Our pick for most teams
97.4/ 100
- Price
- From $29.99/mo · $239.88/yr
- Free plan
- 100 tasks/month; Zaps limited to two steps; 15-minute polling; Tables and Forms included
n8n vs Zapier: Zapier fits most teams of 5
69.1/ 100
- Price
- From $24/mo · $240/yr
- Free plan
- No free Cloud plan listed; a standard self-hosted version is available on GitHub
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Which one fits your team
- Checked 2026-10-14
- 4 sources
The score is worked out from the facts below. How we score tools. What we earn is not part of it.
Zapier: who it fits and who it does not
- Good for
- SMBs that use many apps daily and want no-code automation
- Marketing and ops teams routing leads and updating CRMs
- Freelancers and solopreneurs automating reminders and invoices
- Not for
- Highly technical teams needing non-linear logic (self-hosted n8n)
- Enterprises with high task volumes where per-task pricing gets costly
- Users needing real-time low-latency automation
- The catch
- Easiest and widest app coverage (8,000+), but per-task pricing becomes expensive at volume and support is described as slow.
Data last verified: 2026-10-14
n8n: who it fits and who it does not
- Good for
- Developers wanting granular control and custom code
- Teams needing self-hosting for data privacy
- Agencies and freelancers building automations for clients
- SMBs and enterprises (SSO, SAML, audit logs on enterprise plan)
- Not for
- Non-technical users (steeper than Zapier or Make)
- Teams without skills for self-hosting
- Users who need the largest connector/template catalog
- The catch
- Maximum flexibility and self-hosting, but a steeper learning curve and fewer connectors than Zapier or Make; large workflows get hard to manage.
Data last verified: 2026-10-14
What each one costs over five years
Same team size, cheapest plan of each, paid monthly or yearly.
Zapier
Five years for a team of 5, paid yearly: $1,199.40
On the Professional plan, at today's price. We do not assume a rise.
- Paid monthly, one year
- $359.88
- Paid yearly, one year
- $239.88
Paying yearly saves $120 a year (33%).
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Vendor pricing page · checked 2026-10-18n8n
Five years for a team of 5, paid yearly: $1,200
On the Starter plan, at today's price. We do not assume a rise.
- Paid monthly, one year
- $288
- Paid yearly, one year
- $240
Paying yearly saves $48 a year (17%).
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Vendor pricing page · checked 2026-10-19The four facts that decide it
| Zapier | n8n | |
|---|---|---|
| Score out of 100 | 97.4 | 69.1 |
| Cheapest plan | Professional | Starter |
| Free plan | 100 tasks/month; Zaps limited to two steps; 15-minute polling; Tables and Forms included | No free Cloud plan listed; a standard self-hosted version is available on GitHub |
| Works with (apps) | 5 | 6 |
Every figure comes from the vendor's own pages, listed under Sources.
Zapier
- Score out of 100
- 97.4
- Cheapest plan
- Professional
- Free plan
- 100 tasks/month; Zaps limited to two steps; 15-minute polling; Tables and Forms included
- Works with (apps)
- 5
n8n
- Score out of 100
- 69.1
- Cheapest plan
- Starter
- Free plan
- No free Cloud plan listed; a standard self-hosted version is available on GitHub
- Works with (apps)
- 6
Feature by feature, on the same list
Open a row for the vendor's own wording and the page we read it on.
Visual builderZapier: Yesn8n: Yes
Several steps in one runZapier: Yesn8n: Yes
- Zapier
- Workflow executions with unlimited steps on Starter, Pro and Business Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
- n8n
- Free is two-step; Professional, Team and Enterprise are multi-step Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
If-this-then-that rulesZapier: Yesn8n: Yes
- Zapier
- 'Route with switches and if nodes, loop and merge the branches back together' Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
- n8n
- Filters and Paths listed as a feature row; per-plan availability unclear Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Runs on a scheduleZapier: Yesn8n: Yes
- Zapier
- Scheduled workflows referenced in execution-estimation section Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Starts from other apps (webhooks)Zapier: Yesn8n: Yes
Retries when a step failsZapier: Yesn8n: Yes
Ready-made app connectionsZapier: Yesn8n: Yes
Add your own codeZapier: Yesn8n: Yes
- n8n
- Code by Zapier: 1 second runtime (Free), 30 seconds (Professional/Team), 2 minutes (Enterprise) Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Team sharingZapier: Yesn8n: Yes
- Zapier
- Shared projects: 1 (Starter), 3 (Pro), 6 (Business), unlimited (Enterprise) Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Earlier versions keptZapier: Yesn8n: Yes
- Zapier
- Workflow history 1 day (Starter), 5 days (Pro), 365+ days (Enterprise); Git version control on Business Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
What you risk by starting
Zapier
Trial, refunds and getting your data out of Zapier.
n8n
Trial, refunds and getting your data out of n8n.
Where these facts come from
Zapier
https://zapier.com/pricing · checked 2026-10-14https://zapier.com/features · checked 2026-10-14What to do next
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Data last verified: 2026-10-14