airSlate vs n8n

airSlate is a no-code tool for document workflows and signatures. n8n is a workflow builder with code, self-hosting and AI agents. It suits technical teams, airSlate suits operations teams with paperwork.

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The verdict

If your team has no developer and the process is contracts, forms and approvals, pick airSlate. If you have technical people, high volume or data that must stay on your own servers, pick n8n. I would not ask an operations team to run n8n themselves.

For general automation between apps, n8n is the stronger of the two. For a document that has to be signed and filed, airSlate has the parts built in, and in n8n you would assemble them yourself. If you want neither extreme, look at Make or Zapier.

What the data says

n8n covers more of the features we compared: 5 of 5, against 2.
Only n8n has an MCP server, so an AI employee can work in it directly.
In our Automation ranking, n8n places 1 and airSlate 8 of 11.

Side by side

airSlate and n8n compared
9 points compared	airSlate	n8n
Starts at	Not known yet	€20/mo
Free plan	Not known yet	Yes
API	Yes	Yes
MCP server	No	Yes
Built-in AI	Yes	Yes
Custom code steps	No	Yes
Open source	No	Yes
Self-hosting	No	Yes
Visual builder	Yes	Yes
Links	Visit	Visit

Plans and pricing

airSlate

Pricing not in our catalogue yet.

n8n

Community Edition (self-hosted)Free standard self-hosted version of n8n, offered by n8n on GitHub.Free
StarterHosted by n8n with 2,500 workflow executions a month; 20 per month billed annually.€240/yr
ProHosted by n8n with 10,000 executions a month and 3 shared projects; 50 per month billed annually.€600/yr
BusinessSelf-hosted only with 40,000 executions a month, SSO and Git version control; 667 per month billed annually.€8,004/yr

Prices as the vendors list them. They change often; the final price is on their sites.

Who each is for

Choose airSlate if…

Pick airSlate if you work in operations, HR, legal or finance and your processes are repeatable and document-heavy. A person without code skills can build the flow.

It has e-signature, forms and document generation in one product family, plus developer APIs if you need them later. Pricing is by quote with unlimited users. Do the design work first, because no-code still needs clear steps, owners and exceptions.

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Choose n8n if…

Pick n8n if you are a technical team, a developer or an agency. It lets you run parallel branches, insert code blocks and merge paths in one canvas, and you can build AI agents with human approval steps. The free Community Edition can be self-hosted, and the hosted plans are priced by executions with unlimited users.

Self-hosting needs an owner for updates, backups and security. Some smaller apps have no native node, so expect to call their API yourself. It also has a built-in MCP server.

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