Compare Activepieces vs UiPath

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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UiPath

AI Workflow AutomationFreemium

Enterprise RPA and agentic automation platform with attended and unattended robots, Orchestrator governance and document understanding.

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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

UiPath

Community Edition$0

Free for individuals and small teams, Studio and limited robots, commercial use permitted

Automation Cloud Basic$25/mo

Entry self-serve tier, up to 2 robots, limited agent calls, single tenant

Standard$Custom

Production automation with Orchestrator, unlimited robots and users, agents included

Enterprise$Custom

Full governance, security controls, deployment flexibility, dedicated support and SLA

Add-ons$Custom

Document Understanding, AI Center, Process Mining and Test Cloud licensed separately

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

UiPath

Attended RobotsUnattended RobotsUiPath StudioStudioX Low-CodeOrchestratorDocument UnderstandingAI CenterAgentic AutomationTask MiningProcess MiningAutomation HubAction CenterTest AutomationCitrix AutomationIntegration ServiceData ServiceAutomation OpsCommunity Edition

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

UiPath

✅ Best For

✅Large enterprises with a dedicated automation centre of excellence, where a programme rather than a single workflow is being funded

✅Organisations automating legacy Windows applications, mainframe terminals, Citrix sessions and desktop ERPs that offer no API at all

✅Regulated industries such as banking, insurance and healthcare that need audit trails, governance and on-premise deployment options

✅Teams processing high volumes of semi-structured documents, where Document Understanding can extract fields from invoices, claims and forms at scale

❌ Not For

❌Small businesses and individual users beyond the free Community Edition, since production licensing moves quickly into five and six figures annually

❌Teams wanting rapid time to value, because reliable production automations typically require months of developer effort before they stabilise

❌Organisations whose processes live entirely in modern APIs and browsers, where an API-first platform is far cheaper and simpler

❌Buyers wanting transparent pricing, as Standard and Enterprise are quote-only and the real spend depends on robot mix and consumption units

Availability

Platform & Accessibility

Activepieces

web-baseddesktopapi

UiPath

web-baseddesktopapi

Use & Audience

Tasks & Who It's For

Activepieces

Tasks

ai-coding ai-productivity ai-data

Who it's for

developer small-business solopreneur

UiPath

Tasks

ai-data ai-productivity ai-customer-support

Who it's for

developer small-business 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

UiPath

Other

SAPWorkdayAzure

CRM

Salesforce

Customer Support

ServiceNow

Data & Spreadsheets

Microsoft Excel

Database

OracleSnowflake

Storage

SharePointGoogle Workspace

Communication

OutlookSlack

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.

UiPath

Ananya heads automation at a health insurer and deployed unattended robots to process claims from a legacy system with no API, handling volume that previously required two and a half full-time staff.

Bjorn runs finance operations at a manufacturer and built a robot that reconciles supplier invoices against purchase orders nightly, catching a duplicate-payment pattern that had gone unnoticed for three quarters.

Leila manages shared services at a telecoms group and used attended robots to cut the time agents spend on post-call data entry, giving each agent roughly 50 minutes back per shift.

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