n8n

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Quick answers

Who is n8n for?

Teams that want to build workflows and agents with code and a canvas, and may want to self-host under a source-available licence. Not a fit if you need an OSI-approved open-source licence: n8n states it does not call itself open source. Also not a fit if you plan to make n8n available to your customers so they can connect accounts and build workflows: the docs say that use needs a separate commercial agreement.

What does n8n cost?

Community Edition: Free. Enterprise: Contact Sales. Business: 667€/mo, billed annually. Pro: 50€/mo, billed annually. Starter: 20€/mo, billed annually. Verified Oct 3, 2026 against the official pricing page; prices change, so check it before you buy. n8n pricing guide

Is there a free plan?

Yes: Community Edition, with these limits: Self-hosted (GitHub); Licence: Sustainable Use License v1.0 (see limitations).

Does n8n support MCP?

Yes, according to the vendor documentation (see the sources on this page). MCP lets AI assistants connect to the tool.

What are the limitations of n8n?

Licence, repository: the LICENSE file applies the Sustainable Use License v1.0 to content outside the restricted files; source files with '.ee.' in their filename or '.ee' in their dirname need a valid n8n Enterprise License (LICENSE file, 2026-10-03). Use is licensed for internal business, non-commercial or personal purposes, and distribution only free of charge for non-commercial purposes. Licence wording: the README says n8n is 'fair-code' and 'Source Available'. The docs state: 'according to the Open Source Initiative (OSI), open source licenses can't include limitations on use, so we do not call ourselves open source' (docs.n8n.io community license, 2026-10-03). The pricing page, as fetched, calls the free tier 'Community Edition' and says 'A standard, self-hosted version of n8n is available on GitHub'; it did not use the words 'open source' in the text read. Integration counts differ between n8n pages: the GitHub README text says 1500+ integrations, the GitHub page title says 400+, and the n8n.io homepage says over 500 (all read 2026-10-03). No count is stated here. Business plan is self-hosted only; the pricing FAQ says it is 'currently only available for self-hosted n8n' and links a waitlist for a hosted version. Per the same page, 'A credit card is only required for the Business plan free trial.'. The n8n public API 'isn't available during the free trial' (n8n docs, 2026-10-03). The security page read does not state whether customer data is used to train AI models.

Which data does n8n access or keep?

Vendor states 'n8n aligns its security program to SOC 2', that hardware and data are hosted in the European Union, and that customer data at rest is encrypted using Azure Storage server-side encryption (n8n.io/legal/security, 2026-10-03). Self-hosted data stays on your own infrastructure.

Can I use n8n and its outputs commercially?

Governed by the Sustainable Use License v1.0 (internal business, non-commercial or personal use) and the n8n Enterprise licence for enterprise files (repository LICENSE, 2026-10-03). Read the licence and the n8n docs licence FAQ for your use case.

Is there an API?

Yes. n8n uses API keys for its public REST API, sent in the X-N8N-API-KEY header. Non-Enterprise keys have full account access; scopes are an Enterprise feature. 'The n8n API isn't available during the free trial' (docs.n8n.io, 2026-10-03).