n8n lets teams automate business processes and build AI agents through a hybrid visual-and-code workflow builder. Triggers can come from app events, webhooks, cron jobs, or chat, and workflows can merge, filter, and transform data before handing off to 400+ pre-built app integrations or a raw HTTP request node for anything else. Built-in AI nodes support multi-step, multi-agent setups with human-in-the-loop approval and structured inputs/outputs, so teams can inspect and control what an agent actually does rather than treating it as a black box.

It can be deployed as a managed cloud service or self-hosted via Docker/Kubernetes (including air-gapped networks), with Git-based version control, environment management, SSO/SAML/RBAC, and audit logs for enterprise teams. Pricing is based on workflow executions rather than per-step tasks, so a 20-step workflow costs the same as a 2-step one, a structurally different (and often cheaper) model than task-based competitors like Zapier.