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Activepieces vs Browse AI

Everything that matters when choosing between them, in one place: our rating, what each can do, what they cost, and the trade-offs.

Best overall

Activepieces

4.0

From $20/mo flat

Browse AI

3.9

From $19/mo

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At a glance

Best overallBest value

Pick it if: Small teams who like how Zapier works but want to own their automations or avoid per-task pricing.

Easiest to use

Pick it if: Ecommerce, marketing and sales teams that need data from other websites without writing code.

Overview

AttributeActivepiecesBrowse AI
In one lineA Zapier-style automation builder that's open source and charges per run, not per step.Scrape data from websites and track changes, set up by pointing and clicking.
Pricing modelOpen sourceFreemium
Starting price$20/mo flat$19/mo
Free plan Yes Yes
Works with Claude Code Yes Yes

Rating breakdown

Our scores out of 5. The higher bar in each row is highlighted.

AttributeActivepiecesBrowse AI
Overall rating4.0Winner3.9
Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it.
4.0
4.5
FeaturesHow completely it covers its own job, and how well the pieces fit together.
3.5
4.0
Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them.
4.0
4.0
Value for moneyWhat you get for the price, including the free plan.
4.5
3.5
Speed & reliabilityHow fast it is and how often it falls over.
4.0
3.5

Feature comparison

A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.

AttributeActivepiecesBrowse AI
Access & platform
Free plan Yes Yes
Mobile app No–
Desktop app No–
Browser extension No Yes
API access Yes Yes
Teams & business
Team workspace Yes Yes
Enterprise plan or SSO Yes Yes
Connects to other apps Yes Yes
Open source or self-hosted Yes No
AI abilities
Works with your files Yes–
Understands images––
Makes images No No
Makes video No No
Writes code Yes No
Runs agents or automations Yes Yes
Learns your brand or style No–
Works in many languages Yes–
Capabilities score10/ 177/ 17

Pricing

Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.

AttributeActivepiecesBrowse AI
Plans

Free

Free

Small teams getting started, or anyone who will self-host.

Free

Free

Testing a robot or two.

PlusOur pick

$20/mo flat

A small business running automations every day.

Personal

$19/mo billed yearly, or $48 monthly

One person monitoring a few sites.

Team

$200/mo flat

A larger team that needs SSO and roles.

ProfessionalOur pick

$69/mo billed yearly, or $87 monthly

Teams scraping several sites regularly.

Ultimate

Custom

Companies with heavy volume or strict security needs.

Premium

From $500/mo billed yearly

High-volume or protected sites.

Which plan to pickThe Free plan is unusually generous, so start there. Move to Plus when you want monthly credits instead of a daily cap and the option to use your own AI keys. Self-host only if someone on the team is happy running a server.Test on Free first to make sure your target sites work. Professional suits most business use because of the site and user limits; pay yearly if you are sure, as monthly costs much more.

Key features

AttributeActivepiecesBrowse AI
Standout features
  • Zapier-style builder
  • Flat per-run pricing
  • Self-host or cloud
  • MCP for AI assistants
  • Agents and Tables
  • Bring your own AI keys
  • Point-and-click robots
  • Monitoring and alerts
  • Pre-built robots
  • Send data anywhere
  • API

Pros and cons

AttributeActivepiecesBrowse AI
Pros
  • Easiest open-source automation tool to learn
  • Flat pricing, with one credit per run however long the flow
  • Generous free plan and free self-hosting
  • MCP makes every connected app available to Claude
  • Open source, so you can inspect or extend it
  • Very easy to set up without code
  • Scheduled monitoring with change alerts
  • Free plan to test on your own target sites
  • Connects to Sheets, Airtable and automation tools
Cons
  • Far fewer apps than Zapier, and some pieces are thin
  • Smaller community and fewer templates than n8n
  • No canvas, so complex branching is harder to follow
  • AI steps cost extra credits on top of the run
  • Robots can break when a site changes layout
  • Sites with bot protection may fail or use extra credits
  • Credits run down faster than expected on multi-page jobs
  • Some users report billing issues after cancelling

Who each one is for

AttributeActivepiecesBrowse AI
Best for
  • Zapier-style automations on a budget
  • Giving AI assistants access to your apps
  • Long multi-step workflows
  • Self-hosted automation for teams
  • Competitor price monitoring
  • Pulling listings into a spreadsheet
  • Alerts when a web page changes
  • Building lead lists from directories
You'll find it used by
  • Small teams
  • Ops teams
  • Developers
  • Agencies
  • Ecommerce teams
  • Marketers
  • Sales teams
  • Researchers
  • Recruiters

Questions people ask

Which is better, Activepieces or Browse AI?

Activepieces scores highest overall in our ratings (Activepieces 4.0/5 and Browse AI 3.9/5). Activepieces is best for zapier-style automations on a budget and Giving AI assistants access to your apps. Browse AI is best for competitor price monitoring and pulling listings into a spreadsheet.

Which is cheaper, Activepieces or Browse AI?

Activepieces: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $20/mo flat. Browse AI: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $19/mo.

Which is easier to use, Activepieces or Browse AI?

Browse AI rates highest for ease of use in our scores. Ecommerce, marketing and sales teams that need data from other websites without writing code.

How we compare

Ratings are our own, from using each tool, across ease of use, features, output quality, value for money, speed & reliability.

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