How much does Pipedream cost in 2026?

Pricing Overview

Pipedream is a developer-focused workflow automation platform that allows users to connect APIs and run Node.js, Python, Go, or Bash code within workflows. It uses a credit-based pricing model where each workflow invocation consumes credits based on execution time and memory usage.

Pipedream Pricing Tiers (as of March 2026)

What Each Plan Includes

Free

The free plan provides 100 credits per day — enough for approximately 100 simple workflow invocations or fewer complex ones that use more compute time. All triggers (HTTP, cron, app-based) and all actions are available. The free tier is unusually generous in that it does not restrict which integrations or code runtimes are available, only the volume of usage.

Basic

The Basic plan at $29/month increases the daily credit allowance to 2,000 credits and extends event history to 30 days (up from 24 hours on the free plan). It adds email support and the ability to run longer-duration workflows. This tier is suitable for developers running 50-100 automated workflows daily.

Advanced

The Advanced plan at $79/month provides 10,000 credits per day, 1-year event history retention, priority support, and custom domains for HTTP endpoints. The extended event history is particularly useful for debugging and auditing automated processes over time.

Business

Business pricing is custom and includes unlimited credits, SSO/SAML authentication, audit logging, dedicated support, and custom SLAs. This tier is designed for engineering teams that embed Pipedream into production infrastructure rather than using it for ad-hoc automation.

Hidden Costs and Considerations

• Credit consumption varies by execution time: A workflow that runs for 100ms consumes 1 credit. A workflow that runs for 1 second consumes approximately 10 credits. Long-running workflows (API calls to slow endpoints, data processing) can consume credits faster than expected.
• Daily credit reset: Unlike monthly allowances, Pipedream credits reset daily. This means unused credits do not roll over. A workflow that needs to process a large batch once per week may exceed the daily limit on batch day while wasting credits on quiet days.
• Source (trigger) credits: Triggers that poll external services on a schedule consume credits per poll, even if no new data is found. Frequent polling (every 15 seconds) can consume significant credits.

How Pipedream Pricing Compares

Pipedream competes with both general automation platforms and developer API tools. Zapier starts at $29.99/month for 750 tasks per month (monthly, not daily). Make starts at $10.59/month for 10,000 operations per month. n8n Cloud starts at $24/month. Pipedream's advantage is that it allows running arbitrary code (Node.js, Python, Go, Bash) within workflows, which Zapier and Make do not support to the same degree. For developer-heavy teams that need code-first automation, Pipedream at $29/month is competitive.

Editor's Note: We used Pipedream Advanced for an API integration project connecting 8 SaaS services. The 10,000 daily credits were sufficient for approximately 3,000 workflow invocations per day (average execution time: 300ms per invocation). Monthly cost: $79. An equivalent setup on Zapier would have required the Professional plan at $99/month for 2,000 tasks, with lower task volume. The daily credit reset was the main operational constraint — on days when a data sync needed to reprocess historical records, we hit the credit ceiling by early afternoon. Adding a $29/month Basic plan as a secondary account for overflow was the workaround.