Activepieces

Activepieces: Open-Source Automation & AI Agent Platform

Activepieces is Open-source automation engine — self-host or use cloud. Activepieces is the rare open-source automation tool with both a polished visual UX and serious extensibility. The AI agent piece + self-host option is what enterprise teams pay for.

Key Features

• Open-source automation engine — self-host or use cloud
• 200+ pre-built integrations including Slack, Gmail, OpenAI, Notion
• Visual flow builder with conditional logic and loops
• AI agent piece for embedding LLM steps in workflows
• Active community on GitHub; Y Combinator W22

Ideal Use Case

Engineering teams and ops folks who want a Zapier or Make alternative they can self-host for compliance, plus extend with custom pieces in TypeScript.

Why Use Activepieces

Activepieces is the rare open-source automation tool with both a polished visual UX and serious extensibility. The AI agent piece + self-host option is what enterprise teams pay for.

FAQ

Q: Pricing? A: Open-source community edition is free. Paid cloud tiers and enterprise self-host plans.

Q: vs n8n? A: Both open-source. Activepieces leans more on TypeScript-extensible pieces; n8n has a larger pre-built integration library.

tl;dr

Open-source automation + AI agent platform. Self-host or cloud. 200+ integrations. YC W22.

More Details

• TypeScript SDK for building custom integration pieces
• Open-source community edition (free, self-hosted, Apache 2.0)
• Hot-reload local development for piece authors

Additional FAQ

Q: Y Combinator batch? A: W22.

Q: vs Zapier/n8n? A: Activepieces emphasizes TypeScript-extensible pieces; Zapier is closed-source SaaS, n8n has more pre-built integrations.

Related

Looking for more options? Browse the Business Process Automation directory or read our best AI process automation tools listicle. Activepieces is also tracked on Crunchbase.