# Activepieces vs Prefect

| Attribute | Activepieces | Prefect |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 71.7 (55% (medium)) | 70 (76% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 98 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 767 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 23,966 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 2,710,819 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"An open-source workflow automation system enabling teams to build visual automations connecting their business apps, with native AI support, flexible deployment options (cloud or self-hosted), and support for over 280 integrations. It is indexed under AI Workflow Automation.","source":"https://www.activepieces.com/blog/workato-pricing","question":"What is Activepieces?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Activepieces offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $5 per active_flow per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.activepieces.com/blog/workato-pricing","question":"Is Activepieces free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Activepieces. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.activepieces.com/blog/workato-pricing","question":"What platforms does Activepieces support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Activepieces can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.activepieces.com/blog/workato-pricing","question":"Can Activepieces be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 13 integrations for Activepieces, including Google Sheets, HubSpot, Stripe, Slack, APITemplate.io, Claude, Cursor and Google Workspace, plus 5 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.activepieces.com/blog/workato-pricing","question":"What does Activepieces integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for Activepieces. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Activepieces not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.activepieces.com/blog/compliance-automation-tools","question":"What security certifications does Activepieces have?","confidence":0.7}]` | `[{"answer":"A workflow orchestration platform where you define workflows as plain Python functions, and Prefect handles scheduling, retries, caching, and recovery automatically. You can run workflows on Prefect's managed cloud infrastructure or deploy workers to your own infrastructure. It is indexed under Data Engineering Tools.","source":"https://www.prefect.io/pricing","question":"What is Prefect?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Prefect is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $100 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.prefect.io/pricing","question":"Is Prefect free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Prefect supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.prefect.io/pricing","question":"What platforms does Prefect support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Prefect can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.prefect.io/pricing","question":"Can Prefect be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 12 integrations for Prefect, including Pydantic AI, OpenAI, AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, dbt, Slack, Snowflake and Redis, plus 4 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.prefect.io/pricing","question":"What does Prefect integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Prefect. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Prefect not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.prefect.io/security","question":"What security certifications does Prefect have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. Prefect is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect","question":"Is Prefect open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An open-source automation platform that combines AI agents, visual workflows, and 760+ app integrations, deployable on cloud infrastructure or self-hosted for maximum control and data security. | A Python-native workflow automation platform that handles scheduling, retries, caching, and recovery for data pipelines and AI agent workflows, with both cloud-managed and self-hosted execution options. |
| features.capabilities | `{"soc2_type_ii":true,"pricing_model":"flat_monthly_unlimited","builder_ui_architecture":"visual_node_canvas","custom_http_webhook_catch_and_triggering":true,"native_llm_nodes_anthropic_openai_gemini":true,"on_premise_self_hosted_deployment_option":true,"bring_your_own_key_byok_for_llm_inference":true,"web_scraping_and_browser_automation_nodes":true,"sub_workflow_calling_and_reusable_templates":true,"human_in_the_loop_approval_steps_via_slack_email":true,"unstructured_document_extraction_pdf_image_to_json":true}` | `{"role":"orchestrator","lineage":true,"paradigm":"batch","dbt_native":true,"python_first":true,"managed_cloud":true,"connector_count":"Not specified","self_hosted_oss":true,"incremental_runs":true,"distributed_executor":true}` |
| integrations.count | 760 | 6 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Google Sheets"},{"name":"HubSpot"},{"name":"Stripe"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"APITemplate.io"},{"name":"Claude"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"Google Workspace"},{"name":"OpenAI","native":true,"category":"ai"},{"name":"Discord","native":true,"category":"chat"},{"name":"RSS","native":true},{"name":"Salesforce","native":true,"category":"crm"},{"name":"APIs","native":true,"direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Gmail","native":true,"category":"email","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams","native":true,"category":"communication","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Apify","native":true,"category":"automation","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"SimpliRoute","native":true,"category":"logistics","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Bexio","native":true,"category":"accounting","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Instagram for Business","native":true,"category":"social","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Teamleader","native":true,"category":"crm","direction":"bidirectional"}]` | `[{"name":"Pydantic AI"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"AWS Secrets Manager"},{"name":"HashiCorp Vault"},{"name":"dbt"},{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"chat"},{"name":"Snowflake","native":true},{"name":"Redis","native":true},{"name":"Kubernetes","native":true},{"name":"Amazon ECS","native":true},{"name":"Docker","native":true},{"name":"Google Cloud Run","native":true},{"name":"GitHub","native":true},{"name":"AWS","native":true}]` |
