prices verified june 2026 · 3 workflows · monthly billing

n8n vs Activepieces — pricing & features compared

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Activepieces

Both are self-hostable, so philosophy doesn't separate them. Activepieces Cloud runs this at $0 (free up to 10 active flows, then $5 per flow, unlimited runs); n8n has the larger node ecosystem and more mature advanced logic, self-hosted from ~$8/mo. Start free on Activepieces if 10 flows is enough; move to n8n when you need its bigger toolkit. See the price table for figures.

Price by volume

What you'd pay per month

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

runs / month	n8n	Activepieces
1,000	$8self-hosted*	$0 ✓Cloud
5,000	$8self-hosted*	$0 ✓Cloud
20,000	$25self-hosted*	$0 ✓Cloud
100,000	$45self-hosted*	$0 ✓Cloud

~ = estimated custom-tier pricing (vendor quotes individually; calibrated against public list prices). Assumes 3 workflows, monthly billing, cheapest qualifying plan. Prices verified June 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 ~$150/mo at high volume — assumes light workflows and excludes your ops time.

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Where they differ

Feature differences that matter

Only the rows where n8n and Activepieces actually differ — identical capabilities are left out.

Feature	n8n	Activepieces
Integrations	1,868+	747+
Free tier	Unlimited* · Unlimited*	Unlimited runs · 10 active flows (cloud)
License	Sustainable Use	MIT

Same on both: overage model · steps per workflow · execution timeout · log history · eu data residency · self-hosting · ai features · multi-user · api access · webhooks · code steps.

Trade-offs

Pros & cons

n8n

Truly unlimited self-hosted
Best AI/LLM nodes
Strong community

Setup required for self-host
Big jump from Pro to Business tier

Activepieces

MIT-licensed core (open-core)
No-code UI like Zapier
Self-hostable

Fewer integrations than Zapier (747+)
Smaller community than n8n
No code steps

FAQ

Common questions

From published pricing, Activepieces is the lower-cost option across the volumes we track — $0 vs $8 at 1,000 runs/mo, and $0 vs $45 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.

n8n Cloud counts workflow executions — one run is one execution regardless of step count; self-hosted n8n has no metering at all. Activepieces doesn't meter runs at all — pricing is per active flow, with unlimited executions.

Yes — both n8n and Activepieces can be self-hosted, which caps the real cost at your server bill.

When automations get complex or numerous. n8n has no workflow cap (you pay only for the server), a larger node ecosystem, and more mature branching, error handling and code nodes — which start to matter once usage gets heavy.

Taken from official pricing pages and verified June 2026. Values marked ~ are estimates for custom enterprise tiers. Every change we record lands in the price changelog.

Try them

Both have free tiers — test with your real workflow

n8n

Community Edition is free forever self-hosted; Cloud has a free trial — test a real workflow either way.

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Activepieces

10 active flows free with unlimited runs — a real pilot costs nothing.

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An objective cost comparison from each vendor's public pricing pages (June 2026) — not a recommendation; rankings reflect price only, so verify current pricing before deciding. We run an affiliate link for Make (the only one of these tools with a public referral program); the others don't offer one, so those are plain links — affiliate status never affects the comparison. See our affiliate disclosure.

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