# n8n vs Pipedream

| Attribute | n8n | Pipedream |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 72.9 (76% (high)) | 73 (72% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 203,628 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 144,964 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"n8n is a workflow automation platform that lets you build automations visually or with code to connect and orchestrate applications and services. It supports AI-powered workflows, runs on your infrastructure or n8n's cloud, and charges only for complete workflow executions rather than individual tasks. It is indexed under No-Code Automation Tools.","source":"https://n8n.io/pricing/","question":"What is n8n?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"n8n offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at €20 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://n8n.io/pricing/","question":"Is n8n free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"n8n supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://n8n.io/pricing/","question":"What platforms does n8n support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. n8n can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://n8n.io/pricing/","question":"Can n8n be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 34 integrations for n8n, including Salesforce, Slack, HubSpot, Stripe, Typeform, Mautic, Airtable and Asana, plus 26 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://n8n.io/pricing/","question":"What does n8n integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for n8n. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as n8n not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://n8n.io/legal/security/","question":"What security certifications does n8n have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. n8n is published under the SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.md licence, a copyleft licence, so check its terms before embedding it in a closed-source product. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/n8n","question":"Is n8n open source?","confidence":0.85},{"answer":"n8n is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in Germany.","source":"https://n8n.io/pricing/","question":"Where is n8n available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"A developer platform that provides pre-built components and workflow automation tools to connect thousands of applications and services. Includes AI agent deployment, webhook handling, and support for custom code in multiple languages. It is indexed under No-Code Automation Tools.","source":"https://pipedream.com/pricing","question":"What is Pipedream?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Pipedream offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $2 per external_user per month. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://pipedream.com","question":"Is Pipedream free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Pipedream. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://pipedream.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does Pipedream support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Pipedream, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://pipedream.com/pricing","question":"Can Pipedream be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 22 integrations for Pipedream, including Slack, Google Sheets, Google Drive, Gmail, GitHub, Linear, Notion and Shopify, plus 14 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://pipedream.com/pricing","question":"What does Pipedream integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Pipedream. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Pipedream not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://pipedream.com/pricing","question":"What security certifications does Pipedream have?","confidence":0.6}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | n8n is a workflow automation platform that lets you build automations visually or with code to connect and orchestrate applications and services. It supports AI-powered workflows, runs on your infrastructure or n8n's cloud, and charges only for complete workflow executions rather than individual tasks. | A developer platform that provides pre-built components and workflow automation tools to connect thousands of applications and services. Includes AI agent deployment, webhook handling, and support for custom code in multiple languages. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"both","ai_steps":true,"free_tier":true,"code_steps":true,"rbac_audit":true,"app_builder":false,"soc2_type_ii":true,"pricing_model":"freemium_with_task_credits","error_handling":true,"pricing_metric":"operation","visual_builder":true,"branching_logic":true,"loops_iteration":true,"prebuilt_connectors":"1500+ integrations","custom_http_connector":true,"builder_ui_architecture":"visual_node_canvas","environments_versioning":true,"custom_http_webhook_catch_and_triggering":true,"native_llm_nodes_anthropic_openai_gemini":true,"on_premise_self_hosted_deployment_option":true,"bring_your_own_key_byok_for_llm_inference":true,"sub_workflow_calling_and_reusable_templates":true,"human_in_the_loop_approval_steps_via_slack_email":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","ai_steps":true,"free_tier":true,"code_steps":true,"app_builder":true,"pricing_metric":"consumption","visual_builder":true,"prebuilt_connectors":"3,000+ apps with pre-built triggers and actions","custom_http_connector":true}` |
| integrations.count | 1,000 | 3,000 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"HubSpot"},{"name":"Stripe"},{"name":"Typeform"},{"name":"Mautic"},{"name":"Airtable"},{"name":"Asana"},{"name":"ServiceNow"},{"name":"Zoom"},{"name":"Elevenlabs"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Google"},{"name":"ClearBit"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"WhatsApp"},{"name":"Webhook"},{"name":"Custom HTTP API"},{"name":"AWS Secrets Manager"},{"name":"Azure Key Vault"},{"name":"Google Cloud Platform"},{"name":"HashiCorp Vault"},{"name":"Infisical"},{"name":"ChatGPT"},{"name":"Claude"},{"name":"LangChain"},{"name":"Xero"},{"name":"QuickBooks"},{"name":"MongoDB","native":true,"category":"database"},{"name":"GraphQL","native":true,"category":"api"},{"name":"Nextcloud","native":true,"category":"file_storage"},{"name":"Google Cloud Firestore","native":true,"category":"database"},{"name":"Strapi","native":true,"category":"cms"},{"name":"Claris FileMaker","native":true,"category":"database"},{"name":"Box","native":true,"category":"file_storage"},{"name":"KoBo Toolbox","native":true,"category":"forms"}]` | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Google Sheets"},{"name":"Google Drive"},{"name":"Gmail"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Linear"},{"name":"Notion"},{"name":"Shopify"},{"name":"Supabase"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Airtable"},{"name":"Amazon S3"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"RSS"},{"name":"HTTP"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"Salesforce","native":true},{"name":"AWS","native":true},{"name":"OpenAI","native":true},{"name":"Stripe","native":true},{"name":"HubSpot","native":true},{"name":"Zapier","native":true}]` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | - |
