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AI Tool Comparison

Activepieces vs Retell AI

A side-by-side breakdown to help you pick the right tool for your workflow.

Review Score assesses product quality; Fit Score is specific to a use case. Limited reviews do not establish overall product quality. How reviews work.

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Activepieces

Build an unlimited number of AI workflows and MCP-connected automations metered by daily and monthly credits rather than per-task fees, self-hostable under an MIT license for full data control and unmetered runs.

Automation
freemium
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Retell AI

Power phone and chat agents that sound natural in conversation, assembled from any mix of LLM, voice, and telephony provider.

Automation
freemium
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Bottom Line

Catalog updated: August 2026

Activepieces and Retell AI both sit in Automation, but they're built around different use cases within it.

Choose Activepieces if…

Best for teams that want Zapier-style automation but need to keep sensitive data on their own infrastructure, and its edge is fully self-hostable and open-source, so workflow data never has to touch an external server. A genuine privacy-first alternative to Zapier, the app integration library is still noticeably smaller. Lean toward Retell AI instead if a visual workflow builder handles call logic with no code, on top of a managed speech-to-text-to-LLM-to-speech pipeline matters more for your use case.

Choose Retell AI if…

Best for businesses that want phone-based voice agents handling calls at scale without piecing together the voice stack themselves, and its edge is a visual workflow builder handles call logic with no code, on top of a managed speech-to-text-to-LLM-to-speech pipeline. A genuine full-stack shortcut versus building from raw APIs, per-minute costs climb fast at real production volume. Lean toward Activepieces instead if fully self-hostable and open-source, so workflow data never has to touch an external server matters more for your use case.

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AttributeActivepiecesRetell AI
CategoryAutomationAutomation
Pricingfreemiumfreemium
Pricing DetailFree (100 credits/day, unlimited flows; self-host free) / $16/mo Plus (10K credits/mo, billed annually) / $166/mo Team (50K credits/mo, billed annually) / overage $0.007/creditPay-as-you-go from $0.07-0.31/min / Enterprise custom
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Key Features

Activepieces

  • Visual flow builder
  • AI pieces (OpenAI, Claude)
  • Self-hosting
  • 100+ apps
  • Branching and loops

Retell AI

  • Inbound and outbound calling
  • Visual call flow builder
  • CRM integrations
  • Call recording and transcripts
  • Phone number provisioning
  • Real-time analytics

Pros

Activepieces

  • •Clean modern interface
  • •Open source with active development
  • •Good AI integration pieces
  • •Better pricing than Zapier

Retell AI

  • •Full-stack voice solution, less infrastructure than building from components
  • •Visual workflow builder requires no code for call logic
  • •Strong integrations with healthcare and real estate tools

Cons

Activepieces

  • Smaller app library than Zapier
  • Community support only for self-hosted
  • Enterprise pricing is steep

Retell AI

  • Per-minute costs scale quickly at production volume
  • Less model flexibility than raw API alternatives

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