Company and contact data
Research a lead before it is scored.
Research · Example capability
SpringBrandvsActivepiecesAn Activepieces alternative.
Agents that learn every run.
Activepieces is an open-source platform for flows, agents and 770+ apps that you can self-host. SpringBrand is a hosted AI agent builder with built-in data, schedules and agents that improve every run. Compare SpringBrand vs Activepieces.
Interactive design preview · Curated examples, no live Agent runs
SpringBrandSample outputA fictional example of an agent that researches and ranks leads against your ICP before anyone routes them.
Apollo
People Data Labs
SheetsIllustrative tool stackYOUR DELIVERABLE
A ranked lead list, with reasons.
| Lead | Fit | Why |
|---|---|---|
| 01Brightline Studio | High | 20+ staff, hiring sales |
| 02Kettle & Co | Medium | Good fit, no budget signal |
| 03Nova Labs | Low | Outside target market |
Brightline is the strongest fit this week. Two leads are missing company size, so the agent marked them for a quick check before routing.
A clear starting point for your review
ONE TASK. A USEFUL DELIVERABLE.
Inbound leads → research → a ranked list with reasons
THE SHORT VERSIONRun your own platform,
Run your own platform,
or describe the job.
Choose Activepieces when you need to self-host or run air-gapped, want an MIT-licensed core you can extend, or prefer flat pricing with unlimited flows.
Choose SpringBrand as your Activepieces alternative when you would rather not run a platform and want hosted agents that bring their own research, SEO, social and sales data and get better every run.
THE PRACTICAL DIFFERENCES
Compare agents, hosting and cost.
Each row is a question people ask before they move work off Activepieces. Answers come from each product’s public pages.
Swipe the table to compare both platforms.
| Your question | SpringBrand | Activepieces Open-source flows & agents |
|---|---|---|
| Can I host it myself? | No. SpringBrand is a hosted service only, with no self-hosted edition. | Yes. The MIT-licensed core and pieces run on your own servers with Docker or Kubernetes, even air-gapped; or use Activepieces cloud in Frankfurt. |
| How do I build an agent? | Describe the job in chat and confirm the setup SpringBrand proposes, or fill in instructions, data sources, apps and skills in a form. | Build flows step by step, or describe a job in plain words to an agent; chat, flows, agents and tables share one workspace. |
| How does it get better? | Each agent learns from results and feedback and remembers your preferences, formats and usual tools for the next run. | Agents take a job end to end and check in where it counts; learning between runs is not described on its public pages. |
| What can it connect to? | A marketplace of Agents, Skills and 10,000+ APIs and plugins, with search, social, SEO and sales data built in and no API keys. | 770+ open-source pieces, plus an HTTP piece or webhook for any API; you connect each app. |
| What happens while I’m offline? | On paid plans, agents run in the cloud on a schedule by day, week or set time and post results to Slack, Microsoft Teams or Lark. | Flows run from schedules, webhooks and app triggers; on Free, runs past quota wait until credits refresh the next day. |
| How many jobs can run at once? | 1 agent at a time on Free, 2 on Plus, 5 on Pro and 20 on Max. | Unlimited flows on every plan; priority execution on Ultimate. |
| Who on my team can use it? | Anyone with an agent’s link can run it; Team plans add Owner, Admin and Member roles and pooled credits, and Enterprise adds SSO and SCIM. | Free and Plus: up to 5 users; Team: 25 users, SSO and standard roles; Ultimate adds SCIM, custom roles and audit logs. |
| What will it cost? | Paid plans from $29 a month, or $23 billed annually; one credit balance, with an agent task using about 15–40 credits. | Plus is a flat $20 a month for 10,000 credits: one credit per flow run, AI steps 2–20 credits by model, or 1 credit with your own AI keys. |
| Where can I start for free? | Free plan: 300 credits on signup, then 100 a month; no credit card. | Free: 1,000 credits a month, up to 5 users; the open-source edition can be self-hosted. |
Based on public product pages · Reviewed October 23, 2026View sources
01 / AI AGENT BUILDERDescribe the job in chat.
