# n8n alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 181 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where n8n holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/n8n/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Apache Airflow: 42
- Prefect: 25
- Dagster: 15
- Temporal: 12
- Camunda Platform 8: 9
- Make: 5

## Workflow orchestration

**Small business**: 39 of 84 answers did not name n8n (n8n is #4 of 10 at 16%).

- Prefect: first choice in 9 of those 39
- Make: first choice in 5 of those 39
- Dagster: first choice in 3 of those 39
- Zapier: first choice in 3 of those 39
- Apache Airflow: first choice in 2 of those 39
- Prefect Open Source: first choice in 1 of those 39
- Temporal: first choice in 1 of those 39
- n8n Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 39

**Mid-market**: 60 of 84 answers did not name n8n (n8n is #4 of 16 at 13%).

- Apache Airflow: first choice in 18 of those 60
- Prefect: first choice in 12 of those 60
- Dagster: first choice in 9 of those 60
- Temporal: first choice in 1 of those 60
- Workato: first choice in 1 of those 60
- Zapier/Make: first choice in 1 of those 60

**Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name n8n (n8n is #17 of 20 at 0%).

- Apache Airflow: first choice in 22 of those 82
- Temporal: first choice in 10 of those 82
- Camunda Platform 8: first choice in 9 of those 82
- Prefect: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Dagster: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Beta Systems ANOW! Suite: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Workato: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Astronomer Astro: first choice in 1 of those 82

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