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.