# Activepieces API + MCP vs Gumloop (slim)

> Gumloop scores 61.6 (C) on agent readiness against Activepieces API + MCP's 57.5 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Activepieces API + MCP leads on security & auth, payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do automation workflows. Category scores, facts…

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Gumloop scores 61.6 (C) on agent readiness against Activepieces API + MCP's 57.5 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Activepieces API + MCP leads on security & auth, payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do automation workflows.

- Activepieces API + MCP: C 57.5, rank #545 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/activepieces.min.md
- Gumloop: C 61.6, rank #419 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gumloop.min.md
- Activepieces API + MCP, good for A team that wants an MIT-licensed builder it can self-host or embed, with an agent that builds flows through MCP. Ahead on Security & auth, 64 against 50; Payments & pricing, 35 against 20; Transparency & trust, 73 against 57. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Gumloop, good for A team that wants hosted agents with connectors, approvals and triggers, driven or configured by an outside agent through the API or MCP server. Ahead on Reliability, 82 against 55.

| Category | Activepieces API + MCP | Gumloop |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 55 | 82 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 83 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 64 | 50 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 80 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 73 | 57 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Activepieces API + MCP | Gumloop |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Activepieces | AgentHub Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://cloud.activepieces.com/api/v1` | `https://api.gumloop.com/api/v1` |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | MIT (core), commercial licence for enterprise-only parts | Proprietary service under Gumloop's terms of service. The Python SDK and CLI repository and the npm package are Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 45 | none |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-08 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 25k stars, 452k npm/wk | 188 npm/wk, 2.9k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |