Pipedream versus Zapier

Price

• Pipedream From $150/mo
  • Free: no subscription charge
  • Startup: $150.00 monthly
  • Startup: $1,188.00 annual ($99/mo equivalent)
  • Business: 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.

Documented for both

Usage definition

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

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

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

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.

Trigger polling

Pipedream An event source from the public registry, including a polling source, runs free when it triggers a workflow, on every plan; A private custom source is charged for all compute time, including the first 30 seconds

Zapier Polling checks never use tasks; only successful actions do.Free: Every 15 minutesProfessional: Every 2 minutesTeam: Every minuteEnterprise: Every minute

Premium integrations

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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