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Side-by-side comparison · Automation & Workflows

Activepieces vs Parseur vs Relevance AI

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

Parseur

4.1

From $49/mo

Relevance AI

3.7

Free to start

Comparing 3 tools, the maximum.

At a glance

Best value

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

Best overallEasiest to use

Pick it if: Small businesses and operations teams that copy details from the same kinds of email or PDF into spreadsheets or other apps.

Pick it if: Sales and revenue operations teams at growing companies who want AI agents doing research, prep and admin.

Parseur scores highest overall, but Activepieces gives you more for your money. Which one is right comes down to what you value most.

Overview

AttributeActivepiecesParseurRelevance AI
In one lineA Zapier-style automation builder that's open source and charges per run, not per step.Pulls data out of emails and PDFs into your spreadsheets and apps.Build a team of AI agents for sales, support and ops work, without writing code.
Pricing modelOpen sourceFreemiumPaid
Starting price$20/mo flat$49/moSee website
Free plan Yes Yes No
Works with Claude Code Yes Yes Yes

Rating breakdown

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

AttributeActivepiecesParseurRelevance AI
Overall rating4.04.1Winner3.7
Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it.
4.0
4.5
3.5
FeaturesHow completely it covers its own job, and how well the pieces fit together.
3.5
4.0
4.5
Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them.
4.0
4.0
4.0
Value for moneyWhat you get for the price, including the free plan.
4.5
3.5
3.0
Speed & reliabilityHow fast it is and how often it falls over.
4.0
4.5
3.5

Feature comparison

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

AttributeActivepiecesParseurRelevance AI
Access & platform
Free plan Yes Yes No
Mobile app No––
Desktop app No––
Browser extension No––
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–
Runs agents or automations Yes No Yes
Learns your brand or style No––
Works in many languages Yes Yes Yes
Capabilities score10/ 177/ 177/ 17

Pricing

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

AttributeActivepiecesParseurRelevance AI
Plans

Free

Free

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

Free

Free

Trying it on a handful of documents.

EnterpriseOur pick

Custom

Teams rolling out agents across a department.

PlusOur pick

$20/mo flat

A small business running automations every day.

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.

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.

Pro

$499/mo, or $4,788/yr

Operations teams with high volume.

Enterprise

Custom

Very high volume or custom contract terms.

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.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.There is only one public option now: talk to sales for an Enterprise quote. Ask for a usage cap and clear reporting on credit spend in the contract.

Key features

AttributeActivepiecesParseurRelevance 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
  • AI parsing
  • Template mode
  • Mailbox per job
  • Exports everywhere
  • Post-processing
  • No-code agent builder
  • Ready-made sales agents
  • Human approvals
  • Testing and monitoring
  • Large integration library
  • API and MCP

Pros and cons

AttributeActivepiecesParseurRelevance 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
  • Quick to set up: forward an email and name the fields
  • Handles varying layouts without building templates
  • API, webhooks and automation connections on every plan
  • Support is consistently praised in reviews
  • Yearly billing brings the price down noticeably
  • Ready-made sales agents save setup time
  • Good controls for approvals, testing and monitoring
  • Wide range of integrations
  • Used by large, well-known companies
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
  • Free plan is only 20 pages a month, short for a proper test
  • Expensive per page at low volumes
  • Advanced features are thinly documented
  • Not built for approval workflows or direct ERP posting
  • No public self-serve pricing any more
  • Credit use is hard to predict and audit
  • Agents can stall mid-task and need watching
  • Fast-changing product and docs make it harder to learn

Who each one is for

AttributeActivepiecesParseurRelevance 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
  • Order and booking emails into a spreadsheet
  • Lead notification emails into a CRM
  • Supplier invoices and delivery notes
  • Recurring PDF reports
  • Feeding Zapier and Make workflows
  • Sales research and meeting prep
  • Post-call follow-ups and CRM updates
  • Teams running many agents with approvals
  • Companies wanting governance over AI agents
You'll find it used by
  • Small teams
  • Ops teams
  • Developers
  • Agencies
  • Small business owners
  • Operations teams
  • E-commerce stores
  • Property and travel businesses
  • Bookkeepers
  • Sales teams
  • Revenue operations
  • Customer success
  • Operations teams

Questions people ask

Which is better, Activepieces, Parseur or Relevance AI?

Parseur scores highest overall in our ratings (Activepieces 4.0/5, Parseur 4.1/5 and Relevance AI 3.7/5). Activepieces is best for zapier-style automations on a budget and Giving AI assistants access to your apps. Parseur is best for order and booking emails into a spreadsheet and lead notification emails into a CRM. Relevance AI is best for sales research and meeting prep and post-call follow-ups and CRM updates.

Which is cheaper, Activepieces, Parseur or Relevance AI?

Activepieces: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $20/mo flat. Parseur: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $49/mo. Relevance AI: Pricing isn't published; check the vendor's site for a quote.

Which is easier to use, Activepieces, Parseur or Relevance AI?

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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