n8n Pricing (2026): Which Plan Should You Choose?

If you've decided n8n is the right automation tool, the next question is the one this guide answers: which n8n pricing plan should you actually pay for? n8n's pricing looks simple on the surface — a few Cloud tiers plus a free self-hosted option — but the right choice depends on your execution volume, team size, and how much server admin you're willing to do.

This is a complete breakdown of every n8n plan: what each one costs, what you really get, who it's for, and the traps that make people overpay. If you're still evaluating the tool itself, read our n8n review or start with What is n8n? — then come back here to pick a plan with confidence.

How n8n pricing works: executions, not tasks#

Before comparing plans, you need to understand the one design choice that shapes everything: n8n charges per execution, not per task.

An execution is a single complete run of a workflow — from the trigger firing to the last node finishing. It doesn't matter whether the workflow has 3 nodes or 40, or whether it processes one item or five hundred. One run, one execution.

Compare that to the per-task model used by tools like Zapier:

• A lead-capture workflow that receives a form submission, enriches the lead, adds it to your CRM, and posts to Slack is four steps.
• On a per-task platform, every run burns four tasks from your quota.
• On n8n, the same run costs one execution.

The gap widens as workflows get more sophisticated. A 20-step automation that runs 1,000 times a month would consume 20,000 tasks on a per-task tool — but just 1,000 executions on n8n. The more complex your automations, the more n8n's model works in your favor. That's the core reason n8n usually wins the value comparison in n8n vs Zapier and n8n vs Make.

The second thing to know: there are two ways to run n8n. n8n Cloud is the hosted subscription covered by the plans below. The Community Edition is free software you run on your own server. Both run the same workflows — they differ in cost, convenience, and control.

n8n pricing plans at a glance#

Here's the full picture as of this writing. Cloud prices are per month with annual billing; paying month-to-month costs roughly 17% more (about €24, €60, and €800 respectively).

Every Cloud plan includes unlimited active workflows and unlimited steps per workflow — the meters that matter are monthly executions and how many executions can run at the same time (concurrency). All Cloud tiers also include a monthly allowance of AI credits for n8n's built-in AI features, with larger allowances on higher plans.

n8n Cloud offers a free trial with no credit card required, which is the single best tool for choosing a plan: build your real workflows during the trial, watch the execution counter, and let actual usage pick your tier.

The Starter plan: for your first real automations#

At roughly €20/month (billed annually), Starter gives you 2,500 executions, 5 concurrent executions, one shared project, and forum-based support.

2,500 executions sounds small, but remember the model: a daily workflow runs 30 times a month. You could run 80 different daily workflows and still be inside the limit. Where Starter gets tight is event-driven volume — if a webhook fires every time a customer signs up, a form submits, or an order comes in, a busy business can burn through 2,500 events quickly.

Choose Starter if:

• You're an individual automating your own work — content publishing, lead routing, reporting, backups.
• Your workflows run on schedules (daily/hourly) rather than firing on high-volume events.
• You're just moving beyond the experiments in n8n for beginners and want a reliable hosted home for your first production workflows.

Skip it if several teammates need to build workflows together (one shared project gets cramped fast) or your webhook traffic is already in the thousands per month.

The Pro plan: for a business that runs on automations#

At roughly €50/month (billed annually), Pro quadruples your volume: 10,000 executions, 20 concurrent executions, three shared projects, plus team features like admin roles, global variables, and a 7-day execution insights dashboard.

Pro is the sweet spot for most small businesses and agencies. The concurrency bump matters more than it looks: with only 5 concurrent slots on Starter, a burst of simultaneous webhook events can queue up and delay time-sensitive automations. Twenty slots absorb spiky traffic — a product launch, a busy form — without breaking a sweat.

Choose Pro if:

• Automations are part of how your business operates daily — client onboarding, lead generation, content pipelines, invoicing.
• A small team collaborates on workflows and you want separate projects for clients or departments (a common setup for agencies using n8n).
• You outgrew Starter's execution cap or keep hitting concurrency queues.

At €50 for 10,000 multi-step runs, Pro is dramatically cheaper than the equivalent volume on per-task competitors — this is the plan where n8n's pricing advantage really shows.

The Business plan: for teams with security requirements#

Business jumps to roughly €667/month (billed annually) — a big step up, and deliberately so. You get 40,000 executions, six shared projects, and the features larger organizations are actually paying for: SSO via SAML and LDAP, Git-based source control for workflows, 30-day insights, and scaled concurrency.

Be honest about why you'd buy this plan. If you only need more executions, Business is expensive volume. Its real value is compliance and collaboration: single sign-on for your identity provider, separate environments with version control, and enough projects to isolate teams or clients properly.

Choose Business if IT requires SSO, you need staged dev/production environments with Git, or you're consolidating serious automation volume for a whole company. Business plans typically come with a 14-day trial (this one does ask for a credit card).

