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Two platforms.
Same questions.
Activepieces
WORKFLOW & AUTOMATION
PROMPT
Users retain full ownership of submitted prompt characters and keywords.
OUTPUT
Outputs are assigned fully to users under standard commercial parameters.
TRAINING
Data is kept secure within tenant spaces. Model training on enterprise work boards is contractually excluded.
COMMERCIAL
Commercial use of all workflow priorities and prioritizations is fully permitted.
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Descript
IMAGE / VIDEO / AUDIO GENERATION
PROMPT
Users own their inputs and generated outputs. "Both Input and Output are considered User Content under these Terms, and as between you and Descript, you own all right, title, and interest in and to any Input and Output, to the extent protectable under applicable law."
OUTPUT
Users own their generated outputs but Descript notes that "the copyright status of the generated Output may not be clear and that the use of such Generative Tools may affect your ability to obtain or enforce any intellectual property rights."
TRAINING
Descript uses content to train models by default unless the user opts out. "Descript may access and use your Input and Output in order to create and operate Descript...including by Descript to train, improve, and develop its models and technologies (unless you have opted out of such use)."
COMMERCIAL
Commercial use of user-generated outputs is permitted. Specific commercial licensing applies to Storyblocks stock material.
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AIRIN SUMMARY
Activepieces has moderate defaults; Descript carries the most permissive license terms of the set.FOR ENTERPRISE: ACTIVEPIECES ENTERPRISE TIER ACCEPTABLE · DESCRIPT NOT RECOMMENDED
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⚡ INTERACTIVE RISK COMPARISON HEATMAP
| RISK SURFACE | ACTIVEPIECES | DESCRIPT |
|---|---|---|
| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
| $Tier Differences |
* Click any cell in the heatmap matrix to scroll directly to its verbatim policy citations below.
📂 Intellectual Property & Model Training
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SURFACE 01
Prompt Ownership
Activepieces
MEDMED
Users retain full ownership of submitted prompt characters and keywords.
“ 8.5 If Customer applies a license to publicly-available Customer Content within the Software, Customer (i) licenses that Customer Content under the terms of the applicable license; and (ii) represents that Customer has sufficient rights in that Customer Content to do so.”
Descript
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Users own their inputs and generated outputs. "Both Input and Output are considered User Content under these Terms, and as between you and Descript, you own all right, title, and interest in and to any Input and Output, to the extent protectable under applicable law."
“We claim no ownership rights in your User Content. You hereby grant to us a perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, fully paid, worldwide license to create derivative works from, access, reproduce, distribute, process, publish, display, perform, adapt,…”
Despite claiming no ownership, Descript takes an extremely broad, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable license over all user content including name and likeness, across all current and future media channels, with no compensation.
O
SURFACE 02
Output Ownership
Activepieces
HIGHMED
Outputs are assigned fully to users under standard commercial parameters.
“ 8.1 Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Activepieces hereby grants to Customer and its Affiliates a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license for Customer’s and its Affiliates’ Users to use, reproduce, modify, prepare derivative works…”
Descript
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Users own their generated outputs but Descript notes that "the copyright status of the generated Output may not be clear and that the use of such Generative Tools may affect your ability to obtain or enforce any intellectual property rights."
“We claim no ownership rights in your User Content. You hereby grant to us a perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, fully paid, worldwide license to create derivative works from, access, reproduce, distribute, process, publish, display, perform, adapt,…”
Descript disclaims ownership of user content but takes back a sweeping perpetual, irrevocable license to outputs/edited content. The scope of 'improve the Descript Service' is broad and could encompass model training.
T
SURFACE 03
Model Training
Activepieces
HIGHMED
Data is kept secure within tenant spaces. Model training on enterprise work boards is contractually excluded.
“ We use Google Workspace APIs only to provide and operate the Activepieces Services. We do not use Google Workspace data for advertising, marketing, user profiling, analytics, or to develop, train, refine, or improve generalized or non-personalized artificial intelligence (AI) or…”
Descript
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Descript uses content to train models by default unless the user opts out. "Descript may access and use your Input and Output in order to create and operate Descript...including by Descript to train, improve, and develop its models and technologies (unless you have opted out of such use)."
“You hereby grant to us a perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, fully paid, worldwide license to create derivative works from, access, reproduce, distribute, process, publish, display, perform, adapt, modify, analyze, and otherwise use the User Content…”
The license to 'analyze' and 'improve the Descript Service' could encompass AI model training on user content. There is no explicit opt-out mechanism referenced in the visible text.
C
SURFACE 04
Commercial Use
Activepieces
MED⚠ CAUTIONMED
Commercial use of all workflow priorities and prioritizations is fully permitted.
“ (ii) use the Software in such a manner that would enable any third party to access the Software; (iv) use the Software for time sharing or service bureau purposes (including without limitation, sublicensing, distributing, selling, reselling any Software);”
Descript
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Commercial use of user-generated outputs is permitted. Specific commercial licensing applies to Storyblocks stock material.
“Additional content libraries (the “Additional Libraries”) are not subject to this license, may not be available for commercial use without a license, and may require that you obtain model clearance.”
Additional Libraries outside Storyblocks may require separate commercial licenses and model clearances, creating potential legal exposure for users who assume all platform content is commercially usable.
📂 Data Privacy & Governance
D
SURFACE 05
Data Privacy
Activepieces
HIGHMED
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“ Activepieces will not sell or rent to any third party any of the personal information or data that Customer provides to us. We share Personal Data as set forth below.”
Descript
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
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“Personalize and improve the Descript Service and for research and development purposes including training our artificial intelligence models;”
User data (including uploaded content) may be used to train AI models. An opt-out exists for Projects specifically, but this broad statement covers other collected information without a clear opt-out.
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SURFACE 06
Tier Differences
Activepieces
MED⚠ CAUTIONMED
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“ 6.5 During the Subscription Term, Customer may, subject to this Agreement, activate and use Add-On Users. For the avoidance of doubt, Customer shall not have the right to report less than the number of Users originally purchased under the Subscription, and all Add-On Users shall…”
Descript
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
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“ Scope of License. The license granted to you is limited to a non-transferable license to use the Mac App on any iPhone, iPod touch or iPad that you own or control as permitted by the Usage Rules set forth in the Apple App Store Terms of Service.”