n8n vs Relevance AI
Plans, free access, limits and intended use side by side, taken from each vendor’s own pages. No score and no winner: the facts show where the two differ.
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Build workflows in managed Cloud or on your own infrastructure.
No-code builder for AI agents and multi-agent workforces, billed in Actions per tool run plus pass-through model credits
- Free access
- n8n: Free access
- Relevance AI: No free tier
- Paid from
- n8n: EUR 20 per month
- Relevance AI: USD 19 per month billed yearly
- Plans listed
- n8n: 6
- Relevance AI: 4
- Public API
- n8n: Yes
- Relevance AI: Yes
Where n8n and Relevance AI differ
- Accessn8n offers free access, while Relevance AI has no free tier.
- CardRelevance AI needs a card to start; n8n does not.
- Pricing checkPricing review due for n8n; prices confirmed for Relevance AI.
- Plansn8n lists 6 plans and Relevance AI lists 4.
Head to head
Each value from the tool’s profile and the vendor’s own pages
| n8n | Fact | Relevance AI |
|---|---|---|
| Access and price | ||
| Free access availableCommunity · Free software | Free accessDiffers | No free tier |
| EUR 20 per monthStarter Cloud · billed annually | Lowest listed paid plan | USD 19 per month billed yearlyPro · $29/month billed monthly |
| Free self-hosted Community; paid Cloud | Pricing model | No free plan; Pro $19/month billed yearly ($29 monthly), Team $234/month billed yearly ($349 monthly), Enterprise custom |
| 6 | Plans listedDiffers | 4 |
| Yes | Public APISame | Yes |
| Not required | Card to startDiffers | Required |
| No | Open sourceSame | No |
| What it is for | ||
| Self-hostable workflow and AI-agent automation | Built for | Sales, support and operations teams that want AI agents acting in their CRM and inbox with per-tool approvals |
| Automation | CategorySame | Automation |
| Platforms |
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| Not listed | Works with |
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| How current | ||
| Profile sources checked | ||
| Pricing review due · Sep 24, 2026 | Pricing checkDiffers | Prices confirmed · Oct 24, 2026 |
Official source check for both tools. No hands-on testing and no score: “Differs” marks a documented difference, not a better tool.
Plans and prices
n8n
Pricing review due · Sep 24, 2026- CommunityFree software
- Cloud trial14-day trial
- Starter CloudEUR 20 per monthbilled annually
- Pro CloudEUR 50 per monthbilled annually
- Business self-hostedEUR 667 per monthbilled annually
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- EnterpriseContact provider
Relevance AI
Prices confirmed · Oct 24, 2026- ProUSD 19 per month billed yearlyUSD 29 per month billed monthly
- TeamUSD 234 per month billed yearlyUSD 349 per month billed monthly
- EnterpriseCustom quote
- Top-upsUSD 80 per 1,000 Actions; $20 per 10,000 Vendor Credits
Strengths and limits
n8n
Strengths
- Same product on Cloud or your servers: Managed n8n Cloud and a deployment on your own infrastructure run the same underlying product.
- Ongoing Community option: Self-hosted Community can be used without a software subscription; the cost is the hosting and the time to run it.
- No seat pricing: Every plan, Starter included, allows unlimited users, workflows and integrations, so adding colleagues does not change the price.
Limits to plan around
- Self-hosting is your job: You provide the servers, updates and restores yourself; if nobody on the team can restore the installation or trace failed runs, Cloud is the safer start.
- Cloud trial is temporary: If you don't upgrade, the 1,000-execution trial expires after 14 days and its workspace is removed; workflows can still be downloaded for 90 days after the trial ends.
- Governance costs extra: SSO, environments, shared projects and Git version control need a paid plan or edition, even on your own server.
Relevance AI
Strengths
- Model cost without markup: The docs say Vendor Credits pass LLM and tool costs through at wholesale, and your own API keys can replace them.
- Steps inside a tool are free: A multi-step tool run counts as one Action, so packing fixed steps into one tool keeps the Action count down.
- Approval per tool: Sensitive tools such as email or CRM writes can require approval while routine lookups run automatically.
Limits to plan around
- No free way in: The Free plan is retired for new signups and existing accounts, and the terms rule out change-of-mind refunds.
- Two official price views: The marketing pricing page lists only Enterprise, while the docs list Pro and Team with prices; plans are bought inside the app.
- Failures cost Actions: A tool run that fails still counts as one Action, so retries multiply the bill for a flaky integration.
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