
Run your own automation platform with Activepieces and Docker
Activepieces does what Make and Zapier do, except it runs on your server with no per-execution billing. The full Docker Compose install takes under fifteen minutes.
Affordable hosting and VPS plans with their own panel and one-click Docker installers.
What it helps you with
The goals this tool plays a part in, with the rest of the material for each one.
Tutorials
Guides where we install or configure this tool step by step.

Activepieces does what Make and Zapier do, except it runs on your server with no per-execution billing. The full Docker Compose install takes under fifteen minutes.

Moving DNS to Cloudflare without taking email down. The exact records, the orange-proxy mistake, and how to confirm it works before anyone writes to you.

Both let you publish without running a server, but they do not give you the same freedom. The deciding difference is whether you can install the plugins you want.

The foundation for everything else you self-host. Five commands, one check, and the permissions error that catches everyone the first time.
A virtual private server costs about two coffees a month and can replace several subscriptions. It can also cost you entire afternoons. Here is the line between the two.
Comparisons
Both let you publish without running a server, but they do not give you the same freedom. The deciding difference is whether you can install the plugins you want.
Deals
VPS plans with Docker-ready templates: enough to run almost everything in the open source section.
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