Automatisch

What is Automatisch?

Automatisch is an open source workflow automation tool that connects your apps and services so they work together without code. You build flows from a trigger and a chain of actions on a visual editor — much like Zapier — and run the whole thing on your own server, so your data never leaves your infrastructure.

What is Automatisch best for?

Teams that want Zapier-style automation but need to keep data in-house — especially European companies under GDPR, or healthcare and finance teams handling sensitive records. Its Zapier-like interface makes it approachable for non-developers who want familiar triggers and actions without per-task cloud pricing.

What can Automatisch do?

• Build automations visually by chaining a trigger to one or more actions
• Connect around 50 apps and services (Slack, Discord, GitHub, Twilio, Typeform, PostgreSQL, and more)
• Self-host with Docker and Docker Compose, keeping all data on your servers
• Run it as a managed cloud service instead, if you’d rather not host
• Add advanced controls — SSO, role management, white-labeling — through the paid enterprise edition

Where does Automatisch fall short?

• Its integration library is small — roughly 50 apps, versus 200–400+ for n8n and Activepieces — so a connector you need may not exist yet.
• It has no built-in code step or generic HTTP node story as strong as competitors, so escaping the no-code path for a custom API is harder.

Is Automatisch free?

Yes — the community edition is free and open source under AGPL-3.0, and self-hosting costs only the server it runs on (a small VPS is enough for light use). A managed cloud plan is roughly €20 per user/month, and the enterprise edition (with SSO, white-labeling, and advanced user management) runs from about €180/month — so you pay for hosting or enterprise features, not the core software.

What does Automatisch replace?

Automatisch is a self-hosted alternative to Zapier (and Make/Integromat). It does the same connect-your-apps-and-automate job through a familiar trigger-and-action interface, but you run it on your own infrastructure and aren’t billed per task.

FAQ

Is Automatisch open source? Yes. The community edition is licensed under AGPL-3.0. Enterprise-only files (named with .ee.) fall under a separate proprietary license, but the core automation platform is fully open source.

Can I self-host Automatisch for free? Yes. Self-hosting the community edition is free — you only pay for the server. The cloud and enterprise tiers are the paid, optional options.

Is Automatisch a good Zapier alternative? For privacy-conscious teams that want to keep data on their own servers, yes. If you need the widest possible library of integrations, n8n or Activepieces currently connect far more apps.

What do I need to run Automatisch? A server with Docker and Docker Compose, plus a PostgreSQL database and Redis for the background job queue.