n8n vs Process Street

n8n is for technical teams that want code-level control and self-hosting for automations. Process Street is for non-technical teams that run checklists, approvals and forms.

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The verdict

If the job is connecting apps, running loops, calling APIs or keeping data on your own servers, pick n8n. If the job is making sure a person follows the same steps every time and leaving a record, pick Process Street. They do not replace each other. A common pairing is Process Street for the human procedure and n8n for the data moves around it, since both offer an API and an MCP server. n8n has a free self-hosted edition, but someone has to look after hosting and updates. Process Street has no free plan, so budget for it from the start.

What the data says

Both cover 2 of the 2 features we compared.
Only n8n has a free plan to start on.
Both have an API and an MCP server, so either works with AI employees.
In our Automation ranking, n8n places 1 and Process Street 7 of 11.

Side by side

n8n and Process Street compared
6 points compared	n8n	Process Street
Starts at	€20/mo	Not known yet
Free plan	Yes	No
API	Yes	Yes
MCP server	Yes	Yes
Built-in AI	Yes	Yes
Integrations & API	Yes	Yes
Links	Visit	Visit

Plans and pricing

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

Process Street

Pricing not in our catalogue yet.

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

Who each is for

Choose n8n if…

Pick n8n if you have a developer, or a technical founder, and your automations are getting complex. Parallel branches, loops, error handling and custom code all live on one canvas, and cost follows executions, not steps. The free Community Edition runs on your own server, which keeps data where you put it. I host client workflows on my own VPS in Docker, so cost stays flat when flows run thousands of times. Be ready for fewer ready-made connectors for niche apps. There you call the API yourself.

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Choose Process Street if…

Pick Process Street if your team is operations, onboarding or compliance and nobody wants to touch code. You build a checklist with steps, forms and approvals, and the next step can change depending on the answer. Each run has an owner, due dates and a record of what happened, which replaces the static SOP document. I first used it in 2020 for conditional SOP workflows. Today it leans towards compliance-heavy teams, with audit logs, SSO and permissions, so it can feel heavy if you only need one list.

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