Side-by-side comparison · Automation & Workflows
Activepieces vs Parseur vs UiPath
Everything that matters when choosing between them, in one place: our rating, what each can do, what they cost, and the trade-offs.
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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: Small businesses and operations teams that copy details from the same kinds of email or PDF into spreadsheets or other apps.
Pick it if: Operations and IT teams at mid-size and large companies automating high-volume back-office processes.
Parseur scores highest overall, but Activepieces gives you more for your money. Which one is right comes down to what you value most.
Overview
| Attribute | Activepieces | Parseur | UiPath |
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| In one line | A 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. | Enterprise automation that runs software robots and AI agents across business apps. |
| Pricing model | Open source | Freemium | Freemium |
| Starting price | $20/mo flat | $49/mo | From $25/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 | Parseur | UiPath |
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| Overall rating | 4.0 | 4.1Winner | 3.9 |
| Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it. | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.0 |
| FeaturesHow completely it covers its own job, and how well the pieces fit together. | 3.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them. | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
| 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 | 4.0 |
Feature comparison
A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.
| Attribute | Activepieces | Parseur | UiPath |
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| Access & platform | |||
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app | No | – | – |
| Desktop app | No | – | Yes |
| 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 | – | Yes |
| AI abilities | |||
| Works with your files | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Understands images | – | – | Yes |
| Makes images | No | No | No |
| Makes video | No | No | No |
| Writes code | Yes | No | Yes |
| Runs agents or automations | Yes | No | Yes |
| Learns your brand or style | No | – | – |
| Works in many languages | Yes | Yes | – |
| Capabilities score | 10/ 17 | 7/ 17 | 12/ 17 |
Pricing
Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.
| Attribute | Activepieces | Parseur | UiPath |
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| Plans | Free Free Small teams getting started, or anyone who will self-host. | Free Free Trying it on a handful of documents. | Community Free Learning and small personal or community projects. |
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. | Basic From $25/mo Simple personal automations. | |
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. | StandardOur pick Custom (60-day free trial) Businesses running automations in production. | |
Ultimate Custom Companies with heavy volume or strict security needs. | Pro $499/mo, or $4,788/yr Operations teams with high volume. | Enterprise Custom Large organisations with strict security needs. | |
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. | 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. | Learn on Community. If you are automating real business processes, Standard is where agents and document extraction open up; use the 60-day trial to prove one process before signing. UiPath says the Basic plan is being reworked. |
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Questions people ask
Which is better, Activepieces, Parseur or UiPath?
Parseur scores highest overall in our ratings (Activepieces 4.0/5, Parseur 4.1/5 and UiPath 3.9/5). 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. UiPath is best for automating old desktop and legacy systems and invoice and document processing at volume.
Which is cheaper, Activepieces, Parseur or UiPath?
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. UiPath: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at From $25/mo.
Which is easier to use, Activepieces, Parseur or UiPath?
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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