Pipedream
Best for Self-hostable platform for building event-driven workflows across any API.
When not Requires a server to run the self-hosted version.
A developer-oriented integration and automation platform for building workflows that connect APIs, databases, services, and custom code. Unlike no-code tools, Pipedream gives developers full control at every step: each workflow action can run arbitrary Node.js, Python, Go, or Bash code alongside pre-built actions, making it suitable for complex data transformations, conditional logic, error handling, and custom API calls that visual workflow builders cannot express. Pipedream includes a library of pre-built triggers and actions for over 1,000 apps and services, a real-time event inspector for debugging workflow executions live, versioned deployment, and support for webhooks, scheduled triggers, and event-based triggers. AI-powered workflow building lets users describe what they want in natural language and Pipedream generates the workflow structure as a starting point. Hosted as a serverless platform with automatic scaling and generous free tier of 10,000 workflow executions per month; paid plans start at $19/month. Popular with developers, growth engineers, and technical founders building internal tools, data pipelines, and AI-powered automation.
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