Activepieces

Replaces Zapier

License stamp: Open core. MIT core; packages/ee and server ee code are under a proprietary licence Read from the LICENSE file.
GitHub says: NOASSERTION (GitHub could not match a single license, which is why we read the file)
Self-host difficulty: ●●●○○ 3 distinct container images in its compose file. Provisional, see how we score.
Activity: ★ 25,455 stars · last push 2026-11-10 · checked 2026-11-10
Repository: github.com/activepieces/activepieces
GitHub description: "AI Agents & MCPs & AI Workflow Automation • (~400 MCP servers for AI agents) • AI Automation / AI Agent with MCPs • AI Workflows & AI Agents • MCPs for AI Agents"

Self-host vs Zapier

Self-hosting saves about $780 a year for 20 seats: SaaS $2,400 vs self-host $1,620 (server $144, backups $36, admin time $1,440). Break-even at about 14 seats at these numbers.

Admin hours start from our guess for difficulty 3 and are yours to edit. Zapier price: $19.99 a month flat (Professional plan). No per-seat price. Task-based, no per-seat price: Professional from $19.99/mo; Team from $69/mo (25 users); Free $0. Source: vendor pricing page, checked 2026-11-10.

Other Zapier alternatives

Pl. 01

SOURCE-AVAILABLE

n8n

replaces Zapier

Sustainable Use License (fair-code); files with ".ee." are separately licensed

★ 210kunratedpush 2026-11-10

Pl. 02

OPEN CORE

Windmill

replaces Zapier

Apache-2.0 / AGPL-3.0 parts plus a proprietary licence for certain enterprise features

★ 18k●●●○○push 2026-11-09