Managed Activepieces Cloud Pricing
Self-hosted costs more than you think. Compare infrastructure, labor, and downtime against flat-rate managed hosting.
Why Self-Hosting Activepieces Adds Up Fast
Infrastructure is cheap. Everything else is not.
A managed container platform costs €9 to €67 per month depending on compute. That sounds manageable until you add:
Setup labor. 2 to 4 hours to configure Docker, set up PostgreSQL, debug Redis connection strings, test webhooks, and secure TLS.
Ongoing maintenance. Weekly dependency updates, monthly security patches, kernel upgrades, database backups, restore testing. Expect 20 to 40 hours per year for a small team running a single instance.
Monitoring shifts. Alerts at 2 AM on Sunday. A 4-hour incident response eats a day of productivity from your team. At $100 per hour shadow cost, that's $1,600 per unplanned outage.
Backup management. Hourly snapshots take storage. Offsite replication requires scripting. Restore testing catches corruption before it matters.
SSL renewal. Every 90 days unless you automate it—and automation costs time to set up.
Total for one year: infrastructure ($108-$804) plus labor ($2,000-$4,000) plus one production incident ($1,600). A self-hosted Activepieces deployment costs $3,700 to $6,400 per year for a team that never has downtime.
Managed hosting flips this equation. One flat monthly fee. No on-call schedule. No Friday night debugging sessions.
Infrastructure cost per month when self-hosting
Plus your team's time to manage it. That's €108 to €804 per year before labor and incidents. Managed Activepieces removes the ops burden.
See managed plansThree Ways to Run Activepieces in 2026
Official Activepieces Cloud ($0-$200/mo)
Start free: 100 credits per day, unlimited flows, no card required. Upgrade to Plus ($20/mo) for 300 daily credits and 5 users. Team plan ($200/mo) adds 25 users, 5x daily credits, and SSO.
Works well for: Learning, prototyping, small teams with casual automation needs.
Trade-off: Shared infrastructure, US-based servers, per-credit usage limits, vendor dependency.
DIY Self-Hosting on Your Cloud ($108-$804/year + time)
Deploy to AWS, Azure, GCP, or a VPS. You own the infrastructure, the backups, the security patches, the monitoring, and the incidents.
Works well for: Teams with existing DevOps headcount, air-gapped compliance requirements, heavy customization needs.
Trade-off: Setup time, ongoing maintenance, support is your responsibility, one outage = lost productivity for everyone.
Managed Activepieces on Opsily (Flat monthly fee)
Deploy once. Never touch the infrastructure again. Opsily handles patches, backups, SSL, monitoring, scaling, and incident response. You keep full data control (your cloud account or our EU data center). GDPR compliant. No per-task fees. Unlimited automations.
Works well for: Most teams. You focus on automations; we focus on uptime.
Trade-off: Fixed monthly cost, but that cost is the same whether you run 10 flows or 10,000.
Self-Hosted vs. Managed: Full Cost and Effort Breakdown
DIY costs from managed cloud platforms as of September 2026. Labor costs at $100/hour for a 10-person team. Single incident (4 hrs) costs $1,600.
Why Opsily's Managed Activepieces Wins
Stop managing infrastructure. Start automating.
Zero ops overhead
Deploy once. We handle patches, backups, SSL, scaling, and monitoring. No runbooks, no on-call rotation, no Friday night incidents. You build flows; we keep uptime. That is the deal.
Your data, your cloud
Run on AWS, Azure, GCP, or our German data centers. Data never leaves your infrastructure. GDPR compliant. No US dependency. No vendor lock-in. You own the infrastructure and the bill.
Predictable pricing, unlimited automations
One flat monthly fee. No per-task surcharges. No surprise scaling bills. Run 10 flows or 10,000. The cost stays the same. You only change servers if you need more compute.
Built for teams who need reliability
Pricing
Choose the server size that fits your workload. All plans include daily encrypted backups, automatic SSL, security patches, managed updates, and email support. Hosted on GDPR-compliant German data centers or your own cloud account.
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Trust & Compliance
Your data stays secure and under your control.
GDPR Compliant
Activepieces on Opsily meets full GDPR requirements. Choose German data centers for EU data residency, or run on your own cloud account.
You Own the Data
Deploy to your AWS, Azure, or GCP account, or Opsily's infrastructure. Your data stays on your terms. No vendor lock-in, no data escrow.
Automated Backups
Daily encrypted backups kept offsite. Restore to any point in time. You control retention and frequency.
24/7 Monitoring
Automated health checks, alerting, incident response, and escalation. We watch so you do not have to.
Frequently Asked Questions
From account creation to a running Activepieces dashboard is 3 minutes. Click 'Deploy Activepieces', choose your plan and region, set your admin credentials, and you are live. No Docker commands, no SSH, no infrastructure knowledge required. Your instance is immediately ready to build workflows.
Stop managing Activepieces. Start automating.
Opsily handles infrastructure, monitoring, and updates. You focus on building workflows.