Activepieces
MIT-licensed open-source AI automation with 700+ integrations and the largest open-source MCP toolkit for AI agents.
Overview
Activepieces is an open-source, no-code AI automation platform that lets teams build workflows, deploy AI agents, and connect over 700 apps — all without writing a line of code. Its MIT-licensed Community Edition is fully self-hostable with unlimited flows and executions, while a managed cloud tier adds team collaboration features. Every integration is simultaneously exposed as an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server, making Activepieces the largest open-source MCP toolkit available and allowing AI assistants like Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Windsurf to call automation connectors directly.
Founded in 2022 by YC S22 alumni Ashraf Samhouri and Mohammad AbuAboud, the platform was built in direct response to frustration with closed ecosystems like Zapier and Make. Around 60% of its pieces are community-contributed, and the project has accumulated over 22,000 GitHub stars. Enterprise customers gain SSO, RBAC, audit logs, and embedded white-label builders; smaller teams get a genuinely free cloud entry point with 1,000 tasks/month and unlimited AI agents. Notable ASEAN deployments include Funding Societies, which automated over 100 flows across payment review, support triage, and content production — saving nearly a quarter-year of manual work.
Pricing
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- Unlimited flows & executions
- Self-hosted
- Core automation features
- 10 free active flows
- AI agents
- Unlimited MCP servers
- Unlimited tables
- SSO
- Custom RBAC
- Audit logs
- Team & personal projects
Use cases
What you can produce with Activepieces
- Deployed self-hosted automation stack with unlimited flows and no per-task licensing cost
- AI agent workflows with document OCR, NLP analysis, and human-approval gates configured end-to-end
- MCP server endpoints for 680+ integrations consumable by any MCP-compatible AI assistant
- White-label embedded automation builder integrated into a SaaS product (Embed tier)
- Automated data pipelines connecting CRM, email, Slack, and databases with conditional branching and retry logic
- Reduced manual processing time on repetitive tasks with audit-logged, version-controlled flows
- SOC 2 Type II-covered cloud deployment with SSO, RBAC, and enterprise governance controls
ASEAN Perspective
Activepieces in Southeast Asia
Activepieces has demonstrated concrete ASEAN traction: Funding Societies, a major Southeast Asian SME lending fintech operating across Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam, deployed 100+ automation flows covering AI-powered payment document review, customer insight analysis, and intelligent support triage — reporting savings equivalent to nearly a quarter-year of manual labour in Q1 2025. The self-hosted MIT edition resonates strongly in the region because it eliminates per-task SaaS fees (a cost barrier for APAC SMEs) and keeps sensitive financial data on-premise to satisfy MAS, OJK, and BNM data-localisation expectations. English-only UI and documentation, plus limited region-specific connector support (e.g., local payment gateways, SEA ecommerce platforms), remain gaps that community contributions are gradually closing.
Activepieces built its name on being the open-source Zapier alternative that doesn't feel like a compromise. The MIT-licensed Community Edition is genuinely unlimited when self-hosted — no flow caps, no execution caps — and the platform's MCP-first design means every one of its 700+ integrations is immediately callable by AI agents like Claude Desktop or Cursor, a real edge over rivals bolting AI on as an afterthought. The cloud plan is refreshingly plain: 10 flows free, then $5 per active flow with unlimited runs, no per-task metering to game.
The catch is maturity. Self-hosting needs Docker know-how and ongoing upkeep, and while the project has crossed 23,000 GitHub stars and a 4.8/5 G2 score from 140+ reviews, its integration depth still trails n8n's for gnarly enterprise connectors. Funding Societies, a Singapore-based SME lender, put it through real paces — 100+ automated flows saving roughly a quarter's worth of manual work — a better signal than the star count alone.
What people say
23,205 GitHub stars and counting — Activepieces has become the default answer when a team wants "Zapier, minus the per-task invoice." The MIT-licensed Community Edition is unlimited when self-hosted, full stop, and roughly 60% of its 700+ integrations come from community contributors, a real open-source flywheel rather than a marketing line.
G2 reviewers rate it 4.8/5 across 142 reviews, with praise clustering around ease of use for non-developers and the MCP-native architecture that exposes every connector to AI agents like Claude Desktop and Cursor directly — a structural edge over automation tools still retrofitting AI onto an older core. Funding Societies, a Southeast Asian SME lender, is the platform's best public case study: 100-plus automated flows across document review, support triage, and content production, saving the team roughly a quarter's worth of collective manual time.
The honest gaps: integration breadth trails n8n and Zapier for niche enterprise connectors, self-hosting needs Docker competence a lot of teams don't have in-house, and the project — founded 2022 by YC alumni Ashraf Samhouri and Mohammad AbuAboud — is young enough that production documentation at scale is thinner than more established rivals. Cloud pricing is transparent (10 flows free, then $5 per active flow with unlimited runs) but scales on flow count rather than tasks, so teams should model their actual workflow count before comparing costs against Zapier or Make.
Summary of public user & expert reviews, compiled by RECATOOLS.
Notable facts
- Co-founder Mohammad AbuAboud placed 1st worldwide in the IEEEXtreme 14.0 global programming competition and got his start coding at a Google-funded tech hub in Gaza.
- Around 60% of Activepieces' integrations are contributed by the community — not the core team — making it one of the most community-driven automation projects on GitHub.
- Every single Activepieces integration is simultaneously exposed as an MCP server, letting Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Windsurf call 400+ automation connectors as AI tools without any extra setup.
- The GitHub repo crossed 22,000 stars by mid-2026, outpacing many older automation tools that had a years-long head start.
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