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GCopy.ai vs n8n
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Copy.ai if…
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: sales teams, marketing teams
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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 Copy.ai n8n
Pricing modelPaidFreemium
Starting price$24/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 2SOC 2, GDPR
GitHub stars—208.8K
Contact database—
Pipeline forecasting—
MCP server—
PlatformsWebWeb, Self-hosted
CategorySales Assistants & CRMWorkflow Automation
CompanyCopyAI, Inc.n8n GmbH
Based inUnited StatesGermany
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
C Copy.ai
- AI workflows that run sales and marketing processes
- AI agents with decision-making guardrails
- Tables that bring data sources into one queryable place
- Chat interface with OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini models
- Infobase for central company knowledge
- Brand Voice for consistent tone
- Over 2,000 integrations including Salesforce and HubSpot
- SOC 2, GDPR and SSO support
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.
Copy.ai
Chat$29/mo, or $24/mo billed yearly ($288/yr)
Growth$1,000/mo billed annually ($12,000/yr)
Expansion$2,000/mo billed annually ($24,000/yr)
Scale$3,000/mo billed annually ($36,000/yr)
EnterpriseCustom
n8n
Community EditionFree (self-hosted)
Starter€20/mo billed annually
Pro€50/mo billed annually
Business€667/mo billed annually
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Copy.ai
- Chat plan includes 5 seats from $24/mo billed yearly
- Works with models from several providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini)
- Over 2,000 integrations listed
- SOC 2 and GDPR compliance listed
- No free plan listed on the pricing page
- Workflow plans start at $1,000/mo billed annually
- API access is only listed for the Enterprise plan
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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