BotAI agents / Frameworks & automation
n8n AI Agents
by n8n
Visual workflow automation with AI agent nodes and hundreds of integrations.
Closed sourceFree optionFrameworks & automation
- Self-host free with no execution limit
- Visual builder plus code
- Huge integration library
- Not OSI open source (fair-code)
- Commercial hosting needs a license
- Workflows can get complex
| Best for | Ops teams automating business processes with agents |
|---|---|
| Not for | Reselling n8n as a hosted service |
| Pricing | Free self-hosted Community; cloud Starter (2,500 executions) and Pro (10,000) |
| Open source | No (Sustainable Use License (fair-code, source-available)) |
| Category | Frameworks & automation |
| Verified | 2026-10-14 |
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