Pipedream is a hosted integration platform for building event-driven workflows that connect SaaS APIs, databases, and AI services. Workflows are triggered by sources such as HTTP webhooks, schedules, email, RSS, or SaaS events (GitHub, Stripe, Slack, Google Sheets) and execute a sequence of steps that can be either pre-built actions or inline code.
Each workflow step runs in a managed Node.js, Python, Go, or Bash sandbox on Pipedream’s serverless runtime, and steps can pass structured data to each other through a shared steps object. The platform handles OAuth token management and credential storage for thousands of connected accounts, so workflow code never has to implement auth flows. Workflows have a managed state store, a $.flow.suspend/$.flow.rerun API for long-running or human-in-the-loop steps, and event history for replay and debugging.
The integration catalog is open-sourced at github.com/PipedreamHQ/pipedream under MIT, while the execution platform is commercial with a free tier. It competes with Zapier, Make, n8n, and Workato, differentiating on the amount of custom code you can drop into a workflow without leaving the UI, which makes it popular for glue code between internal services and third-party APIs.
