# Activepieces API + MCP vs Prismatic (slim)

> Prismatic scores 59.1 (C) to Activepieces's 57.5 (C) for workflow automation. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Prismatic scores 59.1 (C) on agent readiness against Activepieces API + MCP's 57.5 (C), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Activepieces API + MCP leads on schema & documentation, security & auth, payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do workflow automation.

- Activepieces API + MCP: C 57.5, rank #605 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/activepieces.min.md
- Prismatic: C 59.1, rank #561 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/prismatic.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 75; Security & auth, 64 against 59; Payments & pricing, 35 against 0; Transparency & trust, 73 against 65. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Prismatic, good for A B2B software company that wants to build integrations once, deploy them per customer and let an in-app agent call them as MCP tools. Ahead on Reliability, 67 against 55. Also Runs on your own machine; No incidents deducted, where Activepieces API + MCP loses 6 points for them.

| Category | Activepieces API + MCP | Prismatic |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 55 | 67 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 75 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 63 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 64 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 0 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 80 | 83 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 73 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Activepieces API + MCP | Prismatic |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Activepieces | Prismatic Software Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://cloud.activepieces.com/api/v1` | `https://mcp.prismatic.io/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | MIT (core), commercial licence for enterprise-only parts | Proprietary service. The Prism CLI, the Spectral and embedded SDKs, the Prism MCP dev server and the Claude Code skills on GitHub are MIT |
| Tools exposed | 45 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.prismatic-io/prism-mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2024-06-26 |
| 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 | 29 stars, 8.4k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |