n8n vs Activepieces — pricing & features compared
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* | $8self-hosted* |
| 5,000 | $8self-hosted* | $8self-hosted* |
| 20,000 | $25self-hosted* | $25self-hosted* |
| 100,000 | $45self-hosted* | $45self-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.
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Feature differences that matter
Only the rows where n8n and Activepieces actually differ — identical capabilities are left out.
| Feature | n8n | Activepieces |
|---|---|---|
| Integrations | 572+ official nodes | 756+ pieces |
| Free tier | Unlimited* · Unlimited* | Unlimited runs (self-host) · Unlimited (self-host) |
| Log history | 7 days (cloud) | Your DB (self-host) |
| License | Sustainable Use | MIT |
Same on both: overage model · steps per workflow · execution timeout · eu data residency · self-hosting · ai features · multi-user · api access · webhooks · code steps.
Pros & cons
- Truly unlimited self-hosted
- Best AI/LLM nodes
- Strong community
- Setup required for self-host
- Big jump from Pro to Business tier
- 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
Both have free tiers — test with your real workflow
Community Edition is free forever self-hosted; Cloud has a free trial — test a real workflow either way.
Visit n8n →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.