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n8n

Workflow automation with AI agent nodes

🧩 Agent frameworks open source / open weights
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Fair-code workflow automation tool with hundreds of integrations and AI agent nodes; self-hostable.

Use it when…

You want visual automations with AI steps you can self-host.

Skip it if…

You want a pure-code framework.

Score breakdown

Job fit23/30
Ease / time-to-first-result12/15
Value13/15
Momentum15/15
Openness & portability9/10
Trust & maturity9/10
Builder/gamer bonus4/5

Initial editorial estimate from public info; not yet hands-on tested. How we score →

Details

Pricing
Self-hosted community edition free; paid cloud plans
Unverified. Unverified: editorial summary. We couldn't confirm this on an official pricing page (JS-rendered, no public pricing, or usage-based) as of Oct 18, 2026.
Free tier
Yes (unverified)
Platforms
web · Self-host
Open source
Yes
Official URL
https://n8n.io
URL verified
Oct 18, 2026 (curl HTTP GET)
Last reviewed
Oct 18, 2026 by agent
Sources
https://n8n.io

Changelog

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