Compare Activepieces vs Bardeen

Activepieces

MIT-licensed open-source automation with per-flow pricing instead of per-task, plus AI agents, MCP support and free unlimited self-hosting.

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Bardeen

AI Workflow AutomationFreemium

Browser-native AI automation that scrapes pages, enriches records and runs playbooks directly inside Chrome for sales and recruiting teams.

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Pricing

Pricing Comparison

Activepieces

Community Edition$0

Self-hosted under MIT licence, unlimited flows, unlimited runs, all core pieces

Cloud Free$0

Managed cloud, up to 10 active flows to start, AI credits included

Standard$5/active flow/mo

Unlimited runs per flow, AI agents, Tables, managed hosting

Ultimate$Custom

Annual contract, SSO, SCIM, audit logs, RBAC, governance and compliance controls

Bardeen

Free$0

100 credits/month, core playbooks, browser scraping

Professional$10/mo

Scheduled automations, premium integrations, AI actions, more credits

Business$15/user/mo

Shared playbooks, admin controls, team analytics, priority support

Enterprise$Custom

Custom credit volume, security review, dedicated onboarding

Features

Feature Comparison

Activepieces

MIT Open SourceFree Self-HostingPer-Flow PricingUnlimited Runs700+ PiecesVisual Flow BuilderAI AgentsMCP Server SupportCustom PiecesTypeScript SDKBranching LogicLoopsWebhooksHTTP RequestsActivepieces TablesEmbedded AutomationSSO and SCIMAudit Logs

Bardeen

Browser AutomationWeb ScrapingMagic Box Builder1,000+ PlaybooksLinkedIn ScrapingData EnrichmentAutobooks TriggersScheduled RunsLocal ProcessingCRM SyncForm FillingAI Text GenerationScreenshot CaptureGoogle Sheets ExportChrome ExtensionTeam Playbook SharingScraper TemplatesAdmin Controls

Fit

Best For & Not For

Activepieces

✅ Best For

✅Teams migrating off task-based platforms whose bills climbed unpredictably, since per-flow pricing makes costs flat and forecastable regardless of run volume

✅Engineering-comfortable organisations that need data to stay on their own infrastructure for compliance, residency or security reasons

✅Startups embedding automation inside their own product, because the MIT licence and embedded offering permit commercial white-labelling without restriction

✅Developers who want to write custom pieces in TypeScript when no existing connector covers their internal tooling

❌ Not For

❌Teams needing the longest tail of niche SaaS connectors, since 700+ pieces is far short of Zapier's 9,000+

❌Non-technical users choosing self-hosting, because Docker deployment, updates, backups and SSL renewal fall on you

❌Organisations that need mature enterprise governance out of the box on the free tier, as SSO, SCIM, audit logs and RBAC sit behind the paid plan

❌Workflows that demand extremely low-latency execution, since per-task process isolation adds overhead compared to lighter engines

Bardeen

✅ Best For

✅Sales development reps and recruiters who spend hours copying prospect data from LinkedIn and web directories into a CRM or spreadsheet

✅Growth marketers who need to pull structured data from websites and SaaS dashboards that expose no public API

✅Solo operators and small GTM teams who want prebuilt playbooks rather than building automation logic from scratch

✅Anyone whose bottleneck is browser-based repetitive work such as scraping, form filling and record enrichment rather than server-side app syncing

❌ Not For

❌Teams needing server-side automations that run reliably when your laptop is closed, since much of Bardeen's power depends on the browser being open

❌Companies wanting a general-purpose workflow engine with routers, loops and error handling across hundreds of backend systems

❌Users who need verified contact data at scale, because enrichment credits are consumed fast and Bardeen is not a dedicated data provider

❌Organisations with strict policies against browser scraping of platforms like LinkedIn, which may conflict with those platforms' terms

Availability

Platform & Accessibility

Activepieces

web-baseddesktopapi

Bardeen

chrome-extensionweb-based

Use & Audience

Tasks & Who It's For

Activepieces

Tasks

ai-coding ai-productivity ai-data

Who it's for

developer small-business solopreneur

Bardeen

Tasks

ai-sales ai-data ai-productivity

Who it's for

solopreneur marketer freelancer

Integrations

Activepieces

Communication

SlackDiscord

Development

GitHub

Data & Spreadsheets

Google Sheets

Other

OpenAIAnthropic

Writing & Docs

Notion

Database

AirtableSupabase

CRM

HubSpot

Project Management

Linear

Webhooks & API

HTTP

Bardeen

Social Media

CRM

HubSpotSalesforcePipedrive

Data & Spreadsheets

Google Sheets

Writing & Docs

Notion

Communication

SlackGmail

Database

Airtable

Other

OpenAI

Use Cases

Real-world Use Cases

Activepieces

Dinesh runs platform engineering at a 40-person SaaS company and moved 22 high-frequency automations off a task-billed tool onto self-hosted Activepieces, taking a $410 monthly automation bill down to the cost of one small server.

Klara works in compliance at a European insurer where customer data cannot touch third-party clouds. Self-hosted Activepieces let her team finally automate claims triage that legal had blocked for two years.

Nathan, an indie hacker, embedded Activepieces inside his own SaaS product so his customers can build their own integrations, and it became the feature that won him three enterprise deals.

Bardeen

Sanjay is an SDR at a cybersecurity startup and used to spend 90 minutes a day copying LinkedIn prospects into HubSpot. A Bardeen playbook now scrapes and enriches 50 prospects in four minutes, giving him an extra hour of live calling every day.

Ellie recruits for a design agency and built a playbook that scrapes portfolio sites from a curated list, extracts contact emails and drops everything into Airtable, cutting her sourcing time per role from two days to three hours.

Hugo runs competitive intelligence at a DTC brand. His scheduled Bardeen scraper checks eight competitor pricing pages every morning and logs changes to a Google Sheet, so his team spotted a rival's 20 percent price drop within hours instead of weeks.

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