No free plan. The cheapest way in is Starter at Contact for pricing. Consider free alternatives in the automation & workflows category if budget is tight.
Free plan includes: basic features
Free plan includes: basic features
Free plan includes: free cloud tier with limited message credits, a small number of apps and team members, basic knowledge base and workflow capabilities, suitable for evaluation and personal projects
n8n is a general automation platform with AI capabilities added. Flowise is purpose-built for AI applications. n8n is better when your AI workflow needs to interact with many business tools (CRM, email, PM). Flowise is better for pure LLM application development (RAG, agents, chatbots). Many teams use both: Flowise for the AI-specific parts, n8n for the broader automation.
Yes, with configuration. The AI Agent node supports 'n8n tools' where you can connect any n8n node as a tool the agent can invoke. The agent receives the tool descriptions and can autonomously decide when to use each tool. In practice, limit the tool set to 5-10 relevant tools per agent to maintain reliable tool selection.
n8n uses a fair-code license (Sustainable Use License), not a traditional OSS license like MIT or Apache. You can self-host, modify, and use it for internal purposes. Commercial redistribution and embedding have restrictions. The community edition is free; enterprise features (SSO, RBAC, environments) require a paid license.
For workflows with multiple LLM calls or long processing times, use the 'Wait' node for timed pauses, webhook responses for async callbacks, and sub-workflows for modular execution. Set appropriate timeouts for LLM nodes. For very long processes, use the 'Execute Workflow' trigger to chain multiple workflows.
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