n8n
Workflow automation and AI agents you can self-host (Germany)
by n8nSupportedFreshly checkedChecked 29 Sept 2026
Berlin-based n8n is an automation platform with a visual editor, hundreds of integrations and strong AI-agent building blocks. You can run it free on your own server, keeping data in your own environment, or use the paid cloud version.
Best for
- Self-hosting with full data control
- AI agents and complex workflows
- Technical teams with many automations
Not ideal for
- People without (or unwilling to gain) technical knowledge
Limitations
- Self-hosting requires maintenance; cloud pricing is execution-based
DNA
- Level
- Intermediate
- Platforms
- Web, Self-hosted
- Community (self-hosted)FreeSupp.
Unlimited executions on your own server
Sources and evidence
- Status
- Supported
- Confidence
- 41/100
- Method
- web research (secondary sources)
- Observed
- 29 Sept 2026
- Confirmed on the official source
- Not yet confirmed verbatim on the official source
Evidence
Web search summary: "Starter Plan: €20 per month billed annually (€24 billed monthly) for 2,500 executions; Pro Plan: €50 per month billed annually (€60 billed monthly) for 10,000 executions… The Community Edition is free for self-hosted deployments with unlimited executions."
Sources
- [Secondary source] cloudzero.com (cloudzero.com)
- [Secondary source] sliplane.io (sliplane.io)
- [Secondary source] costbench.com (costbench.com)
- Starter (cloud)€24/moSupp.
2,500 executions per month
Sources and evidence
- Status
- Supported
- Confidence
- 41/100
- Method
- web research (secondary sources)
- Observed
- 29 Sept 2026
- Confirmed on the official source
- Not yet confirmed verbatim on the official source
Evidence
Web search summary: "Starter Plan: €20 per month billed annually (€24 billed monthly) for 2,500 executions; Pro Plan: €50 per month billed annually (€60 billed monthly) for 10,000 executions… The Community Edition is free for self-hosted deployments with unlimited executions."
Sources
- [Secondary source] cloudzero.com (cloudzero.com)
- [Secondary source] sliplane.io (sliplane.io)
- [Secondary source] costbench.com (costbench.com)
- Pro (cloud)€60/moSupp.
10,000 executions per month
Sources and evidence
- Status
- Supported
- Confidence
- 41/100
- Method
- web research (secondary sources)
- Observed
- 29 Sept 2026
- Confirmed on the official source
- Not yet confirmed verbatim on the official source
Evidence
Web search summary: "Starter Plan: €20 per month billed annually (€24 billed monthly) for 2,500 executions; Pro Plan: €50 per month billed annually (€60 billed monthly) for 10,000 executions… The Community Edition is free for self-hosted deployments with unlimited executions."
Sources
- [Secondary source] cloudzero.com (cloudzero.com)
- [Secondary source] sliplane.io (sliplane.io)
- [Secondary source] costbench.com (costbench.com)
Facts
- Free plan
- yes Supp.
Sources and evidence
- Status
- Supported
- Confidence
- 41/100
- Method
- web research (secondary sources)
- Observed
- 29 Sept 2026
- Confirmed on the official source
- Not yet confirmed verbatim on the official source
Evidence
Web search summary: "Starter Plan: €20 per month billed annually (€24 billed monthly) for 2,500 executions; Pro Plan: €50 per month billed annually (€60 billed monthly) for 10,000 executions… The Community Edition is free for self-hosted deployments with unlimited executions."
Free self-hosted Community Edition; the cloud service is paid.
Sources
- [Secondary source] cloudzero.com (cloudzero.com)
- [Secondary source] sliplane.io (sliplane.io)
- [Secondary source] costbench.com (costbench.com)
- Free trial
- unknown
- Commercial use on free plan
- unknown
- Watermark on free plan
- unknown
- API
- unknown
- Open source
- yes Unver.
Sources and evidence
- Status
- Unverified
- Confidence
- 51/100
- Method
- editorial
- Observed
- 29 Sept 2026
- Confirmed on the official source
- Not yet confirmed verbatim on the official source
Evidence
Web search summary: "Starter Plan: €20 per month billed annually (€24 billed monthly) for 2,500 executions; Pro Plan: €50 per month billed annually (€60 billed monthly) for 10,000 executions… The Community Edition is free for self-hosted deployments with unlimited executions."
Source-available under a fair-code licence (not OSI open source). Editorial knowledge; pending verification.
Sources
- [GitHub] github.com (github.com)
- Self-hostable
- yes Supp.
Sources and evidence
- Status
- Supported
- Confidence
- 41/100
- Method
- web research (secondary sources)
- Observed
- 29 Sept 2026
- Confirmed on the official source
- Not yet confirmed verbatim on the official source
Evidence
Web search summary: "Starter Plan: €20 per month billed annually (€24 billed monthly) for 2,500 executions; Pro Plan: €50 per month billed annually (€60 billed monthly) for 10,000 executions… The Community Edition is free for self-hosted deployments with unlimited executions."
Sources
- [Secondary source] cloudzero.com (cloudzero.com)
- [Secondary source] sliplane.io (sliplane.io)
- [Secondary source] costbench.com (costbench.com)
- Platforms
- Web, Self-hosted Unver.
Sources and evidence
- Status
- Unverified
- Confidence
- 57/100
- Method
- editorial
- Observed
- 29 Sept 2026
- Confirmed on the official source
- Not yet confirmed verbatim on the official source
Evidence
Web search summary: "Starter Plan: €20 per month billed annually (€24 billed monthly) for 2,500 executions; Pro Plan: €50 per month billed annually (€60 billed monthly) for 10,000 executions… The Community Edition is free for self-hosted deployments with unlimited executions."
Editorial knowledge; pending automated verification.
Sources
- [Official site] n8n website (n8n.io)
- Runs on model
- unknown
Timeline
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