n8n

What it does

n8n is a workflow automation platform that uniquely combines AI capabilities with business process automation. It provides technical teams with the flexibility of code and the speed of no-code, enabling them to build multi-step AI agents and integrate over 500 applications. Users can choose to host n8n on-premise for control or use the convenient cloud-hosted version.

How to use: Users can build workflows using a visual drag-and-drop interface or by writing custom code in JavaScript or Python. It supports integrating any LLM, pasting cURL requests, and merging workflow branches. The platform offers short feedback loops for debugging, allowing users to re-run single steps or mock data. Over 1700 templates are available to jump-start projects.

Core features

• ✦Flexible AI workflow automation
• ✦Combines code and no-code development
• ✦On-premise or cloud hosting options
• ✦Over 500 integrations and custom tool support
• ✦Multi-step AI agent creation
• ✦Self-hosting capability including AI models
• ✦Chat with your own data (e.g., via Slack, Teams)
• ✦Advanced debugging tools (re-run single steps, mock data)
• ✦1700+ workflow templates
• ✦Enterprise-grade security and collaboration features (SSO, Git control, RBAC)

Use cases

• →On-boarding new employees for IT operations
• →Enriching security incident tickets for security operations
• →Converting natural language into API calls for DevOps
• →Generating customer insights from reviews for sales teams
• →Automating user management
• →Integrating marketplace data sources
• →Creating AI agent chatbots
• →Scraping and summarizing webpages with AI