Alfera vs Activepieces

Activepieces: Chat, agents, flows, tables and 760+ apps in one workspace. Open source at the core; cloud or self-hosted. Alfera is the AI coworker your whole team shares: a company brain that syncs your apps, connections shared per person or per team, permissions on every action, and Slack, WhatsApp and email. Open source, in one click on your server or on Alfera Cloud.

In one line: Alfera is a coworker your team talks to, vs an automation builder.

Open-source AI automation / agent platformAlfera on GitHub
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ActivepiecesOpen-source AI automation / agent platformOpen source, or Alfera Cloud
What it isChat, agents, flows, tables and 760+ apps in one workspace. Open source at the core; cloud or self-hosted.The AI coworker your whole team shares, with a company brain that syncs your apps. Open source.
Open sourceYes, MIT (Community Edition); packages/ee under a separate commercial licenceYes, AGPL-3.0
Self-hostYesYes: one click on DigitalOcean or AWS, or one command on any server
PriceFree $0 (1,000 credits/month, up to 5 users). Plus $20 flat per month, 10,000 credits/monthFree to start: open source to self-host, and Alfera Cloud starts with $10 of free AI usage
Where it worksWeb app (Chat, Agents, Flows), Chat interface, Form interface, MCP server, API and SDKSlack, WhatsApp, email from its own address, the web app, a Mac app, the API and MCP
Team useAgents belong to a project, which sets the connections, flows and files they reach. Team plan: 25 users, unlimited projects, global connections, roles.Multiplayer: one coworker for the whole team. It knows who is asking, and each connection is shared with everyone, one project, or one person
PermissionsAgents get individual actions, not whole apps. Flows can add 'require approval' or delay steps. Flow approvals gate sensitive projects going live.Allow, ask first, or never, per connection and per action. Approvals in Slack, email or the app, and every action logged
Starts on its ownFlows start from a Schedule Trigger, Webhook Trigger, or an event trigger from a specific app. Agents can run as a step in a flow.On a schedule, from a webhook, or on 600+ app events
ModelsBring your own AI keys (Plus and up). Providers include OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Mistral, DeepSeek, xAI, Qwen and cloud platforms.230+ models: Claude, GPT, Gemini, open models, your ChatGPT plan, or your own

Where Activepieces is the better choice

Companies that want one workspace for the whole team's AI with enterprise control, on cloud or their own servers.

  • MIT-licensed core; its README says all pieces are open source on npm and 60% are community-contributed
  • Pieces are also served as MCP servers usable from Claude Desktop, Cursor or Windsurf
  • Embed offer: a white-label flow builder, AI agents and 760+ integrations inside your own product

Everything Alfera does

  • A company brain that syncs your apps. Connect Google Drive, Notion, Slack and the rest. Documents sync on their own, keep every version, and every answer draws on them.
  • One coworker for the whole team. It knows who is asking. Many people, many tasks at once, each with their own chats and connections, and shared chats when you want.
  • 3,000+ app connections, shared the way you choose. Each connection is open to everyone, one project, or one person. A personal mailbox stays personal; the support inbox is the team’s.
  • Permissions on every action. Allow, ask first, or never, per connection and per action. Approvals land in Slack, email or the app, and every action is logged.
  • Where your team already is. Slack, WhatsApp, email from its own address, the web app, a Mac app, and your own code through the API and MCP.
  • It starts work by itself. On a schedule, from a webhook, or on 600+ app events in Gmail, HubSpot, Stripe and more.
  • Its own computer. Every chat runs in a sandbox with a terminal and a browser, and its files stay from one chat to the next.
  • Any model. 230+ models: Claude, GPT, Gemini, open models, your ChatGPT plan, or a model you run yourself.
  • Open source, and free to start. AGPL-3.0. Self-host it in one click on DigitalOcean or AWS, or start on Alfera Cloud with $10 of free AI usage.

Activepieces and Alfera

Yes. Alfera is the AI coworker your whole team shares. It has a company brain that syncs your apps, 3,000+ app connections shared per person or per team, permissions on every action, and it works in Slack, WhatsApp, email and the web app. It starts work by itself, runs on any model, and it is open source: self-host it in one click or start free on Alfera Cloud. Activepieces is also open source (MIT (Community Edition); packages/ee under a separate commercial licence).

Sources

Facts about Activepieces come from its own pages, read on 16 October 2026. Something out of date? Write to hello@alfera.ai and we will fix it.