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n8n vs OpenTag

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

Starting price

n8n

€20/mo Free tier Free trial

Workflow automation you can self-host free or run on n8n Cloud. Cloud Starter is €20/mo billed annually; n8n publishes prices in euros.

Where n8n fits

  • Technical teams that want to self-host for free
  • Builders who prefer per-execution billing
  • Teams that want to drive workflows from Claude via MCP
  • Companies under 100 staff looking at Business

OpenTag

$50/mo 7 day free trial

AI coworker that lives in Slack, takes tagged tasks, routes each one to one of 80+ models and offers to run repeated requests on a schedule. 7-day free trial; Team starts at $50/mo for 10,000 shared credits.

Where OpenTag fits

  • Startups that run operations out of Slack
  • Teams tired of pulling the same weekly numbers by hand
  • Companies that want one shared agent instead of per-seat AI licences
  • Teams that want answers sourced to the threads they came from

At a glance

Detailn8nOpenTag
Starting price€20/mo$50/mo
Free tier✓Yes–No
Free trialYes7 day free trial
MCP server✓Yes–No
Public API✓Yes–No
Listed underWorkflow automationWorkflow automation

Where they pull apart

n8n

Stands out: Billing counts full workflow executions, not individual steps, and the Community edition is free to self-host.

Watch out: Cloud prices are published in euros only. The Cloud trial is capped at 1,000 executions, and unused AI Assistant credits do not roll over.

Not the right fit for

  • Buyers who need a USD Cloud price
  • Non-technical users who will not work with nodes

OpenTag

Stands out: OpenTag is priced per job, not per seat, so everyone in an invited channel shares one coworker. It notices repeated asks and offers to automate them, instead of waiting for someone to build a workflow.

Watch out: Slack is the only generally available platform; Microsoft Teams is invite-only. SOC 2 Type II is in progress, not complete, and the vendor lists job costs as ranges from 25 to 1,250 credits.

Not the right fit for

  • Teams on Microsoft Teams that need general availability now
  • Buyers who need a completed SOC 2 report today

Pros and cons

n8n

  • Free self-hosted Community edition
  • Billed per execution, not per step
  • MCP server and public API
  • Cloud prices published in euros only
  • Cloud trial capped at 1,000 executions
  • Unused AI credits do not roll over

OpenTag

  • One shared seat for the whole workspace
  • 7-day free trial, and a signing bonus matches your first month of credits
  • Irreversible actions wait for human approval
  • Microsoft Teams is invite-only for now
  • SOC 2 Type II still in progress
  • Credit cost per job varies with the work

What each one costs

n8n

€20/mo

Cloud Starter is €20/mo and Pro €50/mo, both billed annually (about 17% more month to month). Business is €667/mo billed annually and runs self-hosted. The Community edition is free to self-host, and Enterprise is quoted. n8n publishes these prices in euros. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

OpenTag

$50/mo

A 7-day free trial gives access to your selected plan with all skills and integrations. Team starts at $50/mo for 10,000 credits shared across the workspace, with tiers of 20,000 ($100), 40,000 ($200), 110,000 ($500), 230,000 ($1,000) and 480,000 ($2,000) credits a month, and a signing bonus that matches your first month's credits and never expires. Paying annually saves about 15%; Enterprise is quoted with lower credit prices at volume. Credits are charged for the work done, not per seat. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Common questions

Can you try n8n or OpenTag for free?
n8n carries a free tier on our listing. n8n offers a free trial. OpenTag offers a 7 day free trial.
Does n8n or OpenTag have an MCP server?
n8n ships a first party MCP server, so an AI assistant can work the product directly.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 4 Nov 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?