Apiant vs n8n (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, n8n grades higher than Apiant: 2.4 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 4, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
n8n grades higher on features. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Which one is for you
Pick Apiant if
- Fits if you want connections priced by usage rather than seats
- Works for small setups that stay under 2 connections on Free
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you need more than 2 connections or 7 days of run history on Free
- Pricey if usage grows, because connections, tasks and credits move you up a tier
- Watch out: credit packs cost $25 for 500 or $80 for 2,000 and expire after six months
- Watch out: apiant.com now points to apiant.ai, and the old pricing page redirects
Pick n8n if
- Fits if you want automations on your own servers, where the Community Edition is free
- Works for workflows that need a few lines of JavaScript or Python in the middle
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free hosted plan, because n8n Cloud only has a 14-day trial
- Not for you if nobody on the team is technical, since it's pitched at developers
- Pricey if you need SSO or Git version control, which start on Business at €667 a month, self-hosted only
- Watch out: the free Community Edition leaves out projects, environments and workflow sharing, and you maintain it
- Watch out: prices are in euros, and no US dollar price list was found on n8n's site
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAApiantFair | 2.4GPAn8nFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPro is $29 a month billed yearly ($45 monthly), above the category's middle of $19.99 and below $49. Credit packs are extra. | CCloud Starter is €20 a month billed annually for 2,500 executions, the dear end of this category, and a whole workflow run counts as one execution however many steps it has. Self-hosting the Community Edition costs nothing but your server, while SSO and Git version control start on Business at €667. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree: 2 connections, 1,500 tasks a month, 5 form submissions and 7 days of run history, plus 500 one-time credits. | CNo free plan on the hosted service, just a 14-day trial capped at 1,000 executions with no card needed. Free here means self-hosting the Community Edition, which is nearly the full product but leaves out SSO, projects, environments, Git and workflow sharing, and you maintain it. |
| Features | CIntegrations with HubSpot, Salesforce, Mailchimp, Shopify and more. The Managed plan adds consulting hours. | BA canvas with JavaScript or Python available in any step, single steps you can re-run while debugging, AI agents whose reasoning you can inspect and gate with approvals, 500+ integrations, custom API calls, and the option to run the lot air-gapped. The job, covered. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You build integrations and connect accounts. | CNo store rating on record, and it's pitched at developers: accounts to connect, a canvas to learn, and code in the middle of a workflow when the nodes run out. The hosted version at least saves you installing it; the free route doesn't. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with a list of integrations. No desktop or phone apps. | BA web app, hosted or on your own Docker setup, with no phone or desktop app. It cites 500+ integrations, reaches anything else through custom API calls, and the paid plans open up its own API. |
| Best for | app integrations priced by connections | technical teams who want to host their own automation |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Apiant and n8n. How we grade
Price against what you get
Apiant starts at $29 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. n8n starts at about $22.34 a month and scores 2.7.
n8n scores higher and starts $6.66 a month lower. Of the other automation tools on the chart, 15 score higher than Apiant for less, and 2 score higher than n8n for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- n8n is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Apiant also covers AI agents.
At a glance
| Apiant | n8n | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $29 per month, billed yearly ($45 billed monthly) | €20 / month, billed annually, for 2,500 executions (n8n Cloud Starter) |
| Free plan | 2 connections, 1,500 tasks a month, 5 form submissions and 7 days of run history, plus 500 one-time credits. | The self-hosted Community Edition is free with almost the complete feature set, but without SSO, projects, environments, Git version control or workflow sharing. n8n Cloud has no free plan, only a trial. |
| Free trial | None listed | 14-day n8n Cloud trial of Pro features, capped at 1,000 executions, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | APIANT | n8n |
| Price read from | apiant.ai | n8n.io |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Apiant
- Prices follow connections, tasks and credits, not seats, so heavy usage moves you up a tier.
- Credit packs, available on Pro and above, are $25 for 500 or $80 for 2,000 and last six months.
- The Managed plan lists 5 hours of consulting on the first build and 2 hours a month after, with more at $250 an hour.
- apiant.com now points to the newer apiant.ai site.
n8n
- n8n Cloud has no free plan; the free option is self-hosting the Community Edition, which you run and maintain yourself.
- The Community Edition leaves out SSO, projects, environments, Git version control and workflow sharing.
- The Business plan is self-hosted only and starts at €667 a month, billed annually.
