AutoGPT vs n8n

AutoGPT

• People who want ready-made agent roles before building any workflow
• Recurring research, content and outreach work run on a schedule
• Developers who want to self-host an open-source agent platform

n8n

• Technical teams that want to host their automation on their own servers
• Developers who mix visual workflows with JavaScript or Python
• Building AI agents where every step can be inspected

AutoGPT

• The hosted cloud has no free plan; Pro starts with a 7-day trial that requires a card.
• Workflow runs are billed from a prepaid credit wallet on every cloud plan, on top of the subscription.
• The Team plan, with multi-user workspaces and admin roles, is listed as coming soon.
• Self-hosting means supplying your own infrastructure and API keys for models and third-party services.

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.

AutoGPT

Experts and Otto

32 ready-made Experts cover roles such as SEO content, sales, bookkeeping and market research. Otto, a generalist agent, hands a brief to the right Expert, or you can talk to one directly.

Routines and scheduled workflows

Recurring work can run on a cron schedule or start from a webhook trigger, with results left for you to review and schedules you can adjust or pause.

Visual workflow builder

A drag-and-drop graph builder composes workflows from blocks, and Otto can generate a workflow from a plain-English description.

Integration blocks and models

More than 200 integration blocks cover tools such as Gmail, Slack, GitHub, Notion and HubSpot, alongside models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI and others.

Access and spending controls

You choose which connected accounts each Expert can use, set a spending approval threshold per Expert, and can place human approval gates inside a workflow.

Self-hosting and API

The platform can be self-hosted with Docker using your own model keys, and a public REST API gives programmatic access to workflows and tasks.

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.

AutoGPT

• Self-Host$0

  The open-source platform run on your own infrastructure with your own model API keys. Support is through the community and GitHub.

• Pro$42.50

  per month, billed yearly ($510)

  Otto and Expert chat at the standard allowance, the visual builder and scheduled workflows. $50 a month when billed monthly.

• Max$272

  per month, billed yearly

  8.5x Pro usage, 5x file storage, priority support and early access to features. $320 a month when billed monthly.

• TeamContact us

  Listed as coming soon: multi-user workspaces, admin controls and roles, centralized billing and seat management.

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.

AutoGPT

• Annual discount

  Save 15% with yearly billing

  The pricing page lists a 15% saving for yearly billing: Pro is $510 a year, equal to $42.50 a month instead of $50, and Max is $272 a month instead of $320.

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.