Activepieces vs Cassidy
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 Cassidy if you want no-code platform to build ai assistants and workflows on company data (Supervised agent, freemium).
| Activepieces | Cassidy | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Open-source, AI-first automation platform with no-code AI agents and MCP | No-code platform to build AI assistants and workflows on company data |
| Type | platform | platform |
| Autonomy | Supervised agent | Supervised agent |
| Pricing | freemium · Self-hosted free; Cloud free for 10 active flows, then $5/active flow/mo | freemium · Free (Starter); Business and Enterprise contact sales |
| Best for | smb, mid-market, developers, enterprise | smb, mid-market, enterprise |
| Deployment | saas, self-hosted, on-prem, api | saas, api |
| Modalities | text, code, api, email | text, email, api |
| Models | model-agnostic, gpt, claude | model-agnostic, gpt, claude, gemini |
| Protocols | mcp, function-calling, rest-api | function-calling, rest-api |
| Integrations | OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Slack, Gmail, Notion, HubSpot | Slack, Microsoft Teams, Salesforce, Zendesk, HubSpot, Google Drive |
| Capabilities | 4 documented | 5 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
Cassidy
- +Genuinely no-code; non-technical ops, support, and sales teams can ship workflows without engineering
- +Strong knowledge-base grounding with continuous sync and source citations reduces hallucination
- +Model-agnostic (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google) with enterprise compliance (SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAA)
- -Business and Enterprise pricing is not public; only the free Starter tier has listed limits
- -Usage is metered in AI credits, which can make heavy automation cost unpredictable
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. Cassidy is no-code platform to build ai assistants and workflows on company data, best for smb, mid-market, enterprise. The right choice depends on the autonomy level you want, your existing integrations, and your budget, all compared above.