Activepieces versus Pipedream

Price

• Activepieces From $20/mo
  • Free: no subscription charge
  • Plus: $20.00 monthly
  • Plus: $192.00 annual ($16/mo equivalent)
  • Team: $200.00 monthly
  • Team: $1,992.00 annual ($166/mo equivalent)
  • Ultimate: Vendor quotation required
• Pipedream From $150/mo
  • Free: no subscription charge
  • Startup: $150.00 monthly
  • Startup: $1,188.00 annual ($99/mo equivalent)
  • Business: Vendor quotation required

Both list prices on the same basis. Compare what each plan includes; the lower amount alone does not make the better choice.

Documented for both

Usage definition

Activepieces One flow run uses one credit, however many steps it has.

Pipedream External user: each distinct user of your app who connects at least one account; one user with five connected apps counts once; Usage credit: 30 seconds of compute for an action run, an MCP tool call, a Connect proxy request or an event emitted by a deployed trigger; Listing apps and accounts, configuring components and other management calls use no credits

Included volume

Activepieces Free: 1,000 creditsPlus: 10,000 credits per monthTeam: 50,000 credits per monthUltimate: Credits sized with you, reset yearly

Pipedream Development is free; serving real external users in production requires Startup.Free: Development only; a daily credit limit that cannot be exceeded and a limited number of connected accounts.Startup: 10,000 usage credits per month

Premium integrations

Activepieces Apps without a ready-made piece can be reached through the HTTP piece or a webhook; pieces are open-source TypeScript.Embed: 760+ integrations, a flow builder and AI agents inside your own product under your own brand

Pipedream Managed auth for 3,000+ APIs, 10,000+ prebuilt tools and triggers, and MCP servers on every plan.Business: Volume pricing for users and usage; SSO, SCIM and HIPAA; Dedicated static egress IPs; SLAs and dedicated Slack support

AI charges

Activepieces AI steps add credits on top of the run: 2 on a fast model, 10 on a smart model, 20 on a frontier model; Agentic actions are 1 credit each; On Plus and higher, your own AI provider keys make every AI step 1 credit, with the model cost billed by your provider

Pipedream AI agent tool calls through MCP use 1 credit per 30 seconds of compute, like any action.

Overage charges

Activepieces Plus and Team keep running past the allowance at USD 0.007 per extra credit; on Free, runs past the quota wait until credits refresh; Ultimate uses a yearly pool.

Pipedream Credits above the included amount are added to the next billing period's invoice.Startup: USD 0.012 per credit beyond 10,000 a month, lower at higher volume; USD 2 a month per external user beyond 100

Limits to check

• Activepieces Users: up to 5 on Free and Plus, 25 on Team, unlimited on Ultimate; Credits: 1,000 on Free, 10,000 a month on Plus, 50,000 a month on Team; Over the allowance, Free runs wait for tomorrow; Plus and Team pay USD 0.007 per credit
• Pipedream Pipedream Workflows and String shut down on March 31, 2027; Workflows are in maintenance mode: existing workflows run until then, with no new features; New Workflows sign-ups and subscriptions are no longer accepted; Pipedream Connect is not affected

Not verified yet

Every compared requirement has evidence for at least one.

Documented for one product only, shown in the table below: Activepieces: hosting responsibility; Pipedream: trigger polling.

Not verified means our reviewed sources do not establish it. It does not mean a product lacks the capability or that it costs nothing.

Next steps

• Ask Activepieces about trigger polling; our sources do not establish it yet.
• Ask Pipedream about hosting responsibility; our sources do not establish it yet.

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