The two products are usually shortlisted together because both are mentioned in the same sentence as no-code tools, and they solve different halves of a problem. Airtable holds the records and shows them to humans through interfaces, forms and dashboards. n8n moves data between systems on a schedule or a trigger, and never asks anyone to look at it.
TL;DR
Airtable is a database with an interface builder: a free plan, Team at $20 per user per month billed annually, Business at $45, and Enterprise Scale quoted, with people paying per seat. n8n is an automation engine: Starter at 20 euro per month billed annually for 2,500 workflow executions, Pro at 50 euro for 10,000, Business at 667 euro for 40,000, with unlimited users on every plan and a self-hosted option. Buy Airtable when people work in the data; buy n8n when software works around it.
Airtable's pricing page, as captured for this comparison, describes a free plan for individuals and small teams getting started, then a Team plan at $20 per user per month billed annually with the features a growing team needs beyond the free tier, and a Business plan at $45 per user per month for departments that need more customisation, data scale and administrative control, with Enterprise Scale quoted above it. The product itself has moved well past spreadsheets: the company positions it as a system of record where teams and agents share the same data, with AI agents handling approvals, follow-ups and updates, interfaces built from plain-language descriptions, and templates for operations, marketing, sales and software requests. Records, fields and relations remain the core, and every seat pays for access.
n8n prices on a different axis entirely. All plans include unlimited users, unlimited workflows and every integration, and the bill is set by monthly workflow executions regardless of how complex each execution is. Starter costs 20 euro per month billed annually for 2,500 executions with unlimited steps, one shared project, five concurrent executions, agents and MCP nodes, 1,600 assistant credits a month and forum support, hosted by n8n. Pro costs 50 euro per month billed annually for 10,000 executions, three shared projects, up to 50 concurrent executions, seven days of insights, admin roles, metric-based evaluations and workflow history. Business costs 667 euro per month billed annually for 40,000 executions, six shared projects, SSO and LDAP, 30 days of insights, multiple environments, queue mode and version control with Git, and the page marks it as self-hosted only. Enterprise is quoted for custom execution counts, hosted or self-hosted. The free trial runs at 1,000 executions with five concurrent executions and no credit card.
| Feature | Airtable | n8n |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Free plan for individuals and small teams | Free trial at 1,000 executions, 5 concurrent, no card |
| Entry paid plan | Team $20 per user per month billed annually | Starter 20 euro per month billed annually, 2,500 executions |
| Mid tier | Business $45 per user per month billed annually | Pro 50 euro per month billed annually, 10,000 executions |
| Top tier | Enterprise Scale, quoted by sales | Business 667 euro per month, self-hosted only; Enterprise quoted |
| Billing axis | Per user, per month | Per workflow execution, per month, unlimited users |
| Core object | Bases with records, interfaces, forms and dashboards | Workflows with steps, triggers, agents and MCP nodes |
| Hosting | Cloud service | Hosted by n8n or self-hosted depending on plan |
| Concurrency and scale | Seats and record limits by plan | 5 concurrent executions on Starter, 50 on Pro, 200+ on Enterprise |
Pick Airtable if
Airtable is the right purchase when operations, marketing or sales staff need to read and update records through interfaces, forms and dashboards, with AI agents handling approvals on the same rows. It is priced per user because the value is people looking at the data, and Team at $20 per user billed annually is the sensible entry point.
Pick n8n if
n8n fits teams that already have a system of record and need the plumbing: syncing, routing, enriching and triggering across dozens of services. With unlimited users on every plan, adding ten operators costs nothing extra, and self-hosting removes the per-seat question entirely. Budget for executions rather than people, and expect a steep jump to Business when 10,000 executions a month stops being enough.
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No. Airtable is a database with interfaces where people work on records; n8n is a workflow engine that moves data between systems on triggers. They overlap only in that both offer automation features.
n8n, because every plan includes unlimited users. Ten Airtable users on Team cost $200 per month billed annually, while ten operators on n8n Starter still cost 20 euro per month, as long as 2,500 executions covers the workload.
Yes. n8n includes every integration on all plans, and Airtable is one of the connectors it ships, so an Airtable base can be the source or destination of a workflow.
Airtable lists a free plan for individuals and small teams. n8n's cloud offering runs on a free trial of 1,000 executions with five concurrent executions and no credit card, and n8n's site links to a self-hosted edition under its own licence for teams that run the software on their own infrastructure.
The plan is based on monthly workflow executions, so exceeding the tier means moving up, from Starter's 2,500 to Pro's 10,000 to Business's 40,000. Airtable's equivalent decision is adding seats, not adding volume.
n8n can be self-hosted, and its pricing page marks Business as self-hosted only while Enterprise runs hosted or self-hosted. Airtable is a cloud service with no self-managed edition.
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