Documentation-based comparison
Activepieces versus Tray.ai
Compare documented scope and conditions. Unknowns remain unknown; different billing units do not establish a cost winner.
What the evidence answers
A reading of reviewed official documentation for Activepieces and Tray.ai. It is not a hands-on test, a ranking or a recommendation of one product.
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
- Tray.ai Quote only
- Pro: Vendor quotation required
- Team: Vendor quotation required
- Enterprise: Vendor quotation required
A complete like-for-like price comparison is not established; the next checks say what is missing.
Documented for both
- Usage definition
- Activepieces One flow run uses one credit, however many steps it has.
- Tray.ai Every step that runs is a task, including the webhook trigger; Loop and boolean steps count each time they run, once per list item, plus the loop's final check; Example: a webhook delivering 2 records through Clearbit, a loop, a boolean and Slack used 9 tasks in one run
- Included volume
- Activepieces Free: 1,000 creditsPlus: 10,000 credits per monthTeam: 50,000 credits per monthUltimate: Credits sized with you, reset yearly
- Tray.ai Task volume is a contracted entitlement, shown as an allowance line in the usage dashboard.Pro: 3 workspaces; 7-day insights and 7-day log retentionTeam: 20 workspaces; 30-day insights; 7-day log retention that can be extendedEnterprise: Unlimited workspaces; 180-day insights
- 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
- Tray.ai 700+ connectors and connector development are included in all plans.
- Hosting responsibility
- Activepieces Activepieces EU cloud in Frankfurt by default; Another region on request; Or your own servers; SOC 2 is in progress, not certifiedCommunity Edition: Self-hosted automation core
- Tray.ai Enterprise: Regional hosting, Advanced on-premise connectivity, SSO and HIPAA
- 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
- Tray.ai AI connectors convert input and output tokens into tasks at a token-to-task ratio set in your contract, available from support.
- 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.
- Tray.ai Admins can cap monthly tasks per workspace, for example for sandbox or development workspaces; Retries are not charged
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
- Tray.ai Pro allows 3 workspaces, Team 20 and Enterprise unlimited; regional hosting, log streaming and on-premise connectivity are Enterprise features.
Not verified yet
No reviewed evidence for either product on 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
- Request a written quote from Tray.ai for your seats, usage and term.
- Ask Activepieces about trigger polling; our sources do not establish it yet.
- Ask Tray.ai about trigger polling; our sources do not establish it yet.
| Requirement | Activepieces | Tray.ai |
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| Pricing | From $20/mo | Quote only |
| Who it is for | Flows, AI agents, chat and tables with MCP and API access, on every plan including Free. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Activepieces pricing page: plans, plan table and FAQ (monthly) | One governed platform (Tray iPaaS) for integration, automation, MCP services and AI agents, sold by quote. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Tray.ai iPaaS pricing page: plans, add-ons and FAQ |
| Coverage limits | 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 Team adds unlimited projects, SSO and email support. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Activepieces pricing page: plans, plan table and FAQ (monthly) | Pro allows 3 workspaces, Team 20 and Enterprise unlimited; regional hosting, log streaming and on-premise connectivity are Enterprise features. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Tray.ai iPaaS pricing page: plans, add-ons and FAQ |
| Usage definition | One flow run uses one credit, however many steps it has. AI steps add credits on top. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Activepieces pricing page: plans, plan table and FAQ (monthly) | Every step that runs is a task, including the webhook trigger; Loop and boolean steps count each time they run, once per list item, plus the loop's final check; Example: a webhook delivering 2 records through Clearbit, a loop, a boolean and Slack used 9 tasks in one run Tray describes a task as roughly one workflow step each time it runs; a connector that makes several API calls in one step counts once. Retries are not charged. Each Connectivity API Call Connector request is 1 task. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Tray.ai docs: usage and billing, what a task is |
| Included volume |
| Task volume is a contracted entitlement, shown as an allowance line in the usage dashboard. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Tray.ai docs: usage and billing, what a task is
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| Premium integrations | Apps without a ready-made piece can be reached through the HTTP piece or a webhook; pieces are open-source TypeScript. No separate premium-connector tier is listed. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Activepieces pricing page: plans, plan table and FAQ (monthly)
| 700+ connectors and connector development are included in all plans. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Tray.ai iPaaS pricing page: plans, add-ons and FAQ |
| Hosting responsibility | Activepieces EU cloud in Frankfurt by default; Another region on request; Or your own servers; SOC 2 is in progress, not certified The plan table lists "Cloud or on-prem" hosting for every plan. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Activepieces pricing page: plans, plan table and FAQ (monthly)
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| AI charges | 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 Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Activepieces pricing page: plans, plan table and FAQ (monthly) | AI connectors convert input and output tokens into tasks at a token-to-task ratio set in your contract, available from support. Merlin Text Generation, Merlin Text Analysis and AI-Agent-Utils generate token usage; document processing (Merlin IDP) counts pages. Agent Development (Agent Gateway for MCP and Merlin Agent Builder) is an add-on. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Tray.ai docs: usage and billing, what a task is |
| Overage charges | 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. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Activepieces pricing page: plans, plan table and FAQ (monthly) | Admins can cap monthly tasks per workspace, for example for sandbox or development workspaces; Retries are not charged Usage alerts go out at 80% and 100% of the task entitlement, which includes AI token tasks. No overage rate is published. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Tray.ai docs: usage and billing, what a task is |
1 requirement without reviewed evidence here
Not verified means the reviewed sources do not establish it; it does not mean a product lacks it or that it costs nothing.
- Trigger polling Activepieces: not verified · Tray.ai: not verified