Windmill vs Activepieces vs Dify vs Stepper

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

Your tool
Windmill
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Competitor 1
Activepieces
Competitor 2
Dify
Competitor 3
Stepper
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Windmill
windmill.dev
Windmill is an open-source, code-first orchestration platform for internal software.
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Competitor Activepieces
activepieces.com
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Competitor Dify
dify.ai
AI apps without code
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Competitor Stepper
stepper.io
Building automated workflows traditionally requires either coding skills or wrestling with complex visual builders
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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221.7Kvisits/mo
1Mvisits/mo
49.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 1.8%
▼ 16.6%
▲ 34.2%
6-month growth
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-10.0%
-30.6%
+519.2%
Global rank web
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#174,361
#39,510
#677,321
Avg. last 3 months
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226.6K
1.1M
38.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
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39%
41%
40%
Pages / visit
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3.8
4.4
2.0
Visit duration
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2m 39s
6m 40s
47s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 15%
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WindmillActivepiecesDifyStepper
0368.2K736.4K1.1M1.5MActivepieces · 209.7KActivepieces · 239.2KActivepieces · 236KActivepieces · 187.9KActivepieces · 246.2KActivepieces · 223.6KActivepieces · 218.4KActivepieces · 240.1KActivepieces · 217.9KActivepieces · 221.7KDify · 1.1MDify · 1.2MDify · 1.3MDify · 1.1MDify · 1.5MDify · 1.2MDify · 1.1MDify · 1.2MDify · 1.2MDify · 1MStepper · 8.1KStepper · 15.4KStepper · 20.2KStepper · 27KStepper · 37.2KStepper · 49.9K1K10K100K1M10MActivepieces · 209.7KActivepieces · 239.2KActivepieces · 236KActivepieces · 187.9KActivepieces · 246.2KActivepieces · 223.6KActivepieces · 218.4KActivepieces · 240.1KActivepieces · 217.9KActivepieces · 221.7KDify · 1.1MDify · 1.2MDify · 1.3MDify · 1.1MDify · 1.5MDify · 1.2MDify · 1.1MDify · 1.2MDify · 1.2MDify · 1MStepper · 8.1KStepper · 15.4KStepper · 20.2KStepper · 27KStepper · 37.2KStepper · 49.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$120per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$590per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free and Open-source (self-host) FreeEnterprise $120/mo
Free FreePlus $20/moTeam $200/mo
Sandbox FreeProfessional $590/yrTeam $1,590/yrEnterprise Custom
Free FreePro $19/moTeam Coming soon
Capabilities input → output
Input
Code
Text
DocumentsText
Text
Output
Apps
Apps
Apps
Apps
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Developer ToolsAI Workflow+1 more
Productivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Workflow
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Agent+4 more
Productivity & OfficeAI Workflow
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
4
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9
4
Workflows
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Agents
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Process automation
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LLM development
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