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Activepieces vs Node-RED: catalog facts
Activepieces	Node-RED
Freemium Free to self-host and a free cloud plan, with paid and enterprise tiers.	Free Free and open source.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Can be self-hosted More than 760 app integrations	Visual drag-and-drop flows make complex if/else automation logic easier to follow than YAML Built-in debugging tools help trace what a flow is actually doing
Open source at the core, with some enterprise features sold separately Recent focus on AI agents may add complexity for simple automations	Adds another interface to learn on top of Home Assistant's own automation editor Complex flows can become hard to maintain without good node naming and organization
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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