CrewAI vs n8n
n8n
Freemium - Free self-hosted community edition; paid cloud plans based on workflow executions (starting details contact sales)
n8n GmbH
Founded 2019
| Prompt Management | ||
|---|---|---|
| Prompt Versioning | ✗ | ✗ |
| Compliance & Security | ||
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | ✗ | ✗ |
| GDPR Tools | ✗ | ✓ |
| Audit Trail | ✗ | ✓ |
| Role-Based Access Control | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO Support | Both | Both |
| AI Engine Coverage | ||
| Geographic Coverage | Global | |
| Tracking Frequency | Real-time | Real-time |
| Supported AI Models | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama, Perplexity | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini |
| Orchestration Capabilities | ||
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Provider Routing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Stateful Execution | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-Agent Support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deployment & Scalability | ||
| Serverless Support | ✓ | ✗ |
| Auto-Scaling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-Tenancy | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deployment Model | Self-hosted Framework | Self-hosted Framework |
| Observability & Monitoring | ||
| Cost Tracking | ✓ | ✗ |
| Tracing & Logging | ✓ | ✓ |
| Workflow Visualization | ✓ | ✓ |
| Performance Metrics | ✓ | ✓ |
| Developer Experience | ||
| Framework Integrations | — | — |
| Visual Builder | ✓ | ✓ |
| OpenAI Compatibility | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open Source | ✓ | ✓ |
| SDK Languages | Python | JavaScript/TypeScript, Other, Python |
| Pre-built UI Components | — | — |
| Admin Portal | — | — |