# Activepieces API + MCP vs Kognitos (slim)

> Activepieces and Kognitos score within a point of each other for workflow automation, 57.7 and 57 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Activepieces API + MCP and Kognitos score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 57.7 (C) and 57 (C). Kognitos leads on security & auth. Both do workflow automation.

- Activepieces API + MCP: C 57.7, rank #678 of 1197 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/activepieces.min.md
- Kognitos: C 57, rank #708 of 1197 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kognitos.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 Schema & documentation, 80 against 71; Agent ergonomics, 65 against 53; Payments & pricing, 35 against 20; Maintenance & community, 80 against 45; Transparency & trust, 75 against 67. Also Open source.
- Kognitos, good for Finance and operations teams that want plain-English procedures run the same way every time, with exceptions routed to people and an audit trail. Ahead on Security & auth, 74 against 64. Also No incidents deducted, where Activepieces API + MCP loses 6 points for them.

| Category | Activepieces API + MCP | Kognitos |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 55 | 58 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 71 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 53 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 64 | 74 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 80 | 45 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 75 | 67 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Activepieces API + MCP | Kognitos |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Activepieces | Kognitos, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://cloud.activepieces.com/api/v1` | `https://app.us-1.kognitos.com/api/v1` |
| Licence | MIT (core), commercial licence for enterprise-only parts | Proprietary service under Kognitos's Terms of Service (published 19 November 2025, California law, courts in Santa Clara). The OpenAPI file, the Node.js SDK and the coding-agent plugin repositories are MIT |
| Tools exposed | 45 | 19 |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-21 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read |  |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read |  |
| Popularity | 25k stars, 452k npm/wk | 0 stars |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 3.3/5 (4) |