Automation & Integration AI
n8n AI Agents
n8n is a workflow-automation platform for technical operations teams that need to combine AI agents with deterministic steps, integrations, code, and self-hosted infrastructure. Technical teams can connect ecommerce systems and APIs, choose cloud hosting or operate their own instance, and add JavaScript or Python when visual nodes are not enough. Self-hosting gives the operator more control over the runtime and data path, but also transfers responsibility for credentials, security, monitoring, backups, and upgrades.
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- Shopify · Salesforce · Slack · Google Drive · HubSpot · GitHub · OpenAI · Anthropic · API integrations
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Buying view: n8n AI Agents fits technical teams that want agent steps inside a broader workflow-automation system and need a choice between cloud and self-hosted operation. Self-hosting increases control over execution and data paths, but the operator then owns credentials, security, monitoring, backups, model costs, and upgrades.
Capabilities
n8n combines visual automation, code, native integrations, HTTP APIs, AI Agent nodes, memory, vector stores, sub-workflows, and human review so a team can automate commerce work across many systems. Its biggest advantage is deployment and integration control: technical teams can self-host, inspect every execution, mix deterministic steps with AI, and require approval before consequential actions.
What problem it addresses
Technical operations teams need to place AI-agent decisions inside inspectable, deterministic automation that connects the rest of their business systems.
How people use it
AI Agent node with multi-step tool calling, memory, and LLM routing. Hundreds of native integrations plus custom HTTP/API connectors. Self-hosted option for operator-controlled data and execution infrastructure.
The builder selects a trigger, connects systems and AI tools, adds control or approval steps, tests the route, and monitors live executions after activation.
What each module does and its role
AI Agent node
AI Agent node with multi-step tool calling, memory, and LLM routing. During a run, the node can use conversation context and memory to choose a granted tool and return its result to the wider workflow.
Native integrations
Hundreds of native integrations plus custom HTTP/API connectors. Teams use them to move documented data between the product and a connected system or trigger documented actions; direction and plan eligibility still need separate verification.
Self-hosting
A self-hosted option lets operators control the data and execution infrastructure. This lets a team decide where workflow data and execution are hosted.
Visual workflows and code
Visual drag-and-drop workflow builder with code nodes (JS/Python). Operators connect triggers and steps visually, then add code where a deterministic transformation needs more control.
Multi-agent orchestration
Multi-agent orchestration with sub-workflows and human-in-the-loop. A parent workflow can hand bounded work to a sub-workflow and pause at a configured human review point.
Vector stores
Vector store integrations for RAG (Pinecone, Supabase, Qdrant, Weaviate). Teams use them to move documented data between the product and a connected system or trigger documented actions; direction and plan eligibility still need separate verification.
Local models
Local AI model support via Ollama (LLaMA, Mistral, DeepSeek). A self-hosted deployment can route model work through Ollama while the team remains responsible for operating that model environment.
Workflow templates
Templates are reusable starting workflows contributed by n8n or its community, with triggers, nodes, mappings, and example logic already arranged. Builders still need to inspect credentials, data fields, AI instructions, permissions, and error paths before adapting a template to a live store.
Commercial plans
This table reflects the current public pricing information checked on 2026-09-03. Each row keeps the plan's documented allowances, capabilities and separately priced add-ons together so the tiers can be compared without treating the headline price as the whole offer.
n8n public plans
| Product or sales surface | Scope | Public price and status |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | Hosted entry plan priced by workflow executions, not workflow steps. Included plan entitlements
| €20/month billed annually |
| Pro | Hosted plan for solo builders and small production teams. Included plan entitlements
| €50/month billed annually |
| Business | Self-hosted collaboration and scale plan for companies below 100 employees. Included plan entitlements
| €667/month billed annually |
| Enterprise | Hosted or self-hosted plan for strict governance and support requirements. Included plan entitlements
| Custom quote |
| Community | Open-source self-hosted edition for operators managing their own infrastructure. Included plan entitlements
| Free software; infrastructure not included |
Comparable tools: price and workflow
| Tool | Workflow difference | Official public price reference |
|---|---|---|
| Make AI Agents | Make AI Agents: Build visual AI agent workflows across 3,000+ apps with drag-and-drop simplicity. n8n AI Agents: Build self-hosted AI agent workflows with visual nodes, code, and API integrations. | $0/month; up to 1,000 credits/month |
| Zapier Agents | Zapier Agents: Goal-driven AI agents that browse, use knowledge, and take actions through Zapier connections. n8n AI Agents: Build self-hosted AI agent workflows with visual nodes, code, and API integrations. | $0 (400 activities/month) |
| Botpress | Botpress: Visual and code-extensible AI agent builder for custom support and commerce workflows. n8n AI Agents: Build self-hosted AI agent workflows with visual nodes, code, and API integrations. | $0/month + AI spend |
| Dify | Dify: Self-hostable visual LLM application platform for RAG chatbots, agents, and workflows. n8n AI Agents: Build self-hosted AI agent workflows with visual nodes, code, and API integrations. | Free |
| ClawTeams | ClawTeams: Delegate ecommerce operating goals to a coordinated AI team from supported chat tools. n8n AI Agents: Build self-hosted AI agent workflows with visual nodes, code, and API integrations. | One-time payment of $0 |
Frequently asked questions
How does n8n AI Agents fit into an ecommerce workflow?
A builder starts with an event or schedule, connects ecommerce and business systems through native nodes or APIs, adds an AI Agent with approved tools and memory, and routes consequential steps through branches or human review. Execution logs and sub-workflows make each run inspectable and reusable.
How is n8n AI Agents priced?
The public pricing references shown here are as follows: Community (Self-Hosted): Free software (infrastructure not included); Cloud Starter: $20/mo (2,500 executions); Cloud Pro: $50/mo (10,000 executions); Enterprise: Custom.
What is the main n8n AI Agents boundary to check?
Self-hosting increases control over execution and data paths, but the operator then owns credentials, security, monitoring, backups, model costs, and upgrades.
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