The Enterprise plan: custom everything#

Enterprise is custom-priced — you talk to sales. In exchange you get custom execution volume, 200+ concurrent executions, unlimited projects, 365-day insights, external secret-store integration, log streaming, a dedicated support contact with an SLA, and the option to run n8n's full feature set self-hosted on your own infrastructure.

That last point is the quiet headline: Enterprise is how regulated companies — banks, healthcare, government — get n8n's paid collaboration and security features while keeping every byte of data inside their own network. If you don't have a compliance team, this plan isn't aimed at you.

The free option: self-hosting the Community Edition#

Here's the plan n8n's pricing page whispers about: the Community Edition is free. It's the same core product under a fair-code license, with unlimited workflows and unlimited executions. You run it on your own server and pay only for hosting — a small VPS from Hostinger or DigitalOcean costs just a few euros a month.

What you give up compared to Cloud:

• Managed everything. Updates, backups, scaling, and uptime are your job.
• Collaboration features. SSO, shared projects, and role-based access are paid features; Community is best for one builder or a trusting small team.
• Instant setup. Expect an hour or so to get running, plus occasional maintenance — our guide to self-hosting n8n on Hostinger walks through every step.

The trade is simple: your time for n8n's money. If you're technical enough to maintain a Docker container and your volume is high, self-hosting is unbeatable value — 100,000 executions cost the same as 100: whatever your server costs.

n8n Cloud vs self-hosted: the real total cost#

Don't compare €20/month to €0/month — compare total cost of ownership:

If your hourly rate is meaningful, an hour of monthly server maintenance can cost more than the Cloud subscription it replaces — that's the honest math many "self-host to save money" posts skip. But at high volume the equation flips hard: volume that would need a Business-tier subscription can run on a €20 server. For the full decision framework, read n8n Cloud vs self-hosted.

Which n8n plan should you choose?#

Match yourself to the closest profile:

• Hobbyist or tinkerer, comfortable with servers → Self-host the free Community Edition. Unlimited experimentation for the price of a VPS.
• Solo professional automating your own business → Starter. Zero maintenance, and 2,500 executions cover a lot of scheduled workflows.
• Small business or agency running client-facing automations → Pro. The execution volume, concurrency, and multiple projects fit real operational load — this is the most common right answer.
• Company with an IT department and SSO requirements → Business (and check the startup discount first).
• Regulated enterprise needing on-premise deployment with support → Enterprise.
• High volume but no budget, technical founder → Self-host now, move to Cloud when your time becomes the scarcer resource.

How to keep your n8n bill low#

Whatever tier you pick, a few habits stretch your execution quota a long way:

1. Batch items instead of runs. One execution can process hundreds of items. Fetch 200 new rows and loop over them in a single run rather than triggering 200 separate runs.
2. Prefer webhooks over tight polling schedules. A workflow polling every minute burns about 43,000 executions a month by itself. An event-driven webhook only runs when something actually happens — see n8n webhooks explained.
3. Consolidate micro-workflows. Three tiny workflows triggered by the same event can usually become one workflow with three branches — one execution instead of three.
4. Take annual billing. The roughly 17% discount is the easiest saving on the table if you're staying on n8n anyway.
5. Start one tier lower than you think. Upgrading is instant; overpaying is forever. Let a month of real usage data justify the bump.

Common mistakes when choosing an n8n plan#

• Comparing n8n's price to Zapier's price tag 1:1. A €20 n8n plan and a $20 Zapier plan are not the same capacity — per-execution vs per-task math changes everything. Model your workflows on both.
• Buying Business for volume. If you don't need SSO or Git environments, heavy volume is usually better served by Pro plus workflow consolidation, or by self-hosting.
• Self-hosting purely to save €20. If you're not comfortable with Docker, updates, and backups, the maintenance time costs more than Cloud does.
• Ignoring concurrency. Teams fixate on the execution quota, then wonder why webhook automations lag during busy hours. If your load is spiky, concurrency is the number to watch.
• Skipping the trial measurement. Guessing your execution volume is how people end up two tiers wrong in either direction. Build first, measure, then subscribe.

Conclusion: pay for the plan your executions justify#

n8n's pricing rewards exactly the people it should: builders of real, multi-step automations. The per-execution model means complexity is free, the Community Edition means the floor price is genuinely zero, and the Cloud tiers scale in sensible steps — Starter for individuals, Pro for operating businesses, Business for SSO-and-environments teams, Enterprise for compliance-heavy organizations.

Start the free trial, build your top three workflows, and check the usage dashboard after two weeks. The right plan will be obvious.

Next, keep building your evaluation with our full n8n review, the Cloud vs self-hosted comparison, or the step-by-step beginner's guide.