n8n vs Zapier
Both ladders below were read from the vendors’ own pricing pages, in this market, on the dates shown. Nothing is converted: what you see is what each page showed a reader here.
What each one is
n8nsite ↗pricing ↗
A workflow automation tool that can be self-hosted, favoured by teams who want their automations on their own infrastructure. Paid plans start at £20/mo (Starter); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at £569/mo (Business). It bills by country — entry $20/mo to a US reader, from our same-day reads.
Zapiersite ↗pricing ↗
An automation service that connects apps without code — when something happens in one tool, do something in another. Paid plans start at $19.99/mo (Professional); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 2 paid tiers, topping out at $69/mo (Team). We read the same $19.99/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion.
The two ladders
n8nsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-10-13 · GBP
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Starter | £20/mo |
| Pro | £50/mo |
| Business | £569/mo |
Zapiersite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-10-13 · USD
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free | Free |
| Professional | $19.99/mo |
| Team | $69/mo |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: Zapier at $19.99/mo, against n8n at £20/mo. That is the entry price in this market on the dates shown, not a judgement about which suits you.
- Free plans: only Zapier publishes one — a plan priced at zero, not a trial.
- How far each ladder goes: n8n tops out at £569/mo, Zapier at $69/mo. A deeper ladder is not a worse deal — it is a bill that keeps climbing if you keep growing.
- n8n: It bills by country — entry $20/mo to a US reader, from our same-day reads.
- Zapier: We read the same $19.99/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion.
How to choose in this category
- Estimate your monthly runs first: the cheapest row is only the cheapest at a particular volume.
- Free rows here cap runs rather than features — read the allowance, not the label.
- A workflow that fires on every record multiplies quickly; count the triggers, not the scenarios.