Free AI Automation Tools

Workflow tools that connect apps, APIs and AI models. Free and self-hosted options, and the trade-offs.

Free AI Automation Tools: free plans and their catch
ToolOn the free planThe catch
n8nby n8nThe self-hosted Community Edition is free under n8n's Sustainable Use License; install it with Docker or npm. Registering it gives a free license key for folders and debugging in the editor. n8n Cloud has no free plan, only a 14-day trial.The license allows internal business, personal or non-commercial use only; you can't resell it or host it as a paid service. Self-hosting means you run the server, updates, backups and security, and SSO, Git version control and environments are paid.