n8n

Node-based workflow automation platform that describes itself as a “fair-code platform to build and deploy AI agents and workflows”: a visual canvas combined with custom code, runnable self-hosted or in n8n Cloud, with 1500+ integrations (GitHub repo, 2026-09-30).

Licence and status

• Source-available “fair-code”: Sustainable Use License plus an n8n Enterprise License. Not OSI open source; free Community Edition on GitHub.
• GitHub n8n-io/n8n: about 206k stars. Latest stable release seen on 2026-09-30: n8n 2.41.4 (released the same day).
• Funding: $180MSeriesCinOctober2025ledbyAccelwithNVentures(Nvidia)participating,reportedata$2.5B valuation (PYMNTS / n8n blog). A later SAP-led round at $5.2B was reported only by secondary data sites and is unverified.

Plans (n8n.io/pricing, 2026-09-30)

Priced per workflow execution (a full workflow run), not per step or user; unlimited users, workflows and integrations on all plans.

• Starter: 2,500 executions
• Pro: 10,000 executions
• Business: 40,000 executions, SSO/SAML/LDAP (self-hosted only on the page)
• Enterprise: custom
  Plans also include monthly “Assistant credits” for n8n’s AI assistant. Current prices: see the vendor pricing page https://n8n.io/pricing/

Ecosystem

• Synta generates and debugs n8n workflows with AI and deploys via MCP.
• Compare Make (credit billing), zapier (task billing), latenode (CPU-second billing); overview in sota-ai-no-code-automations.

Sources

• https://n8n.io/pricing/ (accessed 2026-09-30)
• https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n and /releases (accessed 2026-09-30)
• https://blog.n8n.io/series-c/ and https://www.pymnts.com/news/investment-tracker/2025/ai-agent-startup-n8n-valued-at-2-5-billion-after-series-c/ (search results, accessed 2026-09-30)