n8n vs Workato: pricing, capabilities and limits

What the evidence answers

A reading of reviewed official documentation for n8n and Workato. It is not a hands-on test, a ranking or a recommendation of one product.

Price

n8n From €24/mo
- Starter: €24.00 monthly
- Starter: €240.00 annual (€20/mo equivalent)
- Pro: €60.00 monthly
- Pro: €600.00 annual (€50/mo equivalent)
- Business: €800.00 monthly
- Business: €8,004.00 annual (€667/mo equivalent)
Workato Quote only
- Standard: Vendor quotation required
- Business MCP: Vendor quotation required
- Enterprise MCP: Vendor quotation required
- Workato ONE: Vendor quotation required

A complete like-for-like price comparison is not established; the next checks say what is missing.

Documented for both

Usage definition: n8n One execution is one run of a whole workflow, however many steps it has or how much data it processes.; Workato Triggers do not count as Tasks, whatever the connector; Each action step counts as 1 Task, in any connector; Control-flow steps (IF, loops, Stop job, error handlers) do not count; steps inside them count each time they run, once per loop iteration; Successful steps count even if the job later fails; Document-processing pages and Event streams events are measured separately, not as Tasks; A bulk or batch action counts as 1 Task however many records it processes; AI by Workato action steps count as more than one Task each, at a rate set in your contract
Included volume: n8n The n8n Cloud free trial includes 1,000 executions, 5 concurrent executions, a 180-second execution timeout and 1 team project.Starter: 2,500 executions per monthPro: 10,000 executions per monthBusiness: 40,000 executions per month; Workato Usage draws on one purchased balance of Workato credits shared by workflows, document processing and agents.Standard: 1 concurrent job; 30-day log retentionBusiness MCP: 1 concurrent jobEnterprise MCP: 15 concurrent jobs; flexible 90-day log retentionWorkato ONE: 30 concurrent jobs
Premium integrations: n8n Every plan includes every integration, unlimited users and unlimited workflows.; Workato 1,200+ pre-built connectors included for every user; Unlimited workspaces and usersEnterprise MCP: Data pipelines, Event streams, Intelligent document processing, AI by Workato
Hosting responsibility: n8n On n8n Cloud, n8n hosts and maintains the service; self-hosting means you provide and manage the infrastructure and maintenance.Starter: Hosted by n8nPro: Hosted by n8nBusiness: Self-hosted onlyCommunity Edition: Self-hosted; without a licence key n8n runs as the free Community edition, and a Business or Enterprise key enables those editions.; Workato Connecting on-premises apps and databases requires an on-premises gateway (agent).Business MCP: 3 on-premises agentsEnterprise MCP: 10 on-premises agentsWorkato ONE: 30 on-premises agents
AI charges: n8n Assistant credits for AI-assisted building: 1,600 a month on Starter, 4,000 or 9,600 on Pro, none on Enterprise; Free trials include 800 Assistant credits; Credits refresh monthly, do not roll over, and extra credits can be bought; On self-hosted n8n you bring your own AI key and no credit limit applies; Workato Genies (agents) are measured per prompt sent, by users or by systems; Skills are included when a Genie invokes them and billed as Tasks when invoked over MCP
Overage charges: n8n Business: Workflows keep running over quota; overage is EUR 4,000 per extra 300,000 executions, invoiced 45 days later if you do not upgrade.; Workato No overage rate is published; Workato offers to help forecast usage and prevent overconsumption.

Limits to check

n8n The Business plan is available only for self-hosted n8n, not on n8n Cloud.
Workato Concurrency: 1 job at a time on Standard and Business MCP, 15 on Enterprise MCP, 30 on Workato ONE

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Documented for one product only, shown in the table below: n8n: trigger polling.