| license.spdx | SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.md | - |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"DE","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"€20/month","features":["Unlimited users","Unlimited workflows","All integrations"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"}],"description":"For solo builders and small teams running workflows in production","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"ai_credits":"2,300/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","features":["Unlimited users","Unlimited workflows","All integrations"],"commitment":"monthly","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"ai_credits":"5,700 or 13,700/month depending on plan size"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"€4,000 per 300k executions (overage)","features":["Unlimited users","Unlimited workflows","All integrations","Production execution monitoring"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"per":{"qty":300000,"unit":"executions"},"kind":"metered","amount":4000,"currency":"EUR"}],"description":"Self-serve option for production workflows with usage tracking and overage support","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Dedicated support with guaranteed SLAs","SSO/SAML/LDAP","Advanced RBAC"],"description":"For teams requiring dedicated support and advanced security features","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From €20/month. Free open-source self-hosted version. Free trials available.","currency":"EUR","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://n8n.io/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-09-07T13:16:17.733Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free","features":["100 credits/mo","1M AI tokens","3 active workflows","3 connected accounts","Unlimited workflow testing","Pipedream Connect in development","3,000+ integrated apps"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For individuals getting started with workflow automation","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits":"100/mo","ai_tokens":"1M","active_workflows":"3","connected_accounts":"3"}},{"free":false,"name":"Basic","summary":"$29/mo ($348/year)","features":["2,000 credits/mo","20M AI tokens","10 active workflows","5 connected accounts","3,000+ integrated apps","All Free features"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":29,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For individuals with growing needs","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits":"2,000/mo","ai_tokens":"20M","active_workflows":"10","connected_accounts":"5"}},{"free":false,"name":"Advanced","summary":"$49/mo ($588/year)","features":["2,000 credits/mo","50M AI tokens","Unlimited workflows","Unlimited connected accounts","Control flow operators","GitHub Sync","Premium apps","3,000+ integrated apps","All Basic features"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":49,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For teams running production workflows","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits":"2,000/mo","ai_tokens":"50M","active_workflows":"unlimited","connected_accounts":"unlimited"}},{"free":false,"name":"Connect","summary":"$99/mo ($1,188/year) + $2 per additional external user","features":["10,000 credits/mo","Pipedream Connect in production","Auth for 100 external users","Custom OAuth clients","API Proxy","Deploy MCP servers","3,000+ integrated apps","All Advanced features"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"external_user","amount":2,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For developers building integrations","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits":"10,000/mo","external_users":"100"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Volume pricing","Custom invoicing","Priority integration development","Dedicated support in Slack","Support for HIPAA workloads","Uptime and availability SLAs","Single Sign-On (SSO)","Virtual Private Clouds","Unique egress IPs","VPC peering","All Advanced and Connect features"],"description":"For companies building production integrations and automations at scale","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Additional external users","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"user","amount":2,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $29/mo (Basic). Free tier available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://pipedream.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-01T15:19:59.134Z","startingPrice":{"amount":2,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":20,"currency":"EUR"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/stable","date":"2026-09-07T12:53:42Z","type":"stable","version":"stable"},{"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n%402.37.11","date":"2026-09-07T12:53:40Z","type":"stable","version":"n8n@2.37.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n%402.38.4","date":"2026-09-07T08:01:50Z","type":"prerelease","version":"n8n@2.38.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/beta","date":"2026-09-07T08:01:52Z","type":"prerelease","version":"beta"},{"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n%402.37.10","date":"2026-09-04T09:13:04Z","type":"stable","version":"n8n@2.37.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n%402.37.9","date":"2026-09-03T13:16:03Z","type":"stable","version":"n8n@2.37.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n%401.123.77","date":"2026-09-03T07:58:17Z","type":"stable","version":"n8n@1.123.77"},{"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n%402.38.3","date":"2026-09-03T08:07:08Z","type":"prerelease","version":"n8n@2.38.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n%402.37.7","date":"2026-09-02T08:41:33Z","type":"stable","version":"n8n@2.37.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n%401.123.76","date":"2026-09-02T07:37:28Z","type":"stable","version":"n8n@1.123.76"},{"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n%402.38.2","date":"2026-09-02T07:44:17Z","type":"prerelease","version":"n8n@2.38.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n%402.38.1","date":"2026-09-01T10:29:18Z","type":"prerelease","version":"n8n@2.38.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n%402.36.9","date":"2026-08-31T08:01:15Z","type":"stable","version":"n8n@2.36.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n%402.37.6","date":"2026-08-31T11:43:48Z","type":"prerelease","version":"n8n@2.37.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n%402.36.8","date":"2026-08-28T08:00:29Z","type":"stable","version":"n8n@2.36.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n%402.37.4","date":"2026-08-28T08:21:13Z","type":"prerelease","version":"n8n@2.37.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n%402.37.3","date":"2026-08-27T07:32:14Z","type":"prerelease","version":"n8n@2.37.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n%402.36.7","date":"2026-08-25T13:02:22Z","type":"stable","version":"n8n@2.36.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n%402.37.1","date":"2026-08-25T14:04:21Z","type":"prerelease","version":"n8n@2.37.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n%402.37.0","date":"2026-08-25T09:42:20Z","type":"prerelease","version":"n8n@2.37.0"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.95 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2","status":"active"}]` | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 6.7 | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://n8n.io/legal/security/ | - |

## Capabilities (No-Code Automation Tools)

| Capability | n8n | Pipedream |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Builder** |  |  |
| Visual flow builder | ✓ | ✓ |
| Inline code steps (JS/Python) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Branching / conditionals | ✓ | - |
| Loops / iteration | ✓ | - |
| Error handling / retries | ✓ | - |
| AI / LLM actions | ✓ | ✓ |
| Front-end app builder | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Connectors** |  |  |
| Pre-built connectors | 1500+ integrations | 3,000+ apps with pre-built triggers and actions |
| Custom HTTP connector | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud + self-hosted |
| **Governance** |  |  |
| Environments + version control | ✓ | - |
| RBAC + audit log | ✓ | - |
| **Pricing** |  |  |
| Pricing metric | Operation | Consumption |
| Free tier | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-09-21T03:45:46.780Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*