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Dynamiq vs n8n

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Free plan
Both have one
Public API
Both have one
Higher Trust score
Dynamiq — 80 vs 75 for n8n
Best fit
Dynamiq: Banks, insurers and healthcare groups that need agents on their own infrastructure · n8n: Technical teams that want to self-host automation with Docker, on-prem or air-gapped
Platforms
Dynamiq: Web · n8n: Web, Linux

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

DynamiqPlatform for building chat, voice and workflow agents that run inside a customer's own cloud or data center, with an open-source Python SDK.n8nWorkflow automation with AI-agent nodes that runs on n8n's cloud or self-hosted from GitHub

Side by side

FactDynamiqn8n
CategoryAgent Frameworks & OrchestrationWorkflow Automation Platforms
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Public APIYesYes
Trust score80 / 10075 / 100
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, Linux, API
CompanyDynamiq Technologies, Inc.n8n GmbH
Last verifiedOct 2, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Dynamiq

Dynamiq is aimed at regulated enterprises that want agents inside their own perimeter and are willing to work with the vendor's engineers to get there. The free cloud plan and Apache-2.0 SDK let a developer try it before any sales conversation. It is overkill for a hobby project and the price of the real deployment is entirely a quote.

Pros

  • Open-source Apache-2.0 SDK alongside the hosted platform
  • Deployable in managed cloud, customer cloud or on-premises Kubernetes
  • Built-in PII and prompt-injection detection, approval gates and run traces
  • Lists SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR and CASA Tier 2 compliance

Cons

  • Enterprise pricing is not published
  • Positioning is heavily enterprise and services-driven, so small teams may find it heavier than needed
  • The SDK community is small compared with the major agent frameworks

n8n

The automation tool to pick when you want agents and integrations on one canvas and the option to run it on your own hardware; self-hosting from GitHub is the escape hatch Zapier and Make do not offer. Cloud pricing is per execution rather than per task, which rewards long workflows, but the monthly figures hide behind a toggle and the Business tier is a self-hosted licence at a very different price point.

Pros

  • Self-hosted Community Edition on GitHub under a fair-code licence, with 207k stars
  • Agent, model, MCP and RAG nodes alongside 500+ app integrations
  • JavaScript or Python at any step, with a canvas that traces agent reasoning
  • Execution-based cloud billing with unlimited steps per execution
  • Public REST API on all self-hosted editions and on cloud Starter and above

Cons

  • Cloud prices were shown only in euros and only as annual-billing figures
  • Business tier (€667 a month) is self-hosted only, with cloud availability on a waitlist
  • Fair-code licence is not OSI open source, which matters for some corporate policies
  • Forum-only support below Enterprise

Which one fits

Choose Dynamiq if you need

  • Banks, insurers and healthcare groups that need agents on their own infrastructure
  • Teams that want both a visual builder and a code SDK for the same agents
  • Engineering groups that want vendor help shipping a first production agent

Choose n8n if you need

  • Technical teams that want to self-host automation with Docker, on-prem or air-gapped
  • Builders combining LLM agents, MCP tools and RAG with ordinary app integrations
  • Workflows with many steps, since billing counts executions rather than individual operations

Dynamiq vs n8n: the questions people ask

Does Dynamiq or n8n have a free tier?

Both: Dynamiq has a free tier, and n8n has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Dynamiq or n8n?

Both ship a public API, so either can be built on; the fact table above shows the platforms each one runs on.

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