| language.primary | - | Python |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free forever, no credit card","features":["1,000 credits monthly","Chat to automation","Unlimited flows","Flows, Agents, Tables","MCPs and API access"],"minSeats":1,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For getting started","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"flows":"unlimited","credits":"1,000/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Plus","summary":"$20/mo + overage at $0.007 per credit","features":["Everything in Free, plus","10× monthly credits","Up to 5 users","Bring your own AI keys"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"credit"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.007,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"For daily builders","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"5","credits":"10,000/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$200/mo + overage at $0.007 per credit","features":["Everything in Plus, plus","5× monthly credits","Unlimited projects","25 users included","SSO and standard roles","Global connections","Email support"],"minSeats":25,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":200,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"credit"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.007,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"For growing teams","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"25","credits":"50,000/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Ultimate","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Everything in Team, plus","Dedicated workers","Execution priority","SCIM and custom roles","Releases and Git Sync","Audit logs and secrets","Dedicated support"],"description":"For enterprise scale","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Embed","summary":"From $36,000/year","features":["White-label builder","One SDK","Your pieces and templates","Enterprise control"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":36000,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"description":"White-label builder and AI agents","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier, then $20–$200/mo flat with usage-based overage, or custom enterprise pricing","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.activepieces.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-05T10:06:26.180Z","startingPrice":{"amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Hobby","features":["Workflow scheduling","Up to 5 deployments","500 minutes of Prefect Serverless","Workflow observability","Logging & alerting","7 days run retention"],"minSeats":2,"description":"Deploy workflows instantly. Scale when ready.","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Starter","features":["All Hobby features","Up to 20 deployments","75 hours of Prefect Serverless","Bring your own compute","Webhooks","1,250 API requests/min"],"minSeats":3,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":100,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Team","features":["All Starter features","Up to 100 deployments","225 hours of Prefect Serverless","Service accounts","24 hour audit log"],"minSeats":4,"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["All Team features","SSO (SAML/OIDC)","RBAC + ACLs","Multiple workspaces","Directory Sync (SCIM)","IP allowlisting & PrivateLink","Unlimited deployments"],"minSeats":5,"contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free Hobby tier. Starter from $100/month. Team per-user monthly pricing. Enterprise custom quote.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.prefect.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-05T11:05:17.530Z","startingPrice":{"amount":100,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | high |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":20,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":100,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 1 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.8.dev3","date":"2026-10-02T08:19:49Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.8.dev3"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.8.dev2","date":"2026-10-01T08:21:27Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.8.dev2"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.8.dev1","date":"2026-09-30T08:20:43Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.8.dev1"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.7","date":"2026-09-26T23:41:44Z","type":"stable","version":"3.8.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.7.dev7","date":"2026-09-26T08:18:02Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.7.dev7"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.7.dev6","date":"2026-09-23T08:19:42Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.7.dev6"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.7.dev5","date":"2026-09-22T08:19:45Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.7.dev5"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.7.dev4","date":"2026-09-19T08:16:49Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.7.dev4"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.7.dev3","date":"2026-09-18T08:18:58Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.7.dev3"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.7.dev2","date":"2026-09-16T08:19:54Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.7.dev2"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.7.dev1","date":"2026-09-15T08:20:02Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.7.dev1"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.6","date":"2026-09-14T14:18:53Z","type":"stable","version":"3.8.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.6.dev5","date":"2026-09-12T08:16:39Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.6.dev5"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.6.dev4","date":"2026-09-11T08:19:03Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.6.dev4"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.6.dev3","date":"2026-09-10T08:19:23Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.6.dev3"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.6.dev2","date":"2026-09-09T08:19:24Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.6.dev2"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.6.dev1","date":"2026-09-05T08:16:23Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.6.dev1"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.5","date":"2026-09-03T21:25:46Z","type":"stable","version":"3.8.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.5.dev6","date":"2026-09-03T08:19:56Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.5.dev6"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/2.20.26","date":"2026-09-02T18:17:41Z","type":"stable","version":"2.20.26"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.9 |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"in_progress"}]` | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.9 |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://www.activepieces.com/blog/compliance-automation-tools | https://www.prefect.io/security |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":8,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=prefect&per_page=100","last_12m":6,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-20T14:22:47.107Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*