Automation and integrations
Workato alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
n8n-io/n8n★199,656 GitHub starslicence unclearVisual, self-hosted workflow automation platform with HTTP triggers, 400+ connectors, and a recipe editor.Open on GitHub ↗activepieces/activepieces★23,615 GitHub starslicence unclearOpen-source visual automation platform for building and running connector-driven workflows and agentic automations.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Large prebuilt connector catalog and certified enterprise connectors
- Enterprise governance, compliance, and fine-grained access controls
- Scale-tested execution plane and high-availability runtime
- Commercial support, SLAs, and managed upgrades
- Agent orchestration and embedded product/bundling features
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Workato, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.