Side-by-side comparison · Automation & Workflows
Activepieces vs Make vs Parseur
Everything that matters when choosing between them, in one place: our rating, what each can do, what they cost, and the trade-offs.
Comparing 3 tools, the maximum.
At a glance
Pick it if: Small teams who like how Zapier works but want to own their automations or avoid per-task pricing.
Pick it if: Marketers and operators who've outgrown simple automations and want to see what their workflows are doing.
Pick it if: Small businesses and operations teams that copy details from the same kinds of email or PDF into spreadsheets or other apps.
Overview
| Attribute | Activepieces | Make | Parseur |
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| In one line | A Zapier-style automation builder that's open source and charges per run, not per step. | Draw automations as a flowchart, with branches and loops, for less than Zapier charges. | Pulls data out of emails and PDFs into your spreadsheets and apps. |
| Pricing model | Open source | Freemium | Freemium |
| Starting price | $20/mo flat | From $9/mo | $49/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Works with Claude Code | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Rating breakdown
Our scores out of 5. The higher bar in each row is highlighted.
| Attribute | Activepieces | Make | Parseur |
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| Overall rating | 4.0 | 4.3Winner | 4.1 |
| Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it. | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
| FeaturesHow completely it covers its own job, and how well the pieces fit together. | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them. | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Value for moneyWhat you get for the price, including the free plan. | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| Speed & reliabilityHow fast it is and how often it falls over. | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
Feature comparison
A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.
| Attribute | Activepieces | Make | Parseur |
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| Access & platform | |||
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app | No | – | – |
| Desktop app | No | No | – |
| Browser extension | No | Yes | – |
| API access | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Teams & business | |||
| Team workspace | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise plan or SSO | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Connects to other apps | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open source or self-hosted | Yes | No | – |
| AI abilities | |||
| Works with your files | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Understands images | – | – | – |
| Makes images | No | No | No |
| Makes video | No | No | No |
| Writes code | Yes | No | No |
| Runs agents or automations | Yes | Yes | No |
| Learns your brand or style | No | No | – |
| Works in many languages | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Capabilities score | 10/ 17 | 9/ 17 | 7/ 17 |
Pricing
Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.
| Attribute | Activepieces | Make | Parseur |
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| Plans | Free Free Small teams getting started, or anyone who will self-host. | Free Free Learning the canvas and running a couple of light scenarios. | Free Free Trying it on a handful of documents. |
PlusOur pick $20/mo flat A small business running automations every day. | CoreOur pick From $9/mo billed yearly One person automating a small business. | Micro $49/mo, or $468/yr A small business with a trickle of documents. | |
Team $200/mo flat A larger team that needs SSO and roles. | Pro From $16/mo billed yearly Anyone whose automations have become business-critical. | StarterOur pick $129/mo, or $1,188/yr Teams processing a few dozen documents a day. | |
Ultimate Custom Companies with heavy volume or strict security needs. | Teams From $29/mo billed yearly A team sharing scenarios and connections. | Pro $499/mo, or $4,788/yr Operations teams with high volume. | |
Enterprise Custom Companies that need SSO, audit logs and an uptime guarantee. | Enterprise Custom Very high volume or custom contract terms. | ||
| Which plan to pick | The 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. | Core is enough for most small businesses, and 10,000 credits goes a long way when routers and error handlers are free. Move to Pro if a failed run costs you money and you want priority execution and better logs. | Use Free to prove it can read your documents, then pick the plan that matches your monthly page count. Starter is where the cost per page becomes reasonable; yearly billing knocks roughly a quarter off. |
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Questions people ask
Which is better, Activepieces, Make or Parseur?
Make scores highest overall in our ratings (Activepieces 4.0/5, Make 4.3/5 and Parseur 4.1/5). Activepieces is best for zapier-style automations on a budget and Giving AI assistants access to your apps. Make is best for multi-step marketing workflows and branching logic and filters. Parseur is best for order and booking emails into a spreadsheet and lead notification emails into a CRM.
Which is cheaper, Activepieces, Make or Parseur?
Activepieces: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $20/mo flat. Make: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at From $9/mo. Parseur: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $49/mo.
Which is easier to use, Activepieces, Make or Parseur?
Parseur rates highest for ease of use in our scores. Small businesses and operations teams that copy details from the same kinds of email or PDF into spreadsheets or other apps.
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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