Name: n8n
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Question 1

Is n8n free?

Accepted Answer

The self-hosted Community Edition is free and source-available with unlimited executions; managed n8n Cloud is paid with tiered plans and a trial, so overall it's freemium. AI Agent nodes add no platform surcharge: you pay your own model provider for tokens (the AI Workflow Builder uses metered AI credits).

Question 2

How is n8n different from Zapier?

Accepted Answer

n8n is source-available and self-hostable, prices per workflow execution rather than per task, lets you drop in custom JS/Python code, and ships native AI Agent and LangChain nodes. That makes complex, multi-step AI workflows cheaper and more flexible, at the cost of a steeper learning curve.