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n8n review: pricing, strengths and weaknesses

Technical or code-comfortable teams that want to automate workflows and AI agents, with the option to host the tool themselves.

Free when self-hostedData in the EUAutomationAI agents
Jérémie Chiari
Jérémie Chiari
Founder, runs a training consultancy and an AI e-learning SaaSUpdated September 23, 2026 · Prices checked on the vendors’ sites

The score in detail

Our scoring grid
PriceWeight 25 %
Starter at €20 a month billed yearly, charged per full workflow run.
Free plan and trialWeight 15 %
Free Community Edition with no limits; no free Cloud plan.
Ease of useWeight 20 %
Needs real technical skills, more than Make or Zapier.
FeaturesWeight 25 %
Workflows, AI agents, self-hosting, unlimited users.
Data and GDPRWeight 15 %
Cloud hosted in Frankfurt, DPA provided, or data on your servers.

Plans and prices

Starter€24per monthYearly (per month): €20

2,500 workflow executions per month, unlimited users, 5 concurrent executions, 1 shared project, 2,300 AI credits per month, forum support.

Pro€60per monthYearly (per month): €50

10,000 executions per month (50,000 tier at 145 EUR per month), 20 concurrent executions, 3 shared projects, admin roles, global variables, workflow history.

Business€800per monthYearly (per month): €667

40,000 executions per month, self-hosted, 6 shared projects, SSO with SAML and LDAP, separate environments, Git version control.

EnterpriseOn quotecustom quote

Custom execution volume, cloud or self-hosted, 200+ concurrent executions, log streaming, dedicated support with SLA.

Free plan: No free cloud plan is listed: there is a free trial with no credit card. The self-hosted Community Edition is free.

Strengths

  • Billed per full workflow execution, not per step
  • Community Edition can be self-hosted for free
  • Unlimited users on every plan

Weaknesses

  • Large price gap between Pro (60 EUR) and Business (800 EUR)
  • No permanent free cloud plan
  • Requires more technical background than Zapier or Make

Data and GDPR

Data hosting
Cloud plans: data stored in the EU, on servers in Frankfurt, Germany. When self-hosted, wherever you run n8n.
GDPR
Pre-signed DPA available for download. Annual SOC 2 audit by an independent auditor; public SOC 3 report, full SOC 2 report for Enterprise customers only. ISO 27001 not mentioned.
Self-hosting
Yes

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