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IGuided tax filing software with AI answers and optional help from tax experts
Freemium
Botkeeper vs n8n
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
B
Choose Botkeeper if…
- you're in its core audience: accounting firms, bookkeeping firms
N
Choose n8n if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you work on Self-hosted
- you're in its core audience: developers, operations teams
Side by side
Feature Botkeeper n8n
Pricing modelPaidFreemium
Starting price$53/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your content—No
Data retention—Execution data deleted automatically based on account's retention settings
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type IISOC 2, GDPR
GitHub stars—208.8K
Reconciliation—
Human experts included—
PlatformsWebWeb, Self-hosted
CategoryFinance & AccountingWorkflow Automation
CompanyXendoo Inc.n8n GmbH
Based in—Germany
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
B Botkeeper
- AI-powered transaction categorization
- Automated bank reconciliation
- Automated journal entries
- Month-end review with anomaly detection
- Close Tracker at firm-wide or client level
- Firm Insights dashboard
- Activity Hub for client communication
- Password manager and unlimited document storage
N n8n
- Visual workflow builder with optional custom code
- 500+ native integrations plus HTTP for any API
- AI agents, AI nodes and MCP support
- Human-in-the-loop approvals, e.g. via Slack
- Re-run only the failed step
- Version history with Git-based version control
- SSO (SAML), LDAP, RBAC and audit logs
- Cloud hosting or self-hosting with Docker
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Botkeeper
1-4 Licenses$149/license/mo monthly or $134/license/mo billed annually
5-9 Licenses$109/license/mo monthly or $98/license/mo billed annually
10-24 Licenses$79/license/mo monthly or $71/license/mo billed annually
25+ Licenses$59/license/mo monthly or $53/license/mo billed annually
n8n
Community EditionFree (self-hosted)
Starter€20/mo billed annually
Pro€50/mo billed annually
Business€667/mo billed annually
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Botkeeper
- Prices are published, with volume discounts down to $53/license/mo
- Monthly plans can be cancelled at any time
- SOC 2 Type 2 compliant
- Every license includes the full feature set
- No free trial
- Built only for accounting firms, not individual businesses
- Annual plans are a full-year commitment
n8n
- Self-hosted Community Edition available on GitHub
- All plans include unlimited users and workflows
- Cloud trial needs no credit card
- Pricing is per execution, regardless of workflow complexity
- Prices listed in euros for annual billing only
- Business plan is self-hosted only
- Support on non-Enterprise plans is forum only
- Self-hosted licensed features need a daily license server check-in
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