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Gumloop vs Lindy vs n8n

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 23 September 2026.

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Gumloop

Free trial · from $37/mo

Lindy

From $29.99/user/mo

n8n

Free plan · from $20/mo

What it isAI agent builder for teams, with model choice and admin controls on AI spendAI assistant that works in Slack, email and meetings to handle routine tasksWorkflow automation and AI agent builder you can self-host or use in the cloud
Free planNoNoSelf-hosted Community Edition only: free to run on your own server under n8n's Sustainable Use License; there is no free tier on n8n Cloud
Cheapest paid plan$37/mo (Pro)Gumloop pricing$29.99/user/mo (Plus)Lindy pricing$20/mo billed annually (Starter)n8n pricing
What it covers'Starts at' price; 20,000 credits/month included; 8% orchestration fee; unlimited seats.3,000 credits per user per month.2,500 workflow executions/month, hosted by n8n.
Free trial14-day free trial of ProFirst week free for new teammates who join through Slack; direct sign-ups are billed right awayFree trial of n8n Cloud with Pro-level features, capped at 1,000 executions, no credit card required; 14-day free trial of the self-hosted Business plan (credit card required)
PlatformsWebWeb, Chrome extensionWeb, Self-hosted, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)300+ native integrations1,000+ integrations500+ integrations
Open sourceNoNoYes, self-hostable
Good for
  • Building a shared agent that drafts content or reports from company data
  • Qualifying leads and updating a CRM
  • Analysing sales calls or support tickets
  • Triaging an inbox and drafting replies for review
  • Taking meeting notes and sending follow-ups
  • Producing a daily brief from email, calendar and CRM data
  • Building an AI agent that answers questions from internal documents
  • Automating lead enrichment and CRM updates with custom logic
  • Running automations on a company's own server to keep data in-house
Watch out for
  • No free plan; Pro starts with a 14-day trial
  • When the 20,000 monthly credits run out, agents stop unless pay-as-you-go is turned on ($0.005 per credit; off by default)
  • Pro allows 5 concurrent workflow runs and hosting of 1 MCP server
  • No free plan; the free week applies only to teammates who join through Slack
  • Credits are allocated per seat each month into a shared pool; when it runs low, Lindy pauses
  • Inbox management covers up to 5 inboxes
  • No free tier on n8n Cloud; free use means self-hosting the Community Edition
  • SSO, Git-based version control and multiple environments require the Business or Enterprise plan
  • Cloud plans cap monthly executions (2,500 on Starter, 10,000 on Pro) and concurrent executions
Made byAgentHub Inc. (Gumloop)Lindyn8n

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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