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Giselle 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
n8n has one; not confirmed by us for Giselle
Higher Trust score
Giselle — 89 vs 75 for n8n
Best fit
Giselle: Engineering teams automating pull-request review and documentation updates · n8n: Technical teams that want to self-host automation with Docker, on-prem or air-gapped
Platforms
Giselle: 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

GiselleOpen-source visual builder for chaining AI models, web research and GitHub actions into agents without writing code.n8nWorkflow automation with AI-agent nodes that runs on n8n's cloud or self-hosted from GitHub

Side by side

FactGisellen8n
CategoryAI Workflow BuildersWorkflow Automation Platforms
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$20/mo—
Public APINot confirmedYes
Trust score89 / 10075 / 100
PlatformsWebWeb, Linux, API
CompanyROUTE06, Inc.n8n GmbH
Launched2024—
Last verifiedOct 2, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Giselle

Giselle suits small product teams that want to wire models into repeatable tasks like PR review, research and spec drafting, and that value being able to read or self-host the source. The hosted free tier is only a trial, and the team plan is not yet available.

Pros

  • Open source under Apache-2.0, with a hosted option
  • Ready-made templates for research, code review, specs and docs
  • Vector stores for documents, GitHub repositories and Postgres data
  • Pro includes monthly AI credits and access to premium models

Cons

  • Free plan is just 30 minutes of model usage
  • Team plan with sharing and up to 10 users is listed as coming soon
  • Pay-as-you-go beyond credits carries a 10% markup on base model rates

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 Giselle if you need

  • Engineering teams automating pull-request review and documentation updates
  • Solo builders prototyping multi-step agent workflows visually
  • Developers who prefer an Apache-2.0 builder they can self-host

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

Giselle vs n8n: the questions people ask

Is Giselle cheaper than n8n?

Giselle starts at $20/mo. n8n has a free tier; what its paid plans cost is not confirmed by us yet.

Does Giselle or n8n have a free tier?

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

Which has a public API, Giselle or n8n?

n8n ships a public API, as of our last verification. A public API for Giselle is not confirmed by us — check its developer docs before you plan an integration.

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