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n8n is a workflow automation platform you can self-host or use in the cloud, with a visual editor plus code when you need it. It includes AI nodes for agents, LLM chains, chat triggers, memory, vector stores and MCP servers alongside hundreds of app integrations.

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From official pages, checked Sep 29, 2026. Tap the arrow for each source.

Free tier: Free trial + free self-host
Cloud free trial, no card required; Community Edition is free to self-host.
Starting price: €20/month
Starter, billed annually: 2.5K executions/month, 5 concurrent executions, unlimited workflows.
Rate limit: 2.5K executions/month
Starter cloud plan, with 5 concurrent executions.
Storage: Logs kept 7 days
Starter plan max execution log retention; Pro keeps 30 days.
Official SDKs: JavaScript / TypeScriptPython
Open source: Partly
Fair-code, Sustainable Use License; self-hostable
Trains on your data: No
AI terms say customer content is not used to train ML models.
EU hosting: Yes
n8n Cloud data is hosted in the EU (Frankfurt, Germany).
Compliance: SOC 2GDPR

What you can build with n8n

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Summarise new form submissions with n8n's Form trigger and Basic LLM Chain

Host a form in n8n and get a 2-sentence AI summary plus intent label for every submission.

Free tier: Free trial + free self-hostFrom €20/month

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What you can build with n8n

Summarise new form submissions with n8n's Form trigger and Basic LLM Chain

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