Managed Activepieces Hosting — production-ready from $15 a month
Open-source no-code automation platform. Deployed on your own dedicated instance in AWS, Azure, or GCP, kept patched, backed up, and monitored by ManageStacks — standard Activepieces, no lock-in.
Activepieces is an open-source no-code automation platform and Zapier alternative with 200+ connectors and a visual builder — deployed and fully managed by ManageStacks on AWS, Azure, or GCP with automated SSL, monitoring, and daily backups.
What does Activepieces do, and why do teams deploy it?
Activepieces is an open-source automation platform that provides a clean visual builder for connecting apps and automating workflows without writing code. With over 200 pre-built connectors for popular services like Slack, Gmail, Notion, and HubSpot, it enables teams to automate repetitive tasks across their entire tool stack. The platform also supports custom pieces built in TypeScript for extending functionality.
Activepieces is ideal for teams looking for a self-hosted alternative to Zapier or Make that keeps data on their own infrastructure. Its intuitive drag-and-drop interface makes automation accessible to non-technical team members, while its code-based extensibility satisfies developers. Features like loops, branching, and error handling support complex multi-step automations.
- Visual drag-and-drop flow builder with 200+ connectors
- Loops, branching, and conditional logic in flows
- Custom TypeScript pieces for extending integrations
- Webhook and schedule-based triggers
- Multi-user workspace with role-based access
- Flow versioning and test-run debugging tools
Open-source no-code automation platform
What does managed Activepieces hosting cost?
Flat per-app pricing, in your chosen AWS, Azure, or GCP region. No per-user pricing — a busy deployment costs the same as a quiet one.
Starter
Staging and internal tools. Dedicated instance, TLS, daily backups, managed upgrades.
Standard
Production workloads. Adds monitoring, staging environment, region choice, priority support.
Business
High-traffic and compliance workloads. Adds a high-availability replica and same-day support.
24×7 SRE retainer
Round-the-clock on-call across every hosted application, for teams that need a pager answered at 3am.
Self-hosting Activepieces vs managed — what does it really cost?
The software is free. The engineer-hours are not.
Running it yourself
- Manually configuring Node.js runtime, Redis queue backend, and PostgreSQL database across separate servers with no unified health monitoring
- Writing custom webhook ingress rules and reverse-proxy configs every time a new automation flow requires an external trigger endpoint
- Debugging silent flow failures at 2 AM because self-managed instances lack centralized logging and alerting for failed executions
- Coordinating major version upgrades across the engine, worker nodes, and database schema migrations without breaking active workflows
- Handling piece (connector) dependency conflicts when multiple flows require different package versions on the same instance
On ManageStacks
- One-click provisioning deploys Activepieces with Redis, PostgreSQL, and the flow engine pre-configured on your own cloud account in under ten minutes
- Automatic SSL termination and DNS routing gives every webhook trigger a production-ready HTTPS endpoint without manual proxy setup
- Built-in log aggregation and failure alerting surfaces broken flows immediately with execution traces forwarded to your monitoring stack
- Managed rolling updates apply new Activepieces releases and run database migrations with zero-downtime, rollback-ready deployments
- Isolated container environments prevent piece dependency conflicts while keeping all connectors available to every flow
Activepieces on ManageStacks vs the alternatives
See how self-hosting Activepieces with ManageStacks compares to popular managed automation platforms and bare-metal self-hosting.
| ManageStacks + ActivepiecesUs | Zapier | Make (Integromat) | DIY self-hosted Activepieces | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | $29/mo flat | From $29.99/mo, per-task tiers | From $10.59/mo, per-operation | Cloud compute costs only |
| Execution limits | Unlimited | 750–unlimited (plan-dependent) | 10K–unlimited operations | Unlimited |
| Data residency | Your own cloud (any region) | Zapier-managed US servers | Make-managed EU/US servers | Wherever you deploy |
| Setup time | Under 10 minutes | Instant (SaaS) | Instant (SaaS) | 2–6 hours |
| Connector ecosystem | 200+ pieces + custom SDK | 7,000+ integrations | 1,800+ modules | 200+ pieces + custom SDK |
| Maintenance burden | Fully managed updates & backups | None (vendor-managed SaaS) | None (vendor-managed SaaS) | All on your team (upgrades, backups, SSL, monitoring) |
Provisioning, upgrades, backups and monitoring on your team’s plate.
What does running Activepieces yourself involve?
ManageStacks deploys Activepieces with its Redis queue, PostgreSQL database, and worker processes on dedicated infrastructure with automated SSL, Grafana-based monitoring, daily backups, and one-click updates. Skip the Docker and reverse-proxy setup and start building automations in minutes.
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Connect your cloud account
Link your AWS, Azure, or GCP account through a secure IAM role or service principal. ManageStacks provisions resources in a dedicated VPC so your Activepieces instance runs fully isolated from other workloads.
Choose your Activepieces edition and region
Select the Activepieces version you want to deploy and pick the cloud region closest to your integration endpoints. Lower latency to third-party APIs means faster flow execution times.
Configure authentication and team access
Set up SSO through your identity provider or use built-in email-based authentication. Define project-level permissions so marketing, ops, and engineering teams manage their own automations without stepping on each other.
Launch and start building flows
ManageStacks handles SSL certificates, daily database backups, and resource scaling. Open the Activepieces editor, connect your first piece, and publish a production workflow within minutes of deployment.
When is self-hosting Activepieces the right answer instead?
“Managed hosting is not always the correct call.”
Self-host when a platform team already runs the infrastructure and on-call rotation to operate Activepieces at genuinely low marginal cost. Self-host when compliance requires an air-gapped or on-premises deployment that no hosted option can satisfy. And self-host when the deployment depends on heavy customisation with a fast internal build-deploy loop, because an internal release process will beat any managed change process.
For everyone else — teams whose engineers have better things to do than shepherd upgrades — managed hosting is cheaper than the hours it replaces.
Which cloud should Activepieces run on — AWS, Azure or GCP?
For most workloads, the choice of cloud matters less than proximity: run Activepieces in the same cloud and region as the applications and data it talks to, because every request between them adds a round trip. The underlying compute performs equivalently across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
In practice, an existing cloud footprint decides it. All plans support all three clouds, and moving regions later is a scheduled migration, not a rebuild.
Deepest managed-service catalog, default when there's no existing footprint
Best fit for teams already on Microsoft 365 or Entra ID
Strongest for data/analytics-adjacent workloads
Every plan supports AWS, Azure, and GCP — region choice included.
Common questions about Activepieces on ManageStacks
How long does it take to deploy Activepieces on ManageStacks?
Under 5 minutes. ManageStacks provisions Activepieces with its database, Redis queue, SSL, monitoring, and backups automatically — no server configuration required.
Can I migrate my Zapier or Make workflows to Activepieces on ManageStacks?
While there is no direct import tool, Activepieces supports the same popular triggers and actions. Most workflows can be recreated quickly using the visual builder and 200+ available connectors.
Does ManageStacks handle Activepieces version upgrades?
Yes. We test each new Activepieces release for stability before making it available. You can apply updates with one click or enable automatic updates.
Run Activepieces without carrying the pager
Subscribe through your AWS, Azure, or GCP marketplace. We handle provisioning, SSL, monitoring, backups, updates, and security. From $15/mo.