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Activepieces vs Google Cloud Workflows

Both stand on automation. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Activepieces

Free plan APISelf-hostedWeb

Activepieces combines workflow automation, agent building, and a broad integration catalog, with cloud and self-hosted deployment options. Compare monthly credit limits and user counts with your team’s needs before selecting a plan.

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Google Cloud Workflows

Free plan APIWeb

Workflows provides structured orchestration with connectors, scheduling, and execution monitoring. Its step-based billing and execution limits are important considerations when designing workflows.

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The facts

	Activepieces	Google Cloud Workflows
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	No
Runs on	API, Self-hosted, Web	API, Web
Lowest paid plan	Plus: $20 a month	See the plans
Plans published	6	6
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	activepieces.com	cloud.google.com
On automation	#2 of 26	#6 of 26

Activepieces: what it does well

Chat descriptions can be turned into flows or agents
Flows include approvals, retries, and error handling
All listed integrations are included on every plan
Can run on customer infrastructure or air-gapped
Customer automations and prompts are not used for model training

What to know first

Free plan is limited to one user
Free plan has 1,000 monthly credits
Runs wait when Free credits are exhausted
Self-hosting install requires Docker Compose v2 and specified resources

Google Cloud Workflows: what it does well

Supports conditions, loops, and parallel steps
Can run on a schedule
Includes retries and error handling
Idle workflows incur no charges
Integrates with Cloud Logging and Monitoring

What to know first

Cloud deployment only
No visual workflow builder
Executions are capped at 100,000 steps
Maximum execution duration is one year

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