n8n

account_tree Automation · $20/mo

SURVIVED

Open-source workflow automation that leaned into AI agents.

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Verdict: SURVIVED

The AI came for it and missed. The moat — workflow, data, taste, or trust — held.

Threatened by

Anthropic

Since

Nov 25, 2024

Price

$20/mo

bolt What replaced it

Anthropic — MCP + agentic tool use let assistants call APIs directly

Agents can chain tools without glue, but n8n survived by shipping native AI-agent nodes and self-hostable control that a chatbot can’t match.

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