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          "GHSA-m992-8rcw-vmrx, published 9 August 2026, critical (CVSS 9.2). The Bull-Board queue dashboard at /api/ui skipped its auth check in 0.80.0 to 0.84.0, so anyone could read and change background job queues on self-hosted instances that had turned the dashboard on. Fixed in 0.84.1 (https://github.com/activepieces/activepieces/security/advisories/GHSA-m992-8rcw-vmrx).",
          "Three high-severity advisories on 17 July 2026, command injection through a Code step name (GHSA-3pfv-m69p-5fv5), a V8 isolate sandbox bypass (GHSA-gr3h-c2j7-r52g) and cross-tenant data exposure through the Code piece sandbox cache (GHSA-5h2x-g6m3-grmq). All fixed and published, so the deduction is reduced (https://github.com/activepieces/activepieces/security/advisories)."
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      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Pro, Team and Enterprise plans, all quoted by sales and billed on tasks that cover integration, automation, MCP and agent use. Every plan lists full API access and Tray Headless, and Agent Gateway is an add-on. A free trial exists with no stated length. No prices are published (https://tray.ai/pricing/).",
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        "openapi",
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          "Point Headless MCP at the workspace's region, api.eu1.tray.io or api.ap1.tray.io outside the US",
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    },
    "summary": "Activepieces API + MCP has a score of 57.8 (C) against Tray.ai API + MCP's 55.6 (C). Both do automation workflows. The largest gap is payments \u0026 pricing, 35 points."
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  "markdown": "Activepieces API + MCP has a score of 57.8 (C) against Tray.ai API + MCP's 55.6 (C). Both do automation workflows. The largest gap is payments \u0026 pricing, 35 points.\n\n- Activepieces API + MCP: grade C, 57.8/100, rank #288 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/activepieces.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/activepieces.json\n- Tray.ai API + MCP: grade C, 55.6/100, rank #312 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tray.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tray.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Activepieces API + MCP for agent ergonomics (+32), payments \u0026 pricing (+35), maintenance \u0026 community (+20), transparency \u0026 trust (+7).\n\nPick Tray.ai API + MCP for reliability (+17).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Activepieces API + MCP | Tray.ai API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 55 | 72 | Tray.ai API + MCP +17 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 80 | even |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 33 | Activepieces API + MCP +32 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 64 | 66 | Tray.ai API + MCP +2 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 0 | Activepieces API + MCP +35 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 60 | Activepieces API + MCP +20 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 76 | 69 | Activepieces API + MCP +7 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -6 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **57.8 · C** | **55.6 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Activepieces API + MCP | Tray.ai API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Activepieces | Tray.ai |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://cloud.activepieces.com/api/v1` | `https://api.tray.io/core/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT (core), commercial licence for enterprise-only parts | proprietary |\n| Tools exposed | 45 | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-09 |\n| Popularity | 25k stars, 452k npm/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 2.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Activepieces API + MCP.** MIT core, self-hostable, with the enterprise parts clearly separated. Docs say API keys come from the platform dashboard in Platform and Enterprise editions, while the pricing page lists the API on every plan.\n\n**Tray.ai API + MCP.** Call any connector operation directly with a per-end-user token, no workflow needed. No published prices and no self-serve plan.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Activepieces API + MCP\n\n1. Run `ap_validate_flow` before publishing a flow\n2. Use `ap_search_actions` with a plain task description rather than listing pieces\n3. Turn off the Flow Building and Tables groups for a project the agent should only read\n4. Page with `limit` and `cursor` and stop when `next` is null\n5. Cloud runs stop at 10 minutes of active time. Waits and approvals don't count\n\n### Tray.ai API + MCP\n\n1. Use a user token when acting for a customer and the master token only for admin work\n2. Parse the body of call-connector responses for upstream status codes before treating a 200 as success\n3. Point Headless MCP at the workspace's region, api.eu1.tray.io or api.ap1.tray.io outside the US\n4. Pick the workspace at OAuth sign-in. Headless MCP binds it to the session and takes no workspace ID\n5. Ask before any Headless MCP delete. The server won't\n\n## Other comparisons with Activepieces API + MCP or Tray.ai API + MCP\n\n- [Activepieces API + MCP vs Make API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/activepieces-vs-make.md)\n- [Activepieces API + MCP vs n8n API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/activepieces-vs-n8n.md)\n- [Activepieces API + MCP vs Paragon ActionKit + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/activepieces-vs-paragon.md)\n- [Activepieces API + MCP vs Pipedream API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/activepieces-vs-pipedream.md)\n- [Activepieces API + MCP vs Windmill API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/activepieces-vs-windmill.md)\n- [Activepieces API + MCP vs Workato API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/activepieces-vs-workato.md)\n- [Make API + MCP vs Tray.ai API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/make-vs-tray.md)\n- [n8n API + MCP vs Tray.ai API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/n8n-vs-tray.md)\n- [Pipedream API + MCP vs Tray.ai API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipedream-vs-tray.md)\n- [Tray.ai API + MCP vs Windmill API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tray-vs-windmill.md)\n- [Tray.ai API + MCP vs Workato API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tray-vs-workato.md)\n- [Paragon ActionKit + MCP vs Tray.ai API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paragon-vs-tray.md)\n",
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