Comparison · June 2026
Rills vs Activepieces
How Activepieces and Rills differ on AI oversight, pricing, and mobile approvals.
Activepieces gives you generous, open-source automation with flat pricing, then runs every flow the moment its trigger fires. Rills adds the missing step: the agent proposes, you approve from your phone, and a paused workflow costs nothing.
- Activepieces fires flows on triggers; Rills proposes and waits for your approval
- Activepieces is yours to self-host and patch; Rills is fully managed
- Switch if you want a confidence-scored mobile queue, not after-the-fact monitoring
Pick Rills if you want fully managed AI automation with mobile approvals and confidence scoring, with no server to run and workflows that pause at $0.
Pick Activepieces if you want open-source, self-hostable automation with flat, feature-based pricing and don't need a phone-first approval queue.
Queue 3
Issue refund to card
Customer: priya.nair@gmail.com
Amount: $189.00 (order #5521)
Trigger: inbound email matched 'refund'
Heads up: order delivered 6 days ago
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Why operators choose Rills over Activepieces
- The Approval piece is a step, not the product. Activepieces can email a confirmation link, but there's no phone-first queue and no confidence scoring tied to your decisions.
- Self-hosting means you own the server. The Community edition is free, but you patch, secure, and upgrade it. Rills is fully managed.
- Flows still fire blind. On the cloud tiers a flow runs the instant its trigger hits; Rills shows you the consequential action first and waits.
- Confidence that learns. Rills scores each execution and graduates the safe ones to run on their own, so your queue shrinks over time.
Full comparison
Pricing model
- Rills
- Base subscription from $29/month plus included workflow & AI credits; logic & approvals free
- Activepieces
- Per active flow: 10 active flows free, then $5/mo per additional active flow; unlimited runs, AI agents, and MCP servers included; Enterprise custom. Self-hosted Community edition free
Free / entry
- Rills
- Free trial; paid plans from Hobby tier (see rills.ai/pricing for tiers and included credits)
- Activepieces
- Free: 10 active flows with unlimited runs, AI agents, unlimited MCP servers and tables, community support; self-hosted Community edition is free with no flow cap (you run the server)
AI capabilities
- Rills
- Native AI agents with confidence scoring that learns from approvals
- Activepieces
- AI Agents, MCP servers, and AI pieces bolted onto a flow engine; no confidence-scored proposal-and-approve step on the actions that matter
Human oversight
- Rills
- Built-in mobile approval queue; $0 while paused for review
- Activepieces
- An Approval piece can pause a flow for an emailed link, but there's no phone-first queue, no confidence scoring, and no learning loop
Integrations
- Rills
- Growing catalog (focused on common business tools)
- Activepieces
- 280+ open-source pieces (plus community contributions)
Mobile experience
- Rills
- Approval queue designed for mobile review
- Activepieces
- Web (or self-hosted) builder; no purpose-built mobile approval queue
Best for
- Rills
- Teams that want AI to propose actions but humans to stay in the loop
- Activepieces
- Teams wanting open-source, self-hostable automation priced per active flow
| Compare | RillsAI automation with human oversight | ActivepiecesOpen-source, AI-first business automation |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Base subscription from $29/month plus included workflow & AI credits; logic & approvals free | Per active flow: 10 active flows free, then $5/mo per additional active flow; unlimited runs, AI agents, and MCP servers included; Enterprise custom. Self-hosted Community edition free |
| Free / entry | Free trial; paid plans from Hobby tier (see rills.ai/pricing for tiers and included credits) | Free: 10 active flows with unlimited runs, AI agents, unlimited MCP servers and tables, community support; self-hosted Community edition is free with no flow cap (you run the server) |
| AI capabilities | Native AI agents with confidence scoring that learns from approvals | AI Agents, MCP servers, and AI pieces bolted onto a flow engine; no confidence-scored proposal-and-approve step on the actions that matter |
| Human oversight | Built-in mobile approval queue; $0 while paused for review | An Approval piece can pause a flow for an emailed link, but there's no phone-first queue, no confidence scoring, and no learning loop |
| Integrations | Growing catalog (focused on common business tools) | 280+ open-source pieces (plus community contributions) |
| Mobile experience | Approval queue designed for mobile review | Web (or self-hosted) builder; no purpose-built mobile approval queue |
| Best for | Teams that want AI to propose actions but humans to stay in the loop | Teams wanting open-source, self-hostable automation priced per active flow |
When to choose Rills
- You want fully managed cloud, with no servers, upgrades, or infra to run
- You want AI agents plus a mobile approval queue, with $0 cost while paused
- You prefer a base plan with included workflow + AI credits, free logic and approvals
- You want workflows that learn from your approval patterns, reducing reviews over time
When to choose Activepieces
- You want open source you can self-host, fork, and extend with custom pieces
- You prefer flat, feature-based pricing with unlimited tasks on paid tiers
- You have the team to operate, secure, and upgrade your own deployment
- You don't need a phone-first approval queue or a confidence learning loop
Pricing comparison
Rills
Base subscription from $29/month plus included workflow & AI credits; logic & approvals free
- Hobby $29/month: 10,000 workflow credits & 1,000 AI credits/mo (included)
- Professional $99/month: 50,000 workflow & 5,000 AI credits/mo
- Business $349/month: 200,000 workflow & 20,000 AI credits/mo
- Human approvals and workflow logic never consume credits
- $0 while workflows are paused awaiting approval
- Enterprise: custom pricing and credit pools (see /pricing)
Activepieces
Per active flow: 10 active flows free, then $5/mo per additional active flow; unlimited runs, AI agents, and MCP servers included; Enterprise custom. Self-hosted Community edition free
- Free: 10 active flows with unlimited runs (activepieces.com/pricing)
- $5/mo per additional active flow beyond the first 10
- Pricing tracks running flows, not tasks or seats; AI agents and MCP servers included
- Enterprise custom; self-hosted Community edition is free, but you run, secure, and upgrade the server
Activepieces gives you unlimited tasks on a flat Plus plan, capped to 10 active flows, or unlimited self-hosted if you run the server yourself. Rills includes workflow and AI credits in the base plan, never charges for logic or approvals, and runs the infrastructure for you so there's no Docker to babysit.
Sources, verified June 2026: Rills pricing · Activepieces pricing
Rills keeps the logic free and only charges for high-value actions. A workflow paused for your approval sits at $0, you decide in about five seconds, and confidence scoring learns which steps it can stop asking about, all without a server to run.
Frequently asked questions
Is Rills a good Activepieces alternative?
Rills is a fit if you want supervised AI automation without running your own server. Activepieces is excellent open-source automation if you want to self-host and extend it; Rills is fully managed, with a mobile approval queue and confidence scoring that learns your judgment, rather than a flow engine that fires on triggers.
Can I self-host Rills like Activepieces?
No. Activepieces offers a free Community edition you can self-host; Rills is a fully managed cloud product with no self-hosted edition. The trade is that you give up running and securing the server, and in return get managed uptime, upgrades, and the mobile approval queue. If self-hosting is a hard requirement, Activepieces fits that better.
How does Rills pricing compare to Activepieces?
Activepieces uses flat, feature-based tiers that cap active flows but allow unlimited tasks. Rills charges only for high-value actions; workflow logic and human approvals are free, and a workflow paused while it waits for you costs nothing. See rills.ai/pricing for current tiers and included credits.
Does Activepieces have a mobile approval queue?
Activepieces has an Approval piece that can pause a flow and email a confirmation link, but it is a web or self-hosted builder without a phone-first approval queue. Rills is built around a mobile queue you clear in about five seconds, with confidence scoring on every decision.
Does Rills have AI agents like Activepieces?
Yes. Both run AI agents, but Rills wraps every consequential AI action in a proposal-and-approve step with confidence scoring, where Activepieces runs its AI pieces inside a flow that fires automatically once triggered.
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Last updated: June 2026
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