Paid plans start at $16 / month flat, billed yearly ($20 billed monthly), for up to 5 users.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Cloud Free plan: 1,000 credits a month for one user, with unlimited flows, agents, chat, tables, MCP and API access. The self-hosted Community Edition is also free and unmetered, but leaves out agents, chat and MCP.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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. |
| Ultimate | Custom | Yearly credit pool sized to the customer, dedicated workers, execution priority, SCIM, custom roles, Git Sync, audit logs and dedicated support. |
| Embed | From $36k per year | White-label flow builder, AI agents and the integration library placed inside your own product through one SDK. Sold through sales. |

Read from https://www.activepieces.com/pricing on Oct 5, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Activepieces before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save 2 months with annual billing** (Annual discount): 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. Source: https://www.activepieces.com/pricing

## Key features

- **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.

## Good for

- 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

## Worth knowing

- 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.

## Works with

Google Sheets, Gmail, OpenAI, Slack, Notion, Google Drive, Discord, Airtable

**Tags:** Workflow automation, AI agents, AI features, Open source, Self-hostable, Databases, Public API

## Alternatives

- [n8n](https://toolgpa.com/tools/n8n): Workflow automation and AI agents you can self-host. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/activepieces-vs-n8n)
- [Zapier](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zapier): Workflow automation across 9,000+ apps, with AI agents. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/activepieces-vs-zapier)
- [Make](https://toolgpa.com/tools/make): Visual automation builder for multi-step scenarios and AI agents. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/activepieces-vs-make)
- [Windmill](https://toolgpa.com/tools/windmill): Open-source platform for scripts, workflows and internal apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/activepieces-vs-windmill)
- [Node-RED](https://toolgpa.com/tools/node-red): Open-source, flow-based programming tool for event-driven apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/activepieces-vs-node-red)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 5, 2026:

- https://www.activepieces.com
- https://www.activepieces.com/pricing
- https://www.activepieces.com/pieces
- https://www.activepieces.com/docs/install/overview

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