STOA's verdictRating 6.6 out of 10
If you want to build custom AI agents that do real work, n8n is the most capable and flexible platform you can pick.
You get visual workflows, built-in nodes for Claude, GPT, and Gemini, and a free self-hosted option that keeps your data in your hands. It asks more of you than no-code tools — there is a learning curve and you may host it yourself — but nothing else gives you this much control over how your agents think and act.
Six factors, weightedHow we rate
- SMB Fit 25%7.0 out of 10
The cloud Starter plan is 20 euros a month billed annually for 2,500 workflow executions with unlimited users, and a self-hosted Community Edition is on GitHub.
