Compare Activepieces vs ClickUp

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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ClickUp

AI Workflow AutomationFreemium

All-in-one work platform with tasks, docs, goals, dashboards and native automations, plus ClickUp Brain AI sold as a separate add-on.

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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

ClickUp

Free Forever$0

Unlimited members and tasks, limited total shared storage, basic features

Unlimited$7/member/mo

Unlimited storage and integrations, dashboards, Gantt charts, 1,000 automations

Business$12/member/mo

Workload management, timesheets, advanced automation, unlimited teams

Business Plus$19/member/mo

Team sharing, custom role creation, advanced permissions

Enterprise$Custom

SSO, advanced security, HIPAA compliance, dedicated success manager

ClickUp Brain add-on$9/member/mo

AI summaries, doc drafting, workspace answers, available on any paid plan

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

ClickUp

Task ManagementCustom StatusesNative AutomationsClickUp DocsWhiteboardsGoals TrackingTime TrackingCustom DashboardsWorkload ViewGantt ChartsSprint ManagementClickUp FormsClickUp BrainAI AgentsCustom FieldsGuest AccessCustom RolesUnlimited Members

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

ClickUp

✅ Best For

✅Small and mid-sized teams that want tasks, docs, goals and dashboards in one subscription rather than paying for three separate tools

✅Agencies and consultancies managing many client projects who need custom fields, per-client views and time tracking in the same place

✅Operations leads who want a genuinely capable native automation engine without routing everything through Zapier

✅Budget-conscious teams, since the Unlimited tier packs more features per dollar than almost any competitor at the same price point

❌ Not For

❌Teams who want something that works well out of the box, because ClickUp's configurability means a real setup investment before it earns its keep

❌Anyone treating AI as essential, as ClickUp Brain is a separate per-member add-on that can roughly double your effective seat cost

❌Free-tier teams handling files, since total shared storage on the free plan is a small fixed amount for the entire workspace rather than per user

❌Organisations needing a lean, fast, opinionated tool, where Linear or Asana feel considerably less cluttered

Availability

Platform & Accessibility

Activepieces

web-baseddesktopapi

ClickUp

web-basedmobiledesktopchrome-extensionapi

Use & Audience

Tasks & Who It's For

Activepieces

Tasks

ai-coding ai-productivity ai-data

Who it's for

developer small-business solopreneur

ClickUp

Tasks

ai-productivity ai-data ai-customer-support

Who it's for

small-business freelancer marketer

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

ClickUp

Communication

SlackGmail

Storage

Google Drive

Development

GitHub

Video

Zoom

Design

Figma

CRM

HubSpot

Automation

ZapierMake

Project Management

Google CalendarJira

Analytics

Toggl

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.

ClickUp

Diego runs a 15-person marketing agency and replaced Asana, Harvest and Google Docs with one ClickUp workspace, cutting his tooling bill by roughly $400 a month and finally getting client time tracking on the same records as the tasks.

Anita leads engineering ops at a fintech and built automations that move tickets through review, assign QA and post to Slack, removing about 200 manual status updates a week from her team's plate.

Farid manages a construction firm's project pipeline and uses Workload view to spot when a site manager is over-allocated three weeks out, which has kept two projects from slipping since he set it up.

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