n8n vs Pine 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.
AI assistant that phones companies to cancel, dispute and negotiate bills for you
- Free access
- n8n: Free access
- Pine AI: Free access
- Paid from
- n8n: EUR 20 per month
- Pine AI: USD 9.00 per week billed monthly; $6.10 per week billed annually
- Plans listed
- n8n: 6
- Pine AI: 7
- Public API
- n8n: Yes
- Pine AI: Not confirmed
Where n8n and Pine AI differ
- Pricing checkPricing review due for n8n; prices confirmed for Pine AI.
- Plansn8n lists 6 plans and Pine AI lists 7.
Head to head
Each value from the tool’s profile and the vendor’s own pages
| n8n | Fact | Pine AI |
|---|---|---|
| Access and price | ||
| Free access availableCommunity · Free software | Free accessSame | Free access availableFree · USD 0 |
| EUR 20 per monthStarter Cloud · billed annually | Lowest listed paid plan | USD 9.00 per week billed monthly; $6.10 per week billed annuallyPro |
| Free self-hosted Community; paid Cloud | Pricing model | Free plan with daily credits; Pro from $6.10 a week billed annually; Plus $99.9 a month billed annually ($139 monthly); Enterprise custom |
| 6 | Plans listedDiffers | 7 |
| Yes | Public API | Not confirmed |
| Not required | Card to start | Not confirmed |
| No | Open source | Not confirmed |
| What it is for | ||
| Self-hostable workflow and AI-agent automation | Built for | US consumers and small teams who want an assistant to make support calls, cancel subscriptions and negotiate bills, and who will check how credits and the 25% savings fee apply to their plan |
| 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 · Nov 1, 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
Show 1 more plan
- EnterpriseContact provider
Pine AI
Prices confirmed · Nov 1, 2026- FreeUSD 0
- ProUSD 9.00 per week billed monthly; $6.10 per week billed annually
- PremiumUSD 18.20 per week billed monthly; $12.30 per week billed annually
- PlusUSD 99.9 per month billed annually; $139 per month billed monthly
- MaxUSD 174.9 per month billed annually; $249 per month billed monthly
Show 2 more plans
- TeamUSD 291.6 per month billed annually; $419 per month billed monthly
- EnterpriseCustom
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.
Pine AI
Strengths
- A free plan with daily credits: New users get 200 credits at signup and 50 a day on login, accumulating to 500, so small requests can be tried without paying.
- Fee depends on a confirmed result: On Free and Pro Monthly the 25% bill-negotiation fee is charged only after savings are confirmed, and the hold is released if the attempt fails.
- Credit rules are published: The guides give the spend order, the add-on price and the usual 300 to 1,000 credits for a call.
Limits to plan around
- Results are not guaranteed: The Usage Policy says using Pine creates no obligation to achieve savings, refunds or resolutions.
- Failed attempts can use credits: The bill negotiation guide says calls, research and follow-ups in an unsuccessful attempt still draw credits.
- Pricing pages disagree on the top tier: The plan guide names Team while the credits and payments guides name Enterprise, and weekly personal prices sit beside monthly work prices.
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