LangFlow vs n8n

In short

• Both: Command line, Choice of models, Self-hosted, API, Builds agents and workflows, Search over your data, Traces and evaluates
• Only n8n states: Runs commands

LangFlow

Langflow is an open-source visual builder for creating, testing, and deploying AI agents, workflows, and MCP servers.

Plans

Not read from the maker’s page yet.

Prices checked 2026-09-24 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

• Command line — “Both packages use the langflow command.” source
• Choice of models — “Swap and compare” source
• Self-hosted — “For more extensive development, you can build Langflow as a dependency or deploy a Langflow server to serve flows over the public internet.” source
• API — “Use the Langflow API to run flows from your application code.” source
• Builds agents and workflows — “Build and configure AI agents with Langflow.” source
• Search over your data — “Langflow | Low-code AI builder for agentic and RAG applications” source
• Traces and evaluates — “Langflow 1.12 released: OpenTelemetry for service health and flow runs” source

n8n

n8n connects apps, APIs, data, and AI models in visual workflows that technical teams can inspect, customize, and run.

Plans

Starter

• $20/mo, billed annually

• 1 shared project
• 5 concurrent executions
• Unlimited users
• 2,300 AI credits/month
• Forum support

Pro

• $50/mo, billed annually

• 3 shared projects
• 20 concurrent executions
• 7 days of insights
• Up to 13,700 AI credits/month
• Admin roles
• Global variables

Business

• $800/mo, billed annually

• 6 shared projects
• SSO, SAML and LDAP
• 30 days of insights
• AI Assistant (preview)
• Different environments
• Version control using Git

Enterprise

Price on request

• Unlimited shared projects
• 200+ concurrent executions
• 365 days of insights
• External secret store integration
• Log streaming
• Extended data retention

Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

• Runs commands — “Run bash scripts” source
• Command line — “Control n8n via CLI” source
• Choice of models — “You pick the model, and you bound what it is allowed to touch before it runs.” source
• Self-hosted — “Go fully on-premise with Docker or K8s in minutes.” source
• API — “Control n8n via API” source
• Builds agents and workflows — “Put an agent inside a workflow, or let it run on its own.” source
• Search over your data — “Handle multi-agent setups and RAG systems.” source
• Traces and evaluates — “Every step of your agents' reasoning, traceable on the canvas.” source

Security

• SOC 2 — “Our SOC 2 report is available to enterprise customers.” source
• GDPR — “For more details about privacy, security and how we comply with GDPR at n8n, please visit our docs .” source
• Data kept in the EU — “The physical hardware powering n8n, and the data stored by the platform, is currently hosted in the European Union.” source

Latest updates

• 2026-09-24 stable (2.40.6)
• 2026-09-24 n8n@2.41.2 (2.41.2)

  Instance reports are authenticated with the license certificate.

• 2026-09-24 n8n@2.40.6 (2.40.6)

  Instance reports are authenticated with the license certificate.