3 categories · Rankedn8n
n8n is an AI workflow automation platform for technical teams, with about 500 integrations and the option to self-host · n8n.io ↗
Strongest at small business. Ranked 61 of 97 for enterprise buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Make is first at 33%.
Prefect is first at 25%. 1 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Apache Airflow is first at 29%.
Why models recommend it
“For most budget-conscious companies with some technical capability, n8n offers the best balance of features, flexibility, and cost.”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“For most small teams, n8n (open-source, self-hosted) or Zapier (no-code, free tier) are the best starting points”Mistral Small · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“For a company with a limited budget, n8n (self-hosted) is almost always the best choice.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“The best limited-budget choice in 2026 is therefore usually n8n for general workflow automation”Muse Glimmer 30B · Budget-constrained question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Self-hosting avoids some vendor costs but transfers responsibility for security patches, backups, upgrades, availability, and monitoring to your team”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
“requires technical expertise to build/maintain. Not "plug-and-play."”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as n8n, over the 123 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | 28 | Compare → | |
| 88 | 17 | Compare → | |
| 74 | 8 | Compare → | |
| 63 | 8 | View → | |
| 55 | 8 | Compare → | |
| 47 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 40 | 2 | View → | |
| 34 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 28 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 20 | 3 | View → |
What the models named instead of n8n →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on n8n's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- technical teams
- Price stated
- All plans include unlimited users & workflows and every integration. Pricing based on monthly workflow executions, regardless of complexity.
- Starting price
- 20€/mo, billed annually
- Free plan or trial
- Get started for free
- Integrations
- 500
- Certifications
- GDPR, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3
- Hosting
- EU, Frankfurt, Germany
- Customers named
- Huel, Vodafone, Trendyol, Stepstone, Icatu Seguros, Seguros Bolívar, Quid, Delivery Hero
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 111 of the 123 answers that named n8n and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
264 of the 289 domain citations in answers naming n8n came from a third party's page. Twenty-five were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report or ebook | 1,492 | 0 | 2025-11-21 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 635 | undated | |||
| Blog | 282 | 46 | 2026-09-25 | ||
| Conference or event | 218 | 0 | 2026-02-07 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 79 | undated | |||
| Comparison | 51 | 6 | 2026-09-10 | ||
| Podcast or video | 43 | undated | |||
| Case study | 35 | undated | |||
| Template or tool | 9 | undated | |||
| News or press | 4 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-09-25Introducing n8n Agents blog
- 2026-09-21Prompt testing frameworks blog
- 2026-09-19Reducing ai workflow latency blog
- 2026-09-19How the transactional outbox pattern guarantees event delivery blog
- 2026-09-18Api rate limiting blog
- 2026-09-16Gateway credits blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page n8n.io exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.