Platform / Self-Hosted Activepieces
Open source, fully yours.
Activepieces is MIT-licensed workflow automation — the most permissive license in the category. We deploy it on your VPS with backups, SSL, and monitoring, giving your team a friendly Zapier-style builder with zero per-task fees and zero license restrictions.
— ACTIVEPIECES · DOCKER · POSTGRES · REDIS · VPS
Why this platform
Why teams choose it
True MIT License
01Unlike fair-code platforms, Activepieces is MIT-licensed: no usage restrictions, no commercial clauses, no future relicensing risk. The freest ownership position in workflow automation.
Zero Per-Task Fees
02Unlimited flows and executions on a ~$20/mo VPS. Teams paying $300–$500+/mo on task-metered platforms keep the workflows and drop the bill.
A Builder Non-Technical Staff Can Use
03Activepieces has the gentlest learning curve of the open-source options. Office staff build and edit simple flows themselves; we handle the complex ones.
AI Pieces Built In
04Native Claude and GPT pieces with BYOK support — AI steps in your flows at provider cost ($30–$150/mo typical), not a marked-up platform AI tier.
Your Data Stays On Your Server
05Self-hosting means customer data and credentials never transit a third-party cloud — the requirement that usually starts the self-hosting conversation.
23+
HRS / WEEK GIVEN BACK
$42k
ANNUAL LABOR RECOVERED
30
DAYS TO LIVE
What we build
Capabilities we ship
Production Deployment
01Dockerized Activepieces with Postgres and Redis behind SSL on your VPS — hardened, monitored, and sized for your workflow volume.
Flow Development
02We build your core automations — lead routing, notifications, data syncs, AI processing — and train your team to extend them.
Custom Pieces
03TypeScript pieces for your proprietary or industry-specific systems, so internal tools become first-class citizens in the builder.
Migration From Zapier & Make
04Existing Zaps and scenarios mapped and rebuilt as Activepieces flows, validated in parallel before cutover.
Backups & Maintenance
05Automated encrypted backups, update procedures, and health monitoring — production posture without a sysadmin on payroll.
Five phases. Thirty days to live.
Our process →01
Discover
Ops audit, process maps, ROI ranking.
02
Design
Architecture and tool picks — approved first.
03
Build
Constructed and tested against every edge case.
04
Launch
Deployment, training, real adoption.
05
Optimize
Monitoring, monthly reports, new wins.
Questions
Self-Hosted Activepieces — FAQ
What is Activepieces?
An open-source workflow automation platform with a visual no-code builder, 280+ integrations, and native AI pieces. Its MIT license makes it the most permissively licensed serious alternative to Zapier — free to self-host with no usage restrictions.
Activepieces or n8n — which should we self-host?
Activepieces for ease of use and the cleanest license; non-technical teams pick it up fastest. n8n for a larger integration catalog and more power-user features like code nodes. We deploy both and recommend based on who will maintain your flows.
What does self-hosted Activepieces cost to run?
The software is free. Hosting is a ~$20/mo VPS for unlimited flows and executions, plus $30–$150/mo to your AI provider if flows use AI steps. Our deployment and flow build follows the standard $7,500 one-time model.
Can our team build flows without us calling you?
That is the point of choosing Activepieces. The builder is approachable enough for office staff to create and modify simple flows after a training session. We document everything and stay available for the complex builds.
Is self-hosted Activepieces production-ready?
Yes — it runs on the same architecture as the company's own cloud product. We deploy with Postgres, Redis, SSL, automated backups, and monitoring, the same production posture as our n8n deployments.
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Where we go from here
Start with a call.
Thirty minutes, no pitch deck. We map your operations, find the friction, and show you where automation actually earns its keep. If there's no fit, we'll say so.
No subscription.
No lock-in.
No surprise invoices.