n8n vs Zapier: Self-Hosted Control Against Managed Simplicity
n8n vs Zapier: n8n scores 7.9 on 4 tagged reviews and lists a self-hosted edition. Zapier scores 6.5 on 15 tagged reviews and lists 9,000+ app connections; on so few tagged reviews, the page does not rank the two.
n8n7.9
vs
Zapier6.5
Every score on this page validated by the site owner · latest validation Oct 16, 2026 · How we score
n8n and Zapier, side by side
Neither card is tinted: the scores are less than 0.3 points apart, or the tagged reviews are too few to compare them.
Pick n8n if you want to self-host; its Business plan, €800 a month, is self-hosted only.
Pick Zapier if you want 9,000+ app connections and a Free plan of 100 tasks a month.
Line by line
A value is marked only when it is clearly higher: by 0.3 on the score or 0.5 on a dimension, with at least 30 tagged reviews behind each of the two values. The fifth dimension changes with the category and stays out of this table.
| n8n |
Zapier |
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|---|---|---|
| Our score | 7.9* | 6.5 |
| Four dimensions, same grid | ||
| Ease of setup | 8.4* | 6.7 |
| Feature depth | 7.7* | 8.0 |
| Value for money | 8.6* | 6.5 |
| Support quality | 7.6* | 5.8 |
| Price and plan | ||
| Entry price | ≈ $27 (€24)/mo | From $29.99/mo |
| Free plan | Free plan | Free plan |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial | 14-day free trial |
| Fit | ||
| Team size | Team · Agency | Team |
| Public reviews | 410+ | 5,400+ |
* Under 10 tagged reviews: the score is weighted toward the site average; with none, it comes from the averages of the tools we score.
n8n is a general-purpose tool: its public review count covers every use; tagged reviews about other uses are left out of its scores.
Zapier is a general-purpose tool: its public review count covers every use; tagged reviews about other uses are left out of its scores.
Team size comes from tagged reviews, or from the vendor's own pages when reviews name none.
Neither is clearly higher on our grid: n8n 7.9, Zapier 6.5 overall. Entry prices: n8n ≈ $27 (€24)/mo, Zapier from $29.99/mo.
Entry prices read on each vendor's public pricing page; the older of the two readings dates from Sep 29, 2026. Some of these prices have not been read again for 6 months. Check the vendors' pages before you buy. ≈ marks our US dollar conversion at European Central Bank euro reference rates of Sep 30, 2026.
What separates the two, in the tagged reviews
n8n vs Zapier pricing: €24 for n8n Starter, $29.99 for Zapier Professional
Prices were read on each vendor's pricing page, n8n's on Oct 3, 2026 and Zapier's on Sep 29, 2026. n8n's Starter plan costs €24 a month billed monthly, or €20 a month billed annually, for 2.5k workflow executions. Zapier's Professional plan starts at $29.99 a month for 750 tasks, and its Free plan lists 100 tasks a month. The two prices are in different currencies and count different units, so the page does not compare them.
n8n lists a self-hosted edition; Zapier runs on AWS in the United States
n8n lists a Community edition for self-hosting with no license key, and its Business plan, €800 a month, is self-hosted only; Git version control is not in Community. n8n Cloud is hosted in the EU. Zapier's sheet, read on Sep 29, 2026, lists AWS in the United States as its hosting and SOC 2 Type II. Only n8n's sheet lists self-hosting; the page reads no further hosting fact for either tool.
Zapier lists 9,000+ app connections; n8n lists AI agent nodes and code steps
Zapier's sheet lists 9,000+ app connections, with Premium apps and webhooks on paid plans; its Professional plan includes multi-step Zaps. n8n's sheet, read on Sep 29, 2026, lists AI agent nodes inside workflows, code steps in JavaScript or Python and native AI evaluations; its Starter plan, read on Oct 3, 2026, lists 1,600 Assistant credits a month. The page reads no app total for n8n, so it does not compare the two on connections.
The n8n and Zapier scores rest on few tagged reviews
n8n scores 7.9 on 4 tagged reviews, too few for the page to rank the two tools. Zapier scores 6.5 on 15 tagged reviews; its pricing draws 6 negative mentions, ease of use draws 10 mentions, 7 of them favourable, and support draws 5 mentions, 4 of them negative. n8n's themes have one mention each, so the page reads none.
Before you choose
Zapier Professional is from $29.99 a month for 750 tasks; n8n Starter is €24 a month for 2.5k workflow executions. The currencies and units differ, so the page does not compare them.
Zapier lists 9,000+ app connections, read on Sep 29, 2026. The page reads no app total on the other tool's sheet, so it gives no count to compare.
Yes: n8n lists a Community edition for self-hosting with no license key, and its €800 Business plan is self-hosted only. n8n Cloud is hosted in the EU.
Zapier lists Filters and Paths; n8n lists code steps and human-in-the-loop approvals. No retry fact is read for either; Zapier's run reliability draws 6 mentions, 3 negative; n8n's 4 tagged reviews are too few to read.
n8n's sheet lists technical teams as its audience and code steps in JavaScript or Python. Its 4 tagged reviews are too few to read, and no fact says code is required.
n8n lists AI agent nodes and native AI evaluations, with 1,600 Assistant credits a month on Starter; Zapier, with 9,000+ app connections, lists Zapier MCP. The page does not rank them on agents.
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