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Next steps

Request a written quote from Workato for your seats, usage and term.
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Documented scope and limits; unverified dimensions remain unknown.
Requirement	n8n	Workato
Pricing	From €24/mo Compare all 5 plans	Quote only Compare all 4 plans
Who it is for	Workflow automation priced by monthly workflow executions, regardless of complexity. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · n8n pricing page with annual billing and FAQ	Enterprise integration and process automation platform sold by edition, with workflows called recipes. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Workato pricing page rendered: platform editions and FAQ
Coverage limits	The Business plan is available only for self-hosted n8n, not on n8n Cloud. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · n8n pricing page with annual billing and FAQ	Concurrency: 1 job at a time on Standard and Business MCP, 15 on Enterprise MCP, 30 on Workato ONE Concurrency is the number of recipe jobs processed at the same time; quantities are totals per edition. The passage starts at the end of the Standard block. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Workato pricing page rendered: platform editions and FAQ
Usage definition	One execution is one run of a whole workflow, however many steps it has or how much data it processes. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · n8n pricing page with annual billing and FAQ	Triggers do not count as Tasks, whatever the connector; Each action step counts as 1 Task, in any connector; Control-flow steps (IF, loops, Stop job, error handlers) do not count; steps inside them count each time they run, once per loop iteration; Successful steps count even if the job later fails; Document-processing pages and Event streams events are measured separately, not as Tasks; A bulk or batch action counts as 1 Task however many records it processes; AI by Workato action steps count as more than one Task each, at a rate set in your contract Workato example: one action plus two actions in a loop over 5 rows uses 11 Tasks. Some contracts measure Business actions or Workato credits instead of Tasks. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Workato docs: Tasks usage for workflow recipes
Included volume	The n8n Cloud free trial includes 1,000 executions, 5 concurrent executions, a 180-second execution timeout and 1 team project. No credit card is required for the Cloud trial. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · n8n pricing page with annual billing and FAQ Starter 2,500 executions per month Pro 10,000 executions per month Business 40,000 executions per month	Usage draws on one purchased balance of Workato credits shared by workflows, document processing and agents. No credit or Task allowance is published; some plans measure usage differently. Add-ons such as extra concurrency and on-premises agents are billed separately from credit usage. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Workato docs: billing and usage overview Standard 1 concurrent job; 30-day log retention Business MCP 1 concurrent job Enterprise MCP 15 concurrent jobs; flexible 90-day log retention Workato ONE 30 concurrent jobs
Trigger polling	Each scheduled run is an execution: a daily schedule is 30 or 31 executions a month, and a 5-minute schedule about 8,600 to 8,900. No minimum schedule interval is stated. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · n8n pricing page with annual billing and FAQ	Not verified
Premium integrations	Every plan includes every integration, unlimited users and unlimited workflows. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · n8n pricing page with annual billing and FAQ	1,200+ pre-built connectors included for every user; Unlimited workspaces and users Extra concurrency and on-premises agents are add-ons billed separately from usage; other listed add-ons include RPA, EDI, Private Link, Workflow Apps and Virtual Private Workato. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Workato pricing page rendered: platform editions and FAQ Enterprise MCP Data pipelines, Event streams, Intelligent document processing, AI by Workato
Hosting responsibility	On n8n Cloud, n8n hosts and maintains the service; self-hosting means you provide and manage the infrastructure and maintenance. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · n8n docs: choose n8n Cloud or self-hosted Starter Hosted by n8n Pro Hosted by n8n Business Self-hosted only Community Edition Self-hosted; without a licence key n8n runs as the free Community edition, and a Business or Enterprise key enables those editions.	Connecting on-premises apps and databases requires an on-premises gateway (agent). Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Workato pricing page rendered: platform editions and FAQ Business MCP 3 on-premises agents Enterprise MCP 10 on-premises agents Workato ONE 30 on-premises agents
AI charges	Assistant credits for AI-assisted building: 1,600 a month on Starter, 4,000 or 9,600 on Pro, none on Enterprise; Free trials include 800 Assistant credits; Credits refresh monthly, do not roll over, and extra credits can be bought; On self-hosted n8n you bring your own AI key and no credit limit applies Assistant is in preview. The price of extra credits is not stated. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · n8n pricing page with annual billing and FAQ	Genies (agents) are measured per prompt sent, by users or by systems; Skills are included when a Genie invokes them and billed as Tasks when invoked over MCP AI by Workato action steps count as more than one Task each, at a contract rate. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Workato docs: understand usage and usage metrics
Overage charges	Business Workflows keep running over quota; overage is EUR 4,000 per extra 300,000 executions, invoiced 45 days later if you do not upgrade.	No overage rate is published; Workato offers to help forecast usage and prevent overconsumption. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Workato pricing page rendered: platform editions and FAQ
Coverage note	n8n Cloud stores data in the EU, on servers in Frankfurt, Germany.	Concurrency is the number of recipe jobs processed at the same time. Concurrency is the number of recipe jobs processed at the same time. Quantities are totals per edition, not additions.