Activepieces versus Zapier

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
• Zapier From $29.99/mo
  • Free: no subscription charge
  • Professional: $29.99 monthly
  • Professional: $239.88 annual ($19.99/mo equivalent)
  • Team: $103.50 monthly
  • Team: $828.00 annual ($69/mo equivalent)
  • Enterprise: 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.

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Usage definition

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

Zapier Trigger steps, Filter and Paths steps, failed or halted actions and skipped steps use no tasks; Tables, Forms, Formatter, Delay, Looping, Sub-Zap, Digest, Zapier Manager and Storage steps use no tasks; Zapier Agents use a separate activity quota, not tasks; Example: a Zap with two actions that runs ten times uses 20 tasks

Included volume

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

Zapier Task tiers from 100 to 2M tasks a month, plus a custom task limit.Free: 100 tasks per monthProfessional: The help center's billing example is a Professional 750 plan: 750 tasks a month, with up to 1,500 more on pay-per-task.

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

Zapier Premium apps are available only on paid plans.Free: Two-step Zaps only (a trigger and one action)Professional: Multi-step Zaps, Unlimited premium apps, Webhooks

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

Zapier AI by Zapier steps and their tool calls use 1 task on standard models or with your own model provider (you also pay the provider), 3 tasks on advanced models and 5 on premium models.Agents Free: 400 agent activities per monthAgents Pro: 1,500 agent activities per month

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.

Zapier Tasks beyond the plan limit are charged separately through pay-per-task billing; Pay-per-task stops at three times the plan task limit; further runs are held until the billing cycle ends; Without pay-per-task, new Zap runs are held at the task limit until the billing cycle resets

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
• Zapier Every successful action uses its own task, so the monthly need is actions per run multiplied by runs per month.

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; Zapier: 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 Zapier about hosting responsibility; our sources do not establish it yet.

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