Our take
Pick Budibase if ops / IT teams who will self-host OSS at $0 (unlimited actions, 1 workspace) while they bind a first table, or start the Cloud Pro 14-day trial and land on $19/month (5k–10k actions, 1 creator, 2k AI credits) when they do not want to run the stack. Pick n8n if technical ops, DevOps, and automation engineers who need to connect SaaS apps, internal APIs, and LLM tools — especially teams that want
Best for
Budibase Apps you start on Cloud Pro at $19 (14-day trial) or OSS self-host at $0
n8n Wiring tools together
Free plan
Budibase $0 · unlimited actions, apps, automations, agents, users. 1 workspace. Community support. You host it
n8n $0 · no license fee. You run Docker or npm. Choose n8n describes a free Registered Community email unlock (folders, debug in editor, custom execution data). SSO, Git, environments, and similar extras need a paid Business/Enterprise license key
Lowest paid
Budibase Pro $19/mo
n8n Cloud Starter €20/mo yearly
Next step up
Budibase Premium $49/mo
n8n Cloud Pro €50/mo yearly
Coding agent
Budibase Agents
n8n AI agents on the canvas
Runs where
Budibase Local; you host it
n8n Local; you host it
Watch out
Budibase Cloud Pro is 1 creator and 1 workspace
n8n You operate the graph
Last checked
Budibase 2026-10-22 · budibase.com/pricing
n8n 2026-10-19 · n8n.io/pricing
ops / IT teams who will self-host OSS at $0 (unlimited actions, 1 workspace) while they bind a first table, or start the Cloud Pro 14-day trial and land on $19/month (5k–10k actions, 1 creator, 2k AI credits) when they do not want to run the stack.
Read the Budibase pagetechnical ops, DevOps, and automation engineers who need to connect SaaS apps, internal APIs, and LLM tools — especially teams that want self-host / data residency.
Read the n8n page