- The pricing page showed prices in euros when checked; no US dollar price list was found on n8n's site.
Key features
Apiant
- Ask for an integration
- Describe the apps and what should happen; the AI agent writes a spec, builds the automation, tests scenarios and runs it after approval.
- Works from your AI client
- Any client that supports a remote MCP server, including Claude Code, can build and test automations on every plan, free included.
- Plan-wide engine
- Every plan includes unlimited steps per automation, real-time triggers, two-way sync, subroutines and scenario testing.
- Assistant credits
- One assistant message costs 20 credits; paid plans get a monthly allowance and packs start at $25 for 500 credits.
- Managed service
- At $1,000 a month billed yearly APIANT builds, runs and maintains the integration, with a full refund if it cannot be built.
- Enterprise options
- Enterprise adds a dedicated instance, multi-tenant accounts, an admin console and fleet deploys.
n8n
- Visual builder with code steps
- Workflows are built on a canvas, and JavaScript or Python can be written anywhere in them. Single steps can be re-run and earlier data replayed while debugging.
- AI agents
- Agents are assembled from AI nodes on the same canvas, with each step of their reasoning open to inspection and the option to require human approval.
- Self-hosting
- n8n can run on your own infrastructure with Docker, including air-gapped setups. The Community Edition is free; Business and Enterprise add SSO, environments and Git version control.
- Execution-based pricing
- One run of a whole workflow counts as a single execution, however many steps it has. Going over the plan quota does not stop workflows, but overage charges may apply.
- Integrations and custom APIs
- The homepage cites 500+ integrations, including Google Sheets, Slack and OpenAI, and other services can be reached through custom API connections.
- Shared projects
- Shared projects group workflows for a team: 1 on Starter, 3 on Pro, 6 on Business and unlimited on Enterprise. Pro adds admin roles and workflow history.
Plans
Apiant
Free$0
2 connections, 1,500 tasks a month and 500 one-time assistant credits; no credit card required.
Pro$29
per month, billed yearly ($45 billed monthly)
5 connections, 10,000 tasks a month, 500 credits a month and 30 days of history.
Team$99
per month, billed yearly ($149 billed monthly)
10 connections, 25,000 tasks a month, 1,000 credits a month and 90 days of history.
Scale$499
per month, billed yearly ($749 billed monthly)
25 connections, 100,000 tasks a month, 4,000 credits a month and 120 days of history.
Managed$1,000
per month, billed yearly ($1,499 billed monthly)
APIANT builds and runs integrations for you; 250,000 tasks a month, with 5 hours of consulting on the first build.
EnterpriseCustom
Dedicated instance, multi-tenant setup, admin console and dev and prod environments.
n8n
Community Edition€0
Self-hosted from GitHub. Almost the complete feature set, without SSO, projects, environments, Git version control or workflow sharing.
Starter€20
per month, billed annually, for 2,500 executions
Hosted by n8n. Unlimited steps per workflow, 1 shared project, 5 concurrent executions, and agents, MCP and AI nodes.
Pro€50
per month, billed annually, for 10,000 executions
Hosted by n8n. 3 shared projects, up to 50 concurrent executions, 7 days of insights, admin roles and workflow history.
Business€667
per month, billed annually, for 40,000 executions
Self-hosted only. 6 shared projects, SSO with SAML and LDAP, multiple environments, Git version control, queue mode and 30 days of insights.
EnterpriseCustom
Hosted or self-hosted. Custom executions, unlimited shared projects, 200+ concurrent executions, external secret store, log streaming and SLA support.
Ways to pay less
Apiant
- Annual discount
Up to 34% off with yearly billing
The pricing page says yearly billing saves up to 34% compared with monthly billing.
n8n
- Annual discount
Save 17% with annual billing
n8n's pricing page shows a 17% saving when a plan is billed annually instead of monthly. The prices listed here are the annual rates.
- Startups
Start-up Plan: 50% off Business
Companies with fewer than 20 employees can check whether they qualify for the Start-up Plan, which takes 50% off the Business plan.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Apiant or n8n?
As of Nov 13, 2026, n8n is cheaper to start with: about $22.34 a month, against $29 a month for Apiant. Apiant starts at $29 per month, billed yearly ($45 billed monthly), and n8n starts at €20 / month, billed annually, for 2,500 executions (n8n Cloud Starter).
Which has a free plan, Apiant or n8n?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Apiant and n8n have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.