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Workflow automation platform combining application connections, custom code, and AI agent or retrieval steps.

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Technical teams automating app, code, and AI workflows

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Workflow automation platform combining application connections, custom code, and AI agent or retrieval steps.

Build a workflow, inspect the execution data, and test error handling before turning on recurring runs.

Access and pricing: A self-hosted Community edition is available under n8n's licence. Cloud plans are paid with a trial; infrastructure and model-provider charges are separate.

Try this task: Route support tickets to review Use synthetic tickets: billing question, login issue and an ambiguous refund request. Produce a category and needs_review flag; connect no live sender.

Check the result: The ambiguous request stays in a review queue. Repeating the same event ID must not create a second action.

Choose carefully: Valid structured output does not prove policy compliance; test duplicate events and failures before enabling writes.

Evidence: This is an editorial exercise based on the documented product scope, not a recorded hands-on product benchmark. Use permitted or fictional inputs and record your own observed result.

What it does well

The official pricing page bases cloud pricing on monthly workflow executions, counting each full workflow run rather than each step, which keeps costs easier to estimate for multi-step automations. Alongside cloud plans, a standard self-hosted version is available on GitHub.

Getting started in 10 minutes

Based on documentation, start the cloud trial (no card required) and build one small workflow with a trigger and two or three steps. Run it, inspect the execution data, and add an error path before you enable anything recurring. The trial lists 1,000 executions, 5 concurrent executions, a 180-second timeout and one team project.

Limits to check before you commit

Cloud plans listed are Starter at 20 euros per month (2.5K executions), Pro at 50 euros per month (10K executions) and Business at 667 euros per month (40K executions), with the Business tier described as self-hosted for now. Enterprise is contact-sales. The page does not state a price for self-hosting, so factor in your own servers and any model-provider charges.

Illustrative workspace photo — Illustrative stock photo from Unsplash; not a screenshot of n8n.

What you can do

Visual workflows

App integrations

Custom code

AI agents

MCP and AI nodes

Where it helps

Connected steps and custom logic fit workflows with explicit review gates.

What to consider

A self-hosted Community edition is available under n8n's licence. Cloud plans are paid with a trial; infrastructure and model-provider charges are separate.
Valid structured output does not prove policy compliance; test duplicate events and failures before enabling writes.

Pricing & free access

Official pricing

Free plan + paid

A self-hosted Community edition is available under n8n's licence. Cloud plans are paid with a trial; infrastructure and model-provider charges are separate.

Plan information can change. Prices and conditions are set by the provider. Information checked 2026-10-06.

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Questions about n8n

What can I use n8n for?

Build a workflow, inspect the execution data, and test error handling before turning on recurring runs.

What are the access and pricing limits?

A self-hosted Community edition is available under n8n's licence. Cloud plans are paid with a trial; infrastructure and model-provider charges are separate.

When was this listing checked?

Official-source information was reviewed on 2026-10-06. Plans and limits can change; check the linked provider source before subscribing.

Is n8n free?

A standard self-hosted version is available on GitHub, and the cloud offers a trial with no card required and 1,000 executions. Ongoing cloud use is paid, from 20 euros per month. Self-hosting still costs you servers and upkeep.

How much does n8n cloud cost?

The pricing page lists Starter at 20 euros per month with 2.5K executions and Pro at 50 euros per month with 10K executions, billed annually, with monthly billing also available. Business and Enterprise cost more. Prices can change, so check n8n.io.

How does n8n count executions?

According to the pricing page, an execution is one complete workflow run, not each individual step, and pricing is based on monthly executions regardless of complexity. That means a long workflow still counts as one execution per run.