n8n's licensing and the Activepieces approach

Commenting on a post by Adrianno Esnarriaga with a cheat sheet about Activepieces.

Although I still think n8n is the easiest way to build agents, I haven’t been enjoying the way they’re changing their license. I like the approach Activepieces has been taking — and here’s a cheat sheet from someone who lives it day to day! :)

Originally written in Portuguese and published on LinkedIn on May 5, 2025. I translated it into English with the help of AI (Claude): it let me bring my LinkedIn posts to people who don’t read Portuguese without rewriting each one from scratch. I reviewed the translation to keep my original meaning and tone.