Describe the job in chat.
Or fill in a form.
Tell SpringBrand what you need in plain language. It proposes the agent’s setup, you confirm it, and the same conversation becomes the agent you run again — with nothing to host or keep updated.
Prefer to set it up yourself? Fill in the same four parts in a form: instructions, data sources (APIs), connected apps such as Gmail or Google Sheets, and skills. Either way, the agent keeps its instructions, its tools and what it learned from earlier runs.
- Instructions and data sources
- Connected apps and skills
- Review the first result, then save, schedule or share
A TASK BECOMES AN AGENTIllustration
You
Score this week’s inbound leads against our ICP and give me a reason for each.
Describe the job
01Goal, inputs and the output you expect
Confirm the setup
02Instructions, data sources, apps & skills
Review and save as an agent
03Rerun, schedule or share with the team
Lead agent · Ranked listReady to review
02 / ALSO IN YOUR AI TOOLSWork in Claude Code?
Work in Claude Code?
Bring SpringBrand with you.
Most teams build and run agents in SpringBrand itself. If you already work in Claude Code, Codex or Cursor, SpringBrand also runs as an MCP server and plugin there, with the same tools and data sources.
Activepieces also exposes an MCP server and can call any MCP server you point it at. Compare which actions you need and where each one runs.
Explore MCP client setupYOUR AGENT. CONNECTED.Illustration
Claude CodeYour workspaceSpringBrandAI agent builder
Files
Knowledge
UpdatesConnect SpringBrand’s MCP tools to your Claude Code session.
View Claude Code setup03 / AI WORKFLOW AUTOMATIONWorkflow automation,
Workflow automation,
without the workflow diagram.
In Activepieces you can build a flow step by step or describe a job to an agent, then connect apps once for every flow. In SpringBrand you describe the job, and the agent also brings its own research, SEO, social and sales data — no API keys to add.
Flows are predictable and cheap per run, which suits fixed processes. An agent suits work that changes each time, such as research and reporting. In SpringBrand, each run also teaches the agent what a good result looks like.
Explore the workflow exampleFROM APPS TO ACTIONWorkflow example
Project filesStatus dataTeam notesSpringBrand AgentRead context · Organize · Summarize
EXAMPLE DELIVERABLE
DraftWeekly project report
ProductPrototype reviewedOn track
OperationsAssign handoff ownerReview
ResearchFindings documentedReady
Source context stays with the report
A clear update and an actionable next step.
04 / MARKETPLACE: AGENTS, SKILLS & APISAgents, Skills and APIs.
Agents, Skills and APIs.
One subscription, one bill.
The SpringBrand marketplace has three shelves: ready-made Agents by function — Sales, Marketing, HR and more — Skills that add expertise such as financial modelling, and APIs for data and tools. Start from a ready-made agent, or add a skill or API to your own.
Credits work across 10,000+ APIs and plugins. Search, social, SEO and sales data are built in — no API keys, including official Ahrefs and Semrush API access — so ten tool subscriptions and ten bills become one subscription and one bill.
For an Activepieces alternative, check the pieces your flows use — Activepieces lists 770+ open-source pieces and an HTTP piece for anything with an API — and confirm each action in SpringBrand before you move a flow.
Explore the marketplaceTOOLS FOR THE TASKCatalog illustration
Discover capabilities for your agent
Search data
See which pages gained or lost clicks.
Research · Example capabilityThe task guides the tool selection.
Illustrative categories. Check live availability and actions in the marketplace.
05 / COMPANY KNOWLEDGE BASEAdd your company docs.
Add your company docs.
Get work that fits.
Upload documents, guidelines and product material to a company knowledge base, and agents follow that context in their answers and output. Connect Gmail, Google Sheets, Slack or HubSpot once, and the agent reads from and writes to them inside the permissions you set.
