Is Mage AI or Tines better?

Neither clearly leads. Mage AI starts at $100/month and Tines at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Mage AI or Tines?

Tines has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $100/month for Mage AI and Free for Tines.

Does Mage AI or Tines run on more platforms?

Mage AI runs on Cloud, Hybrid, Private Cloud, On-Premises. Tines runs on Web.

Can I use Tines for free?

Yes. Tines has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Mage AI starts at $100/month.

What is Mage AI best used for?

Mage AI is most often used for building and orchestrating data pipelines with visual interface, automating etl workflows with ai assistance, validating data quality across transformations, distributing transformed data to multiple destinations. Of those, building and orchestrating data pipelines with visual interface and automating etl workflows with ai assistance are not what Tines is typically brought in for.

What can Mage AI do that Tines cannot?

Mage AI covers AI-generated workflows, Pipeline building, Data validation, Workflow orchestration. Tines covers Story builder, Drag-and-drop workflows, Event triggers, Incident response automation.

Automation Integration · head to head

Mage AI vs Tines

Mage AI

Automation Integration

Data pipeline platform with AI-generated workflows and governance

From: $100/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

Tines

Automation Integration

No-code automation for security teams

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only Tines has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: Mage AI usage-based pricing lacks transparency for cost forecasting; Tines no-code, UI-driven approach is restrictive for complex logic and version control integration with SDLC
They diverge on capability: Mage AI covers AI-generated workflows, Tines covers Story builder.
Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Mage AI and Tines actually diverge.

Attributes where Mage AI and Tines differ
Attribute	Mage AI	Tines
Starting price	$100/month	Free
Pricing model	Usage-based cloud platform	Unknown
Free tier	No	Yes
Platforms	Cloud, Hybrid, Private Cloud, On-Premises	Web
Founded	Unknown	2018

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Automation Integration).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Mage AI

AI-generated workflows
Pipeline building
Data validation
Workflow orchestration
Automatic recovery
Reusable components
Governance controls

Only in Tines

Story builder
Drag-and-drop workflows
Event triggers
Incident response automation
Threat intelligence
Case management
Alert triage
Slack

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Mage AI

Building and orchestrating data pipelines with visual interfacenot Tines
Automating ETL workflows with AI assistancenot Tines
Validating data quality across transformationsnot Tines
Distributing transformed data to multiple destinationsnot Tines

Tines

Workflow Automationnot Mage AI
Data Integrationnot Mage AI
Process Automationnot Mage AI
App Integrationnot Mage AI
API Connectivitynot Mage AI

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Mage AI

Usage-based pricing lacks transparency for cost forecasting
Limited standalone pricing details on website
Requires contact for enterprise deployment options
Smaller ecosystem compared to established competitors
May require significant customization for complex data models

Tines

No-code, UI-driven approach is restrictive for complex logic and version control integration with SDLC
No native log intelligence layer to validate data completeness
Limited scope to security workloads, cannot handle general business automation
Governance features lag behind EU AI Act compliance requirements

Pricing, plan by plan

Mage AI

$100/month

Cloud$100/month
- 1 development environment
- Unlimited users
- Usage-based infrastructure pricing
Hybrid Cloud$null/custom
- Private data processing
- Custom infrastructure
- Contact sales
Private Cloud$null/custom
- Complete isolation
- Full infrastructure control
- Contact sales
On-Premises$null/custom
- Full local control
- Enterprise deployment
- Contact sales

Tines

Free

No published plan breakdown. See the Tines review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Mage AI if

You need ai-generated workflows.
You work on Cloud, Hybrid, Private Cloud, On-Premises.
You also want pipeline building.

Mage AI review

Choose Tines if

You need story builder.
You want to start without paying.
You also want drag-and-drop workflows.

Tines review

Questions people ask

Is Mage AI or Tines better?: Neither clearly leads. Mage AI starts at $100/month and Tines at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Mage AI or Tines?: Tines has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $100/month for Mage AI and Free for Tines.
Does Mage AI or Tines run on more platforms?: Mage AI runs on Cloud, Hybrid, Private Cloud, On-Premises. Tines runs on Web.
Can I use Tines for free?: Yes. Tines has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Mage AI starts at $100/month.
What is Mage AI best used for?: Mage AI is most often used for building and orchestrating data pipelines with visual interface, automating etl workflows with ai assistance, validating data quality across transformations, distributing transformed data to multiple destinations. Of those, building and orchestrating data pipelines with visual interface and automating etl workflows with ai assistance are not what Tines is typically brought in for.
What can Mage AI do that Tines cannot?: Mage AI covers AI-generated workflows, Pipeline building, Data validation, Workflow orchestration. Tines covers Story builder, Drag-and-drop workflows, Event triggers, Incident response automation.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Mage AI: What is the starting price for Mage Cloud?

Cloud plan starts at $100/month for one development environment with unlimited users, plus usage-based compute charges.

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Tines: What are Tines' pricing tiers?

Tines offers a free Community Edition for evaluation, Starter Edition at $500/month with annual billing, and Business/Enterprise tiers starting around $50,000/year for small security teams and scaling to $200,000+ for large SOCs.

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Mage AI: How is compute usage billed on Mage?

CPU is charged at $0.50 per hour and RAM at $0.50 per 4GB per hour of utilization.

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Tines: What is the Community Edition limited to?

As of July 2026, the free Community Edition is scoped to 1 builder and 3 flows as an evaluation tool to test Tines' capabilities.

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Tines: Is Tines limited to security automation?

Yes, Tines is purpose-built for security automation. Teams needing non-security automation on the same orchestration layer would need to evaluate alternatives.

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Tines: Does Tines have native log intelligence capabilities?

No, Tines lacks a native log intelligence layer, meaning it cannot determine whether the data feeding your detection tools is complete. Teams must build automation against whatever alerts their existing infrastructure provides.

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Mage AI vs Tines

Mage AI

Tines

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Mage AI

Only in Tines

What people use each for

Mage AI

Tines

Where each one falls short

Mage AI

Tines

Pricing, plan by plan

Mage AI

Tines

Which should you pick?

Choose Mage AI if

Choose Tines if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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