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Free tierYes
Open source · self-hostingSource-available Yes
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ActivepiecesActivepieces · Workflow automation
Why it appears
  • Meets: Verified free tierYes — Free plan with 1,000 credits, up to 5 users, unlimited flows; self-hosted Community Edition freeactivepieces.com ↗
  • Meets: Same use caseWorkflow automation
  • Meets: Self-hostingYes — free Community Edition, or paid plans on your own servers or air-gappedactivepieces.com ↗
  • Meets: Open sourceYes — MIT core on GitHub; enterprise and cloud features under a commercial licenceactivepieces.com ↗github.com ↗
  • Meets: SSO and an enterprise planSSO: Team, Ultimate, and Enterprise control (SAML 2.0 providers supported)activepieces.com ↗
  • Meets: Different deployment modelCloud web app or self-hosted — n8n: Cloud service and self-hosted softwareactivepieces.com ↗activepieces.com ↗n8n.io ↗
Entry price$20/mo
Free tierYes
Open sourceYes
Self-hostingYes
0 verified changes in 30 days · latest Release · 7 Oct 2026Activepieces 0.92.2 moves template expressions to the legacy sandbox
MakeCelonis · Workflow automation
Why it appears
  • Meets: Verified free tierYes — Free plan with 1,000 credits per monthmake.com ↗
  • Meets: Same use caseWorkflow automation
  • Meets: SSO and an enterprise planSSO: listed among Make Enterprise security featuresmake.com ↗
  • Meets: Different deployment modelWeb app — n8n: Cloud service and self-hosted softwaremake.com ↗n8n.io ↗
Entry priceNo verified price
Free tierYes
Open sourceNot verified
Self-hostingNot verified
0 verified changes in 30 days · latest Release · 9 Sept 2026Official Make plugin for ChatGPT released
ZapierZapier · Workflow automation
Why it appears
  • Meets: Verified free tierYes — Free plan with 100 tasks/mo, one seat, and two-step Zapszapier.com ↗
  • Meets: Same use caseWorkflow automation
  • Meets: SSO and an enterprise planSSO: Team and Enterprise plans (SAML)zapier.com ↗
  • Meets: Different deployment modelWeb app — n8n: Cloud service and self-hosted softwaredocs.zapier.com ↗n8n.io ↗
Entry price$29.99/mo
Free tierYes
Open sourceNot verified
Self-hostingNot verified
0 verified changes in 30 days · latest Pricing · 15 Jun 2026AI by Zapier steps are now priced by model tier

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