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n8n review: what it costs and who it suits
An evidence-led n8n review: verified 2026 euro prices, how executions are counted, what five standard workloads cost, self-hosting trade-offs and the best alternative.
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Quick verdict
n8n is the strongest fit here for long workflows, custom code and self-hosting, because it bills one execution per run however many steps it has. On our five standard workloads it needed only the Starter or Pro plan. The trade-off is setup effort and no free cloud plan. Based on official documentation and pricing as of October 20, 2026. No product was tested hands-on for this page.
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n8n pricing
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed annually | Pricing unit | Key limits |
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| Starter | Not published | €20/mo | Per account |
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| Pro | Not published | €50/mo | Per account |
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| Business | Not published | €667/mo | Per account |
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| EnterpriseContact sales | Contact sales | Contact sales | Custom | None published |
Prices are in EUR as n8n publishes them for visitors in Germany; we never convert currencies. Taxes are not included unless the vendor says so.
- Starter
Read from the euro-priced page n8n serves to visitors in Germany ("20€/mo, billed annually"). n8n shows US-dollar amounts to US visitors instead; at verification the US page showed $20/mo billed annually and $24/mo billed monthly. Neither figure is converted from the other.
Why a value is blank or missing: The monthly-billing euro price could not be captured at verification (the billing toggle did not respond on the EU-region fetch).
- Pro
Read from the euro-priced page n8n serves to visitors in Germany ("50€/mo, billed annually"). At verification the US page showed $50/mo billed annually and $60/mo billed monthly.
Why a value is blank or missing: The monthly-billing euro price could not be captured at verification (the billing toggle did not respond on the EU-region fetch).
- Business
Self-hosted only; n8n Cloud hosting for Business is waitlisted. Read from the euro-priced page ("667€/mo, billed annually"). At verification the US page showed $800/mo billed annually and $960/mo billed monthly. Overage is 4,000 EUR per extra bucket of 300,000 executions.
Why a value is blank or missing: The monthly-billing euro price could not be captured at verification (the billing toggle did not respond on the EU-region fetch).
- Enterprise
Why a value is blank or missing: "Contact Sales" on the pricing page.
How n8n counts usage
An execution is a single run of an entire workflow, however many steps it has or however much data it processes.
Last verified from the official n8n pricing page.
What five standard workloads cost
| Workload | Zapier (USD) | Make (USD) | n8n (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| W1 · Solo lead capture1 workflow × 100 runs × 2 steps after the trigger | $19.99/moProfessional · 200 tasks | FreeFree · 300 credits | €20/moStarter · 100 executions |
| W2 · Small-business starter stack5 workflows × 200 runs × 3 steps after the trigger | $89/moProfessional · 3,000 tasks | $12/moCore · 4,000 credits | €20/moStarter · 1,000 executions |
| W3 · Long multi-step process2 workflows × 250 runs × 12 steps after the trigger | $129/moProfessional · 6,000 tasks | $12/moCore · 6,500 credits | €20/moStarter · 500 executions |
| W4 · High-volume simple sync3 workflows × 2,000 runs × 1 step after the trigger | $129/moProfessional · 6,000 tasks | Not verifiable12,000 credits | €50/moPro · 6,000 executions |
| W5 · Multi-client operations6 workflows × 300 runs × 4 steps after the trigger | $129/moProfessional · 7,200 tasks | $12/moCore · 9,000 credits | €20/moStarter · 1,800 executions |
Per month, billed annually, in the currency each vendor publishes; never converted. “Not verifiable” means the Price Index holds no price for that volume, so we show none. Prices last verified .
Price your own workflow
n8n Cloud
Cheapest qualifying plan: Starter. Billed monthly Not verifiable — see vendor a month; billed annually €20 a month.
Cheapest qualifying plan
n8n Starter
- Billed monthly
- Not verifiable — see vendor
- Billed annually
- €20/mo
- €240 a year (12 × the annual-billing monthly price)
- Headroom
- 20%
- of 2,500 executions a month unused
n8n's month-to-month price in euros was not captured, so the comparison uses the annual-billing price.
What triggers the next tier: More than 2,500 executions a month moves you to Pro at 10,000 executions a month: €50/mo billed annually.
Prices last verified Oct 17, 2026 on n8n's official pricing page.
Self-hosting (your assumptions)
- Per month
- €0
- €0 a year
- Server
- €0
- Maintenance time
- €0
- 0 h × €0
n8n's pricing page lists a self-hosted Community Edition on GitHub and states no price for it, so no licence cost is included here. n8n's paid self-hosted plan, Business, is €667/mo billed annually; add it yourself if you need its features.
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Assumptions
- n8n Cloud prices come only from the Vetted SaaS Price Index entry for n8n, read from the page n8n serves in Germany (EUR). n8n shows US visitors dollar prices; we never convert one into the other.
- Plans n8n lists as self-hosted only are left out of the Cloud quote.
- The self-hosting figure is server cost + maintenance hours × your hourly value, exactly as you entered them.
Evaluation
n8n
Vetted research reviewn8n has not been scored yet — insufficient evidence for a Vetted Authority score.
Best for
Technical teams with long or code-heavy workflows, and anyone who must self-host.
Setup difficulty
complex
Pricing
Cloud Starter €20/mo billed annually (2,500 workflow executions with unlimited steps), Pro €50/mo billed annually (10,000 workflow executions with unlimited steps). Business €667/mo billed annually, self-hosted. Enterprise: contact sales. Community Edition: free to self-host. Prices in euros.
Why we picked it
One of the three platforms in the Price Index cost engine, and the main per-run-billing and self-hosting option.
Strengths
- Billed per workflow run with unlimited steps, so a 12-step run costs the same execution as a 2-step one.
- Manual test runs and sub-workflow runs do not count toward the quota; only the parent execution counts.
- Starter covered 4 of our five standard workloads.
- Code node for custom JavaScript or Python, plus genuine self-hosted editions.
Weaknesses
- No free cloud plan. The free Community Edition is self-hosted and excludes SSO, workflow sharing and Git version control.
- Self-hosting moves updates, backups and monitoring onto your team.
- Cloud plans cap concurrent executions, which matters when many triggers fire at once.
- The Business plan is self-hosted only; n8n Cloud hosting for Business is waitlisted.
Who it's for
Teams comfortable with JSON and APIs whose workflows have many steps, or who need code or self-hosting.
Who should skip it
Non-technical teams who want a free hosted start: Make's free plan is the easier first step.
Best alternative
Make
See the full alternative for readers this product isn't the right fit for.
Biggest limitation
Entry cost and effort: there is no free hosted plan, and the free Community Edition needs someone to run a server and lacks SSO, sharing and Git version control.
Is it worth it
Best value when runs are long: the execution count stays flat as steps grow. For a few short workflows, Make's free plan or Core costs less to start.
Take the next step
Down to two platforms? The Opportunity Scorecard weighs them against your own criteria and shows why one leads, in your browser, with no account.
Score your shortlistSources
Official vendor pages, each with the date we last checked it. Prices on this page come from the Vetted SaaS Price Index; the facts on this page were last checked .
- n8n plans and pricing
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- n8n Docs: Understand executions
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- n8n Docs: Using the Code node
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- n8n Docs: Handle errors gracefully
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- n8n Docs: Community Edition features
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- n8n Docs: Host n8n
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- n8n Docs: AI Agent node
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- Make pricing and subscription packages
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Update history
Published. Prices from the Price Index; product facts re-checked against official documentation.