Comprehensive side-by-side technical comparison between Activepieces and n8n.

version: '3.8'

services:
  activepieces:
    image: activepieces/activepieces:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "${PORT:-8080}:80"
    environment:
      - AP_ENCRYPTION_KEY=${ENCRYPTION_KEY:-random_32_characters_encryption_key}
      - AP_JWT_SECRET=${JWT_SECRET:-jwt_secret_token_change_now}
      - AP_POSTGRES_DATABASE=activepieces
      - AP_POSTGRES_HOST=db
      - AP_POSTGRES_PORT=5432
      - AP_POSTGRES_USERNAME=postgres
      - AP_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD:-activepieces_pass}
    depends_on:
      - db

  db:
    image: postgres:15-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_DB=activepieces
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD:-activepieces_pass}
    volumes:
      - activepieces_pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data

volumes:
  activepieces_pgdata:

version: "3.8"
services:
  n8n:
    image: docker.n8n.io/n8nio/n8n:latest
    container_name: n8n
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "${PORT:-5678}:5678"
    environment:
      - N8N_HOST=${DOMAIN:-localhost}
      - N8N_PORT=5678
      - N8N_PROTOCOL=http
      - WEBHOOK_URL=http://${DOMAIN:-localhost}:${PORT:-5678}/
      - DB_TYPE=postgresdb
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST=postgres
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_PORT=5432
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE=n8n
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_USER=n8n
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD:-n8n_secure_pass}
    volumes:
      - n8n_data:/home/node/.n8n
    depends_on:
      - postgres
  postgres:
    image: postgres:15-alpine
    container_name: n8n-postgres
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      POSTGRES_USER: n8n
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD:-n8n_secure_pass}
      POSTGRES_DB: n8n
    volumes:
      - n8n_pg_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
volumes:
  n8n_data:
  n8n_pg_data: