n8n vs Zapier

Both make our top picks for automation. Here's how they stack up, and which to pick.

	n8n	Zapier
Starting price	From £20/mo (Starter, billed annually)	From $19.99/mo (Professional)
Free tier	Unknown	Free tier available
Pricing model	unknown	freemium
Fit for automation (our score /100)	90	90

Verdict

For automation: it's a tie on our scoring, so pick on price and workflow.

n8n

Visual workflow and agent builder with a big integration library; self-hostable.

Also good for: automation

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Zapier

Connects apps and adds AI steps to workflows without code.

Also good for: automation

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