82
Stack Score
Best for
Engineering teams who want Zapier-style automation but need open source, self-hosting, or no per-task pricing surprises.
At a glance
- Pricing
- freemiumfrom $25/mo
- Setup time
- 15 minutes
- Learning curve
- medium
- Last verified
- 5/19/2026
What we love
- ✓Open source — own your automation stack
- ✓Self-hosted plan is genuinely free at any scale
- ✓Active community shipping new pieces weekly
Where it falls short
- −Connector library smaller than Zapier or Make
- −Self-hosting requires real DevOps to scale
- −UI rough edges versus polished commercial peers
Pricing
✓ Pricing verified Jun 21, 20263 tiers
Free
$0
forever
- ✓10 free active flows
- ✓Unlimited runs
- ✓AI agents
- ✓Unlimited MCP servers
- ✓Unlimited tables
Standard
$5
per active flow/month
- ✓Usage-based after free tier
- ✓Unlimited runs
- ✓Unlimited MCP servers
- ✓Unlimited tables
- ✓Community support
Enterprise
Custom
annual contract
- ✓Security & Governance
- ✓Custom RBAC
- ✓SSO
- ✓Audit logs
- ✓Team & Personal Projects
Why we picked it
The OSS Zapier. Worth a try if you're privacy-conscious or want to self-host.
Overview
Open-source workflow automation, self-hostable or cloud. Apache 2 licensed. 200+ integrations.
Key features
- ●200+ pre-built connectors for SaaS apps
- ●Visual flow builder with branching and loops
- ●AI Copilot generates flows from prompts
- ●Self-hostable with Docker or one-click cloud
- ●MCP server support for AI agents
- ●Code steps in TypeScript for custom logic
Best use cases
Internal SaaS glue
Sync data between Slack, HubSpot, Notion, and your own database without per-task fees.
AI agent backend
Expose Activepieces flows as MCP tools or webhooks for LLM agents to call.
Privacy-sensitive workflows
Run automation on your own infra so customer data never leaves your VPC.
Integrations
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