Pipedream Connect

What it does

Pipedream Connect is an integration layer for developers building AI agents and apps. You send it a user identifier and a target app or raw API request, and it handles the authorization flow, stores and refreshes credentials, and returns responses. Inputs are calls from your code or an MCP client; outputs are tool results, proxied API responses, and events delivered to your webhook from prebuilt triggers.

People use it to give an agent or product access to a user's connected accounts without writing OAuth plumbing. The core pieces are managed auth through Connect Link or a browser SDK, a hosted MCP server exposing 10,000+ prebuilt tools, a proxy that injects per-user credentials into raw HTTP calls, and triggers that stream events from connected apps. Requests run in Pipedream's managed runtime.

Connect suits developers and product teams who need many third-party integrations quickly. Development access is free with full API, SDK, and MCP features; serving external users in production requires the paid Startup plan or a custom Business contract. Usage is metered in credits, and each user connecting an account counts toward external-user limits. Credentials stay on Pipedream's side, but your app remains responsible for its own secrets and security.

What it can do

• Managed OAuth and token storage with automatic refresh across 3,000+ APIs
• Hosted MCP server exposing 10,000+ prebuilt tools to MCP-compatible clients
• Connect proxy that injects per-user credentials into any HTTP request to supported APIs
• Prebuilt actions and triggers, with triggers webhooking events to your app in real time
• Connect Link and browser SDK for end users to authorize their own accounts

Works with

• Slack
• Gmail
• Google Sheets
• Notion
• HubSpot
• Stripe

Example workflows

Agent sends a Slack message on a user's behalf

Illustrative example. Inputs: a user ID (e.g. [email protected]), a Slack channel, and message text. Steps: connect the user's Slack account via Connect Link, then have the agent call the slack-send-message tool through the MCP endpoint with the user ID header. Output: the message is posted to the channel using that user's credentials, and the tool result is returned to the agent.

Proxy a raw API request for a connected user

Illustrative example. Inputs: an account ID for a connected app, a target API URL, and a request body. Steps: call the Connect proxy with the URL and account ID so Pipedream attaches the user's credentials, then read the response. Output: the upstream API's response, returned without your server handling the user's tokens.

Before you choose

• Usage is credit-based: running actions, MCP tool calls, proxy requests, and trigger events each consume credits, while management calls do not. Pricing beyond the included allowance is per credit and varies with volume.
• Production use requires the Startup plan or a custom Business contract; development access is free but limited to development use.
• Pipedream says it does not store API request payloads or response bodies, but your app still needs secure server-side handling of secrets and user sessions.

Listed under

• Coding
• MCP and agent tools
• Agents
• AI agents
• API
• API connectors
• Authentication
• Automation

Get started

Development access is free with no credit card; production use requires a paid plan.

1. Create an account at pipedream.com and open the Connect quickstart from the docs.
2. Install the SDK (npm i @pipedream/sdk) or point an MCP client at the remote server, passing a stable external user ID.
3. Send a Connect Link or open the browser SDK flow so each end user authorizes their account, then call tools, the proxy, or triggers.

Development access is free with full API, SDK, and MCP features. Startup is $99/month billed annually ($150/month billed monthly) and includes 100 external users (then $2/user) and 10,000 usage credits (then $0.012 per credit). Business is custom-priced via contact.

Source: pipedream.com/pricing, checked 29 Oct 2026. Prices can change; check before you buy.

Sources for this overview

Product pages, documentation, and pricing checked 29 Oct 2026. Each source supports part of the overview; availability and prices can change.

• Pipedream — The integration layer for AI agents ↗pipedream.com
• Pricing — Pipedream ↗pipedream.com
• Overview - Pipedream ↗pipedream.com

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