n8n alternatives
By Joris van Huët · each comparison from the vendors' own pricing and help pages, prices dated on the page
The short answer: 7 tools are compared with n8n on this site, and the line under each one is the verdict from its comparison: who should pick which, with the figures that decide it on the comparison itself. Read the one that names your job. What n8n costs and who it suits is in its entry, and how to use n8n walks through one job with it.
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Albato
If your automations are two or three steps and the people building them are marketers, Albato is the gentler start, with a free plan that has no time limit and Pro from $22 a month on monthly billing for 1,000 transactions, checked on 26 October 2026 on Albato's pricing page.
Gumloop
If the job is open-ended, such as a weekly competitor brief where the agent decides what to read and in what order, Gumloop is built for it: Pro is $37 a month with 20,000 credits and unlimited seats, checked on 26 October 2026 on Gumloop's pricing page.
Make
If one workflow has 15 steps and runs 2,000 times a month, n8n bills 2,000 executions, which fits inside Starter's 2,500 at $24 a month on monthly billing, checked on 26 October 2026 on the n8n pricing page; the same flow on Make is at least 15 x 2,000 = 30,000 credits under its per-module rule (operations guide).
OpenClaw
If a marketing team needs the same process to run up to 2,500 times a month and leave a record anyone can open, n8n fits: Starter costs $24 a month on monthly billing for 2,500 executions, checked on 26 October 2026 on n8n's pricing page.
Pabbly Connect
If you keep dozens of short integrations running, such as a Facebook lead copied to a sheet and a CRM, Pabbly Connect carries 10,000 action tasks a month for $19 on monthly billing; if a handful of flows run fifteen steps with branches and an AI agent, n8n carries 10,000 complete runs a month for $60 on its Pro plan.
StackAI
If AI agents in your company must pass a security review and reach staff through approved releases, StackAI (often searched as Stack AI) is built for that buyer: it is free for 1 seat, 2 projects and 500 runs a month, and every larger plan is quoted, checked on 26 October 2026 on the StackAI pricing page.
Zapier
If your marketers build short flows across many SaaS tools themselves, Zapier is the easier fit: it connects 9,000+ apps, its Free plan carries 100 tasks a month, and Professional starts at $29.99 a month billed monthly, checked on 26 October 2026 on Zapier's pricing page.
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