In this example, the agent reads a project brief and handoff notes and returns a short summary that cites each source and names the one question still open.
Activepieces gives flows and agents shared tables and connections. Compare how each product keeps business context available, and how a SpringBrand agent carries what it learned into the next run.
Explore Google Drive MCPCONTEXT YOU CAN FOLLOWExample output
Project brief01Handoff notes02Project handoff summary
The prototype is ready for team review. The remaining dependency is the data handoff.
Owner still to confirmSource 02
Review scope agreedSource 01
06 / SCHEDULED & PROACTIVE AGENTSSchedule it once.
Schedule it once.
Results come to you.
Schedule a task by day, by week or at a set time, and your agent runs it in the cloud while you are offline. Results and alerts land where your team works — Slack, Microsoft Teams or Lark — and you can @mention the agent in a channel to hand over the next task.
SpringBrand runs saved agents on a schedule: 3 daily tasks on Plus, 20 every 15 minutes on Pro, unlimited every 5 minutes on Max. Activepieces flows run from schedules, webhooks and app triggers, and on its Free plan runs pause until credits refresh.
Typical routines: a daily competitor and social mentions brief, a weekly ad report, new leads sent to the team. Each run teaches the agent your preferences, so start with a draft you review and let the schedule take over once the output is right.
Compare plans for recurring workA REPEATABLE ROUTINESchedule illustration
Weekly project briefing
Example routine · Every Monday
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Every Monday09:00 · Local time
- 1Collect the latest inputs
Selected project files and updates
- 2Prepare the briefing
Progress, blockers, and open questions
- 3Review the next action
A draft report for the team
Scheduled tasks are included on Plus (3, daily), Pro (20, every 15 min) and Max (unlimited, every 5 min).
SPRINGBRAND VS ACTIVEPIECES PRICING
Compare the cost of your work.
Start with the plans. Then price the same job end to end — the runs, the steps and the people who need it.
SpringBrand
AI agent builder$29/ month
Plus · Monthly price; lower when billed annually
- 3,000 monthly credits
- Run 2 agents at once, with 3 daily scheduled tasks.
- Credit top-ups: $5 per 1,000 on paid plans
ActivepiecesFlows, Agents & Tables
Plus Team & Ultimate also available
flat$20/ month
Plus, billed monthly
- 10,000 credits a month
- Unlimited flows, up to 5 users
- Extra credits at $0.007 each
Prices checked October 23, 2026. SpringBrand prices are in USD. Credits and Activepieces’s units buy different amounts of work, so no like-for-like savings are implied.
What changes the cost of an AI agent workflow?
When comparing SpringBrand vs Activepieces pricing, price the same job on both: how many flow runs and AI steps it takes, which model it uses, and whether you bring your own AI keys. Self-hosting changes the bill again.
Steps per job
Count every step needed to reach an acceptable result, including retries and AI steps. Activepieces counts one credit per flow run however many steps it has, with AI steps costing 2–20 credits depending on the model.
Run frequency
Estimate how often the job runs and how many people trigger it. On SpringBrand, scheduled tasks and agents running at once are set by plan.
Data and models
Include paid data sources and model choice. SpringBrand’s built-in data sources and models are paid from the same credit balance, so there are no separate API bills to add.
CHOOSE FOR YOUR TEAM
Which one fits you?
Find yourself below. Many teams end up using both.
Pick SpringBrand if you are…
A small team that wants agents doing research and reports without running a server.
- A sales lead who wants inbound leads researched and ranked against the ICP every week.
- A support lead who wants ticket replies drafted from the help docs, with sources.
- Using both: a team that keeps self-hosted flows in Activepieces for fixed steps and runs research and reporting agents in SpringBrand.
Stay with Activepieces if you are…
A team that must self-host, or run fully air-gapped, on its own servers.
- A developer who wants an open-source core to read, fork and extend with custom pieces.
