prices verified july 2026 · 3 workflows · monthly billing

Make vs Activepieces — pricing & features compared

Make logoMake vs Activepieces logoActivepieces
Activepieces is open-source and self-hosts for just server cost (~$8/mo VPS), while Make is a managed cloud that starts low and rises modestly with volume. The trade-off: Activepieces is cheapest at scale if you run your own server; Make has the larger catalog (2,599 app connectors vs Activepieces' 756 pieces) and a more polished managed platform. Pick by whether you'll self-host and by catalog coverage. See the price table for figures.

What you'd pay per month

Cheapest qualifying plan for each tool, including overage, at four typical volumes.

runs / monthMakeActivepieces
1,000 $10.59Core 10k $8 self-hosted*
5,000 $18.82Core 20k $8 self-hosted*
20,000 $64.71Core 80k $25 self-hosted*
100,000 $214.31Core 300k $45 self-hosted*

~ = estimated custom-tier pricing (vendor quotes individually; calibrated against public list prices). Assumes 3 workflows, monthly billing, cheapest qualifying plan. Prices verified July 2026 — see the price changelog. * self-hosted = free to run yourself; the figure is the server infrastructure (VPS + DB, not a tool fee), ~$8/mo small to ~$200/mo at high volume — assumes light workflows and excludes your ops time.

Make vs Activepieces — monthly cost by volume
runs/moMakeActivepieces
1,000$11/mo$8/mo
5,000$19/mo$8/mo
20,000$65/mo$25/mo
100,000$214/mo$45/mo

Get the number for your exact volume.

30 seconds, no signup — your runs, your workflows, every tool ranked.

Open the calculator →

Feature differences that matter

Only the rows where Make and Activepieces actually differ — identical capabilities are left out.

FeatureMakeActivepieces
Integrations2,599+ app connectors756+ pieces
Free tier1,000/mo · 2 activeUnlimited runs (self-host) · Unlimited (self-host)
Execution timeout40 minNo limit*
Log history30 daysYour DB (self-host)
Self-hosting
Code steps
LicenseProprietary (cloud)MIT

Same on both: overage model · steps per workflow · eu data residency · ai features · multi-user · api access · webhooks.

Pros & cons

Make logoMake
  • Best price per op in cloud
  • 30-day log history on free
  • Visual drag-and-drop
  • No self-hosting
  • No native code steps
Activepieces logoActivepieces
  • MIT-licensed core (open-core)
  • No-code UI like Zapier
  • Self-hostable
  • Fewer integrations than Zapier (756 pieces vs 9,839)
  • Smaller community than n8n
  • Code-step sandbox breaks on some self-host setups (EasyPanel, Docker Swarm)

Common questions

From published pricing, Activepieces is the lower-cost option across the volumes we track — $8 vs $10.59 at 1,000 runs/mo, and $45 vs $214.31 at 100,000. Figures include overage where it applies — see the table above. Price is one factor; the feature and trade-off sections cover the rest.
In Make, one operation = one module execution, counted per module across the scenario. Activepieces is open-source and self-hostable — on your own instance there's no per-run or per-task metering, you pay only server cost.
Activepieces yes — self-hosting makes it nearly free at any volume. Make is cloud-only.
When you want a bigger catalog and a polished, managed platform. Make has more integrations (2,599 app connectors vs 756 pieces), a more refined scenario builder, and a larger template and community pool, with modest, predictable costs.
Taken from official pricing pages and verified July 2026. Values marked ~ are estimates for custom enterprise tiers. Every change we record lands in the price changelog.

Both have free tiers — test with your real workflow

Make logoMake

1,000 free ops a month (2 active scenarios) — enough to run a real pilot before paying anything.

Visit Make →
Activepieces logoActivepieces

Open-source and self-hostable — spin it up on a cheap VPS and a pilot costs only server time.

Visit Activepieces →

An objective cost comparison from each vendor's public pricing pages (July 2026) — not a recommendation; rankings reflect price only, so verify current pricing before deciding. We currently run no affiliate links — every outbound link here is plain, and affiliate status never affects the comparison. See our affiliate disclosure.