ActiveLow-codeSustainable Use License (Fair-Code)
n8n
Workflow automation with AI
n8n is a workflow automation tool with more than 400 integrations and dedicated AI nodes for agents, RAG and tool calls. You build flows visually and add JavaScript or Python code where needed. n8n is not open source in the strict sense: the source code is public but licensed under the Sustainable Use License (fair-code), which allows internal use and self-hosting but restricts reselling it as a service.
Good fit if
Focus: Technically savvy business users and ops teams
- your project is about Automation, Integration or Data processing
Key figures
- Usable without developers
- 3/5
- Scalability
- 5/5
- Integrations
- 5/5
- Versioning
- 4/5
- Observability
- 4/5
Editorial rating on a scale from 1 to 5. Methodology
Fact sheet
- Category
- Low-code
- Type
- Workflow automation with AI
- Licence
- Sustainable Use License (Fair-Code)
- Pricing
- Self-Hosted / CloudCommunity Edition for self-hosting without license fees. Cloud, billed annually: Starter €20/month (2,500 executions), Pro €50/month (10,000 executions). Business €667/month (40,000 executions, currently self-hosted only), Enterprise on request.
- Deployment
- Cloud, Self-Hosted, Docker, Kubernetes
- Models
- OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere, HuggingFace
- Compliance
- GDPR, SOC 2, HIPAA
- RAG
- Yes
- Multi-Agent
- Yes
- SSO, roles (RBAC)
- SSO yes, RBAC yes
- Latest version
- 2.42.6
- GitHub stars
- 206,000
Key features
- Visual editor
- 400+ integrations
- Self-hosting
- Code nodes
Typical use cases
- Automation
- Integration
- Data processing
- AI workflows
Implementation
Get n8n implemented
Free for you. Partners only pay for requests they accept.
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