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Activepieces vs Make vs Tasklet

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

Activepieces

4.0

From $20/mo flat

Best overall

Make

4.3

From From $9/mo

Tasklet

3.9

From $0

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.

Make4.3
Best overall

Pick it if: Marketers and operators who've outgrown simple automations and want to see what their workflows are doing.

Easiest to use

Pick it if: Small business owners and teams who want AI to take over recurring admin, like inbox triage, CRM updates and reports, without building a step-by-step automation.

Overview

AttributeActivepiecesMakeTasklet
In one lineA 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.Describe a recurring task in your own words and an AI agent runs it for you, 24/7.
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$20/mo flatFrom $9/mo$0
Free plan Yes Yes Yes
Works with Claude Code Yes Yes No

Rating breakdown

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

AttributeActivepiecesMakeTasklet
Overall rating4.04.3Winner3.9
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
3.5

Feature comparison

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

AttributeActivepiecesMakeTasklet
Access & platform
Free plan Yes Yes Yes
Mobile app No– Yes
Desktop app No No Yes
Browser extension No Yes–
API access Yes Yes–
Teams & business
Team workspace Yes Yes Yes
Enterprise plan or SSO Yes Yes–
Connects to other apps Yes Yes Yes
Open source or self-hosted Yes No 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 Yes
Runs agents or automations Yes Yes Yes
Learns your brand or style No No–
Works in many languages Yes Yes–
Capabilities score10/ 179/ 178/ 17

Pricing

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

AttributeActivepiecesMakeTasklet
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

$0

Trying your first agent.

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.

StarterOur pick

$25/mo

One person or a small team with a few regular tasks.

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.

Pro

$100/mo

Heavier users running lots of agents.

Ultimate

Custom

Companies with heavy volume or strict security needs.

Teams

From $29/mo billed yearly

A team sharing scenarios and connections.

Custom

From $250/mo

Growing teams that need more credits.

Enterprise

Custom

Companies that need SSO, audit logs and an uptime guarantee.

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.Core is enough for most small businesses. 10,000 credits goes a long way, because the steps that split a scenario or catch errors don't use any. Move to Pro if a failed run costs you money, since it runs your scenarios first in the queue and keeps better logs.Build your first agent on Free, then move to Starter once it's doing a real job. Watch your credit use for the first month before you set up more agents. Top-up credits cost $5 per 1,600, with a $25 minimum, if you run short.

Key features

AttributeActivepiecesMakeTasklet
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
  • Visual canvas
  • Routers, filters and iterators
  • Run history you can replay
  • AI Agents
  • Make Grid
  • HTTP and webhooks
  • Set up by chat
  • Triggers and schedules
  • Thousands of connections
  • Agent web browser
  • Instant apps
  • Approvals and sharing

Pros and cons

AttributeActivepiecesMakeTasklet
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
  • Much cheaper per step than Zapier
  • Branching, loops and filters are built in, not bolted on
  • Run history shows exactly what happened at every step
  • Steps that split a scenario or handle errors do not use credits
  • Generous free plan for learning
  • Set up an agent by describing the job, with no flow building
  • Uses a web browser when an app has no other way to connect
  • Unlimited team members on every plan
  • Choose the AI model per task, including Claude
  • Can ask for your approval before it acts
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
  • Steeper learning curve than Zapier, especially matching up data between steps
  • Credit usage is hard to predict until you have run a scenario for a while
  • Fewer apps than Zapier, and some apps have thin coverage
  • Pricing page is hard to read, and the headline prices assume yearly billing
  • Small, newer company with a shorter track record
  • Credit costs vary by task and are hard to predict
  • Monthly credits don't roll over
  • The free plan only has a small amount of trial credits

Who each one is for

AttributeActivepiecesMakeTasklet
Best for
  • Zapier-style automations on a budget
  • Giving AI assistants access to your apps
  • Long multi-step workflows
  • Self-hosted automation for teams
  • Multi-step marketing workflows
  • Branching logic and filters
  • Processing batches of records
  • Automation on a budget
  • Recurring admin you can describe in a sentence
  • Inbox triage and lead follow-up
  • Daily or weekly reports from several apps
  • Tasks on websites that have no API
You'll find it used by
  • Small teams
  • Ops teams
  • Developers
  • Agencies
  • Marketers
  • Ops teams
  • Agencies
  • Consultants
  • Small business owners
  • Ops teams
  • Sales teams
  • Marketers

Questions people ask

Which is better, Activepieces, Make or Tasklet?

Make scores highest overall in our ratings (Activepieces 4.0/5, Make 4.3/5 and Tasklet 3.9/5). 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. Tasklet is best for recurring admin you can describe in a sentence and inbox triage and lead follow-up.

Which is cheaper, Activepieces, Make or Tasklet?

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. Tasklet: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $0.

Which is easier to use, Activepieces, Make or Tasklet?

Tasklet rates highest for ease of use in our scores. Small business owners and teams who want AI to take over recurring admin, like inbox triage, CRM updates and reports, without building a step-by-step automation.

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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