Activepieces vs Automation Anywhere
A side-by-side comparison of capabilities, autonomy, integrations, and pricing to help you choose.
Short answer: choose Activepieces if you want open-source, ai-first automation platform with no-code ai agents and mcp (Supervised agent, freemium); choose Automation Anywhere if you want goal-driven ai agents that orchestrate rpa bots, apis, and people (Supervised agent, enterprise).
| Activepieces | Automation Anywhere | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Open-source, AI-first automation platform with no-code AI agents and MCP | Goal-driven AI agents that orchestrate RPA bots, APIs, and people |
| Type | platform | product-with-agents |
| Autonomy | Supervised agent | Supervised agent |
| Pricing | freemium · Self-hosted free; Cloud free for 10 active flows, then $5/active flow/mo | enterprise |
| Best for | smb, mid-market, developers, enterprise | enterprise, mid-market |
| Deployment | saas, self-hosted, on-prem, api | saas, self-hosted, api |
| Modalities | text, code, api, email | text, browser, api, code |
| Models | model-agnostic, gpt, claude | model-agnostic, gpt, claude, gemini |
| Protocols | mcp, function-calling, rest-api | mcp, function-calling, rest-api |
| Integrations | OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Slack, Gmail, Notion, HubSpot | Amazon Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, Automation 360, Bot Store connectors |
| Capabilities | 4 documented | 4 documented |
Activepieces
- +Genuinely open source: the Community Edition is MIT-licensed and free to self-host with no task limits
- +AI-first design: no-code AI agents plus native MCP, so every integration doubles as a tool for AI assistants
- +Large and community-driven piece library (700+ apps, ~60% of pieces contributed by the community)
- -Enterprise security controls (SSO, RBAC, audit logs, Git sync) are gated behind the custom Ultimate/enterprise tier
- -Self-hosting shifts backups, security updates, scaling, and infra cost onto you
Automation Anywhere
- +Governance-first with broad compliance coverage (SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, GDPR, RBAC, AI Guardrails)
- +Genuinely model-agnostic across Bedrock, Vertex, and Azure OpenAI
- +Hybrid agents plus deterministic RPA extends existing bot investments
- -Marketing autonomy claims (agents that "self-heal without manual direction") overstate real supervised deployments
- -MCP support is inbound-only today: it can be called as a server but cannot yet call external MCP servers as a client
Which should you choose?
Activepieces is open-source, ai-first automation platform with no-code ai agents and mcp, best for smb, mid-market, developers, enterprise. Automation Anywhere is goal-driven ai agents that orchestrate rpa bots, apis, and people, best for enterprise, mid-market. The right choice depends on the autonomy level you want, your existing integrations, and your budget, all compared above.
This comparison is generated from the sourced Activepieces and Automation Anywhere profiles. Open either profile to review its evidence and last-reviewed date.