- A product team that wants a white-label Activepieces flow builder inside its own product.
- A budget owner who wants flat monthly pricing, unlimited flows and their own AI keys.
SWITCHING FROM ACTIVEPIECESMove one workflow.
Move one workflow.
Keep what matters.
Start with the flows that do research, scoring or reporting — the ones where an agent’s judgment matters more than fixed steps. Keep the trigger and the expected result.
Rebuild one of them as a SpringBrand agent, in chat or with the form. Run both in parallel for a week before you switch the old flow off — and only switch once the agent’s output is as good and the schedule fits.
Explore a workflow exampleYOUR MIGRATION CHECKLISTPlanning guide
ActivepiecesSpringBrand
SpringBrand- 01
Pick the right flow
Start with a flow that researches, scores or reports. Flows that must stay on your own servers should stay in Activepieces.
- 02
Trigger & result
Write down what starts the flow and what a good result looks like. Describe that job to SpringBrand in plain language.
- 03
Pieces & accounts
List each piece and HTTP call. Connect those accounts in SpringBrand, or use its built-in data sources instead.
- 04
Schedule & switch-off
Run the agent alongside the flow, then set its schedule. Switch the flow off after a week of matching results.
Manual evaluation and setup. No automatic Activepieces import is offered.
A FEW MORE DETAILSSpringBrand vs
SpringBrand vs
Activepieces: FAQs
Answers on hosting, agents, data, team use, pricing and using both.
It is a good fit when you want a hosted agent that brings its own research, SEO, social and sales data and improves from each run, without running a platform. If you need to self-host or want an open-source core, Activepieces is the better choice.
No. SpringBrand is a hosted service only. Activepieces can run on your own servers with Docker or Kubernetes, including fully air-gapped setups.
No for the built-in sources. Search, social, SEO and sales data — including official Ahrefs and Semrush API access — are paid from your SpringBrand credits. In Activepieces you connect each app or call an API through the HTTP piece.
There is no automatic import. Pick one flow, write down its trigger, inputs and expected result, and describe that job to SpringBrand. Run both in parallel for a week before you switch the flow off.
Upload company documents and connect only the accounts you choose; the agent uses them to work with your context. SpringBrand is hosted only, so if your data must stay on your own servers, self-hosted Activepieces is the better fit. For security details, see springbrand.ai/security; Enterprise adds SSO and SCIM.
Yes. Share an agent with a link so colleagues can run it, or publish it to the marketplace. Team plans add Owner, Admin and Member roles and pooled credits.
Yes. It learns from results and feedback, remembers your team’s preferences, output formats and usual tools, and applies them on the next run. Activepieces’ public pages do not describe agents learning between runs.
Yes — and for many teams that is the right start. Keep the deterministic flows that already work in Activepieces, including anything that must stay on your servers, and move the research, writing, screening and reporting jobs that change from run to run to SpringBrand.
Activepieces Plus is a flat $20 a month for 10,000 credits, with one credit per flow run and AI steps costing 2–20 credits. SpringBrand Plus is $29 a month, or $23 billed annually, for 3,000 credits; one subscription covers the models, APIs and data an agent uses, a task uses about 15–40 credits, and top-ups are $5 per 1,000 credits. Price one real job on both.
SpringBrand’s Free plan gives 300 credits on signup, then 100 credits a month, with no credit card and 1 agent at a time. Activepieces also has a free plan with 1,000 credits a month, and its open-source edition can be self-hosted.
Stay with Activepieces when you need to self-host, want an open-source core you can extend with your own pieces, plan to embed a white-label builder in your product, or prefer flat pricing with unlimited flows.
EXPLORE THE EXPERIENCE
Explore your agent’s next connection.
BRING YOUR NEXT TASKSee what your agent
could get done.
Describe the job, review the result,
and save it as an agent that runs on schedule.
Comparison reviewed October 23, 2026. Product details can change.