Automation & Workflows
Lindy vs n8n.
Both sit in Automation & Workflows, scored on the same six pillars from the same published methodology. Here is where they actually differ.
The short answer
n8n scores higher — 84.1 against 79.8, a margin of 4.3 points. That is the overall answer, not the whole one: the pillar breakdown below is where the decision usually actually gets made.
n8n leads on value for money, maturity & reliability and security & compliance.
Lindy
79.8
Strong
No-code AI agents that automate work across your everyday apps.
- From
- Free / $49.99 per month
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Maturity
- Emerging
- Founded
- 2023
n8n GmbH
84.1
Excellent
Source-available workflow automation with native AI agent nodes.
- From
- Free (self-hosted) / Cloud from €24 per month
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Maturity
- Established
- Founded
- 2019
Pillar by pillar
The same six pillars and fixed weights used for every tool on the site. A lead of fewer than 5 points is not called for either side — these are evidence-backed judgements, not measurements. Read the methodology.
Capability
Level
Value for Money
n8n by 13
Security & Compliance
n8n by 6
Integrations & Ecosystem
Level
Maturity & Reliability
n8n by 9
Momentum
Level
Which one, and when
Pick Lindy if
- →Email triage and scheduling agents
- →Sales and ops automation
- →Upgrading Zapier-style flows with AI
The catch
- Young platform, still maturing
- Credit pricing on heavy automations
Pick n8n if
- →cost per unit of output is the binding constraint — it leads Value for Money by 13 points.
- →it has to hold up in production from day one — it leads Maturity & Reliability by 9 points.
- →compliance and data control decide it — it leads Security & Compliance by 6 points.
- →Technical teams automating with control
- →AI agent workflows
- →Cost-efficient high-volume automation
The catch
- Sustainable-use license is not OSI open source
- Steeper learning curve than Zapier for non-technical users
What each is good at
Lindy
- ✓Agent reasoning plus classic trigger automation
- ✓Thousands of app integrations out of the box
- ✓Human-in-the-loop approvals built in
n8n
- ✓Self-hostable with full data control
- ✓Per-execution pricing: complex multi-step flows cost the same as simple ones
- ✓First-class AI agents, RAG and model nodes in the canvas
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