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Relevance AI vs n8n
Written by Wanna AI. Checked on 17 Oct 2026, refreshed every 30 days. Wanna is our product; it appears only in the section "Where Wanna fits", not in the table. We ran neither product. Prices change, so open each link before you decide.
Short answer. Relevance AI is built around agents you configure and delegate work to, billed in Actions plus pass-through AI credits. n8n is a canvas where you build the workflow step by step, billed per execution, and you can host it yourself. Pick Relevance AI if the unit you want to manage is an agent. Pick n8n if a technical person wants to control each step or run it on your own servers.
How we compared
- Rows are the same for both products; a figure we could not read is printed as "not found".
- Relevance AI: its documentation and home page, read on 17 Oct 2026. Its price page showed only the Enterprise card to our reader, so every Relevance price below comes from the documentation page.
- n8n: n8n's home page, pricing page and GitHub page, read on 17 Oct 2026.
- We found no outside review of either we could read, so the minuses are our reading of each vendor's own pages.
Side by side
| Relevance AI | n8n | |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | Agents and "AI Workforces" that work across "2,000+" apps per its documentation ("Connect to 1,000+ apps" on its home page), with tools, knowledge, scheduling and chat. Team adds calling and meeting agents. | A canvas for workflows and AI agents: "over 500 integrations" on its home page, "1500+" on GitHub; we report both. Custom API connections cover the rest. |
| Free start | None for new sign-ups: its documentation says the Free plan is retired. | Free trial, no card, on Starter and Pro, plus a self-hosted Community Edition on GitHub. |
| Paid price and limits | Pro 19 US dollars a month billed annually (29 monthly): 2,500 Actions and 20 US dollars of vendor credits a month. Team 234 US dollars annually (349 monthly): 7,000 Actions, 70 US dollars of vendor credits. Enterprise: custom. | Billed annually: Starter €20, 2.5K executions. Pro €50, 10K executions. Business €667, 40K executions, self-hosted only. Enterprise: contact sales. |
| What a unit of usage is | An Action, such as sending an email or updating a CRM, plus vendor credits for AI model and tool use, passed through "with no markup". | A full workflow execution, whatever its steps. Every plan lists unlimited users and workflows. |
| Top-ups | 80 US dollars per 1,000 Actions; 20 per 10,000 vendor credits. Plan Actions reset at renewal; vendor credits roll over while you subscribe. | Not found on the pages we read; the next tier is the listed way up. |
| Who approves | Smart Escalations by email and Slack are on Pro and Team. Work Hour Controls are Enterprise only. | You add approval steps yourself; nothing is on by default. |
| Honest minuses | Actions cost 80 US dollars per extra 1,000, and Pro allows 2 build users and 1 project. Team features such as the analytics dashboard sit a tier up. | You build and maintain it. The license is "fair-code", not plain open source. Starter and Pro list forum support. Business costs €667 against €50 for Pro. |
Criteria that decide it
- What do you manage? In Relevance AI, agents. In n8n, workflows.
- How do you want to be billed? Relevance AI bills Actions plus AI credits. n8n bills executions with unlimited users.
- Where must it run? Only n8n lists a self-hosted option, including a self-hosted-only Business tier.
- Who builds? Both need someone to configure. n8n is described for technical teams; Relevance AI describes GTM operators and engineers.
Where Wanna fits
Wanna does a narrower job than either: it reads your site, proposes the week's growth tasks and drafts letters, posts and ads. Posts and ads always wait for your OK; letters go out only after you turn sending on (Trust). Paid tiers read on 17 Oct 2026: Starter $20 a month (1 company, 200 credits), Growth $49 (5,000 credits), Scale $149 (up to 5 companies). Honest minuses: it is early, with 3 companies of people and 0 paying on the live page at 15:28 UTC on 17 Oct 2026, and it has no workflow builder. See also Wanna vs Relevance AI and Wanna vs n8n. To see the plan it would make for your company, start free.
What neither replaces
Neither replaces a person who reads what reaches a customer, or one who owns your priorities. Neither replaces a developer for production code, or a reviewer who checks where your data goes. For the wider question, read how to choose an AI that runs your company and no-code agent builders.
FAQ
Is Relevance AI better than n8n? It depends on what you want to manage. Relevance AI suits a team that thinks in agents; n8n suits a team that wants control of each step. We do not rank them.
Does Relevance AI have a free plan? Not for new sign-ups. Its documentation says the Free plan is retired, and Pro starts at 19 US dollars a month billed annually.
Is n8n free? It offers a free trial with no card on Starter and Pro, and a self-hosted Community Edition on GitHub. Paid plans start at €20 a month, billed annually.
What is an Action in Relevance AI? Work such as sending emails or updating a CRM. AI model and tool use are billed separately as vendor credits.
Can n8n be self-hosted? Yes. Its Business plan is self-hosted only, and a Community Edition is on GitHub.
Do they ask before acting? Relevance AI lists escalations by email and Slack on Pro and Team. In n8n you add approval steps yourself.
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