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n8nVSRelevance AI

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Short answer: pick n8n if you are technical builders who want control and self-hosting; pick Relevance AI if you are companies building sales/support agent teams.

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n8nRelevance AI
Starting price€20/mo (Starter, billed annually)$19/mo billed annually (Pro; $29 monthly)
Free planSelf-hosted Community Edition free; Cloud has a free trial (1,000 executions, no card)No: the Free plan is retired (per Relevance AI docs)
IntegrationsAll integrations on every plan (count not stated on pricing page)2,000+ integrations
Billing unitWorkflow executions (whole run, not per step)Actions + vendor credits
Best forTechnical builders who want control and self-hostingCompanies building sales/support agent teams
Key featuresAI Agent node
MCP server trigger + MCP client
Human approval for tool calls
Self-hosting
Code steps (JS/Python)
Git version control (Business+)		AI Workforces (multi-agent)
Calling & meeting agents
Agent evaluations
A/B testing
SSO/RBAC

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How we tested

Prices, free plans, and plan limits come from each vendor's official pricing and docs pages (linked on each builder profile), last checked 2026-11-10. Hands-on coverage: 3 of 10 builders. On Oct 16, 2026 we built one simple agent (summarize text into exactly 3 bullets) on the free tier or trial of n8n and Make, and ran only the AI step in Activepieces (not a full published flow). The other 7 builders have not been tested hands-on; their facts come from vendor pages only. This test shows signup friction and basic model execution. It does not measure reliability, integrations, error recovery, or ongoing cost. We don't accept payment for placement.

n8n (tested Oct 16, 2026)

Build an agent that summarizes text into exactly 3 bullets, free tier/trial only.

  • Setup time: ~7 min from signup start to a working run (~4 min after the instance was ready)
  • Card / API key: No card, no API key
  • Free AI credits: $2.00 of AI credits included with the trial
  • Limits: 14-day trial, 1,000 executions
  • What we built: Chat Trigger → AI Agent (gpt-5-mini via n8n gateway). Correct run: 4.5s, ~179 tokens, exactly 3 bullets.
  • Friction: required 5-question survey; AI Agent node added unconnected (had to drag it in manually); first system-message edit silently didn't save; starts in AI Assistant view.
n8n workflow: chat trigger connected to an AI Agent node, with a successful run returning a 3-bullet summary
Relevance AI (Oct 16, 2026)

Not tested yet: no free plan; paid plan required.

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