n8n, with the governance layer you were going to build anyway.
n8n is a good product with a large community. Teams usually leave it when they need budgets per tenant, approvals in the engine, a health check before the first run, or one control plane for many customers. Every n8n number below is quoted from n8n’s own pages, with the date we read it.
Every n8n figure on this page is quoted from a page n8n publishes, and links to it with the date we read it (oldest: 2026-09-22). OCNORA numbers are counted from the running catalogue on 2026-09-22. We do not state what n8n lacks — only what each of us publishes.
Looking for a n8n alternative? Why teams move, and how the move works.
What each one publishes today.
| What | OCNORA | n8n, as n8n publishes it | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalogue, as each vendor counts it | 1,000+ providers · 7,600+ node types | 2,192 integrationsn8n.io/integrations · 2026-09-22 | Different units: OCNORA counts providers and node types; the other vendor counts its own unit. Neither number converts into the other. |
| Entry plan | Quoted per deployment — see /pricing | Starter — 20€/mo billed annually, 2.5K executionsn8n.io/pricing · 2026-09-22 | |
| Mid plan | Quoted on executions and AI spend | Pro — 50€/mo billed annually, 10K executionsn8n.io/pricing · 2026-09-22 | |
| Self-hosted plan | Docker Compose or Helm on an offline signed licence | Business — 667€/mo billed annually, 40K executionsn8n.io/pricing · 2026-09-22 | |
| Enterprise plan | Custom | Contact Sales, custom execution volumen8n.io/pricing · 2026-09-22 | |
| Self-hosting stated by the vendor | n8n.io/enterprise · 2026-09-22 | OCNORA: Docker Compose or Helm on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. n8n: self-hosted, air-gapped or managed cloud. | |
| SAML / LDAP SSO stated by the vendor | partial | n8n.io/enterprise · 2026-09-22 | OCNORA: SAML 2.0 (SP-initiated) and OIDC, with SCIM 2.0 provisioning; no LDAP. Dashboard users sign in with email and password, with multi-factor authentication, or through OIDC or SAML 2.0 (SP-initiated) single sign-on where the installation has an identity provider configured; SCIM 2.0 provisions users and groups from that identity provider. Embedded users arrive through JIT SSO. |
| External secret stores stated by the vendor | partial | n8n.io/enterprise · 2026-09-22 | OCNORA: Connection secrets are envelope-encrypted with a data key wrapped by one of three key backends: a local master key, Google Cloud KMS or AWS KMS. Azure Key Vault and HashiCorp Vault are not offered. |
| Git-backed environments stated by the vendor | n8n.io/enterprise · 2026-09-22 | OCNORA: Workflows keep versions with restore and diff. Git-backed promotion between environments is not offered. | |
| Source-available licence | Sustainable Use License v1.0github.com/n8n-io/n8n · LICENSE.md · 2026-09-22 | OCNORA: OCNORA is a commercial product and does not publish its source; self-hosting runs on an offline signed licence. |
- 2,192 integrations listed in the integrations directory. n8n.io/integrations · 2026-09-22
- 205,696 GitHub stars on n8n-io/n8n. GitHub API · n8n-io/n8n · 2026-09-22
- Source code under the Sustainable Use License v1.0: use is limited to "your own internal business purposes or for non-commercial or personal use", and Enterprise Edition files need a separate n8n Enterprise Licence. github.com/n8n-io/n8n · LICENSE.md · 2026-09-22
- "Run n8n self-hosted, air-gapped on your private network, or on managed cloud." n8n.io/enterprise · 2026-09-22
- "n8n supports SSO, SAML, LDAP, and user provisioning with your existing auth service." n8n.io/enterprise · 2026-09-22
- Third-party secret managers: 1Password, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, GCP Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, Infisical. n8n.io/enterprise · 2026-09-22
- Git as the single source of truth for workflows, with isolated development and production environments. n8n.io/enterprise · 2026-09-22
- All plans include "unlimited users & workflows and every integration". n8n.io/pricing · 2026-09-22
- 7,600+ documented node types across 1,000+ providers; 84 trigger types; 21 UI languages.
- Multi-tenant control plane with per-tenant AI budgets, plugins and secrets; embed with JIT SSO.
- Human-in-the-loop as a node; Workflow Health before the first run; Auto Fix; ops center; business ROI reports.
- Envelope-encrypted secrets, PII crypto-shred, audit log on every mutation and run step, offline signed licence.
- Python code node, hosted models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and DeepSeek plus local models, MCP server and client, evaluations via the API.
Pricing follows executions and AI spend; see pricing.
Drop the JSON file in. Three steps.
The importer reads n8n workflow JSON and produces an OCNORA workflow that goes straight through Workflow Health. You see what mapped, what was rewritten, and what needs a decision before anything runs.
- STEP 1
Export from n8n
Download the workflow as JSON from n8n (one file per workflow, or the whole folder).
- STEP 2
Import into OCNORA
Drop the file on the Workflows page. The importer maps the nodes and shows a report: mapped, rewritten, stand-in.
- STEP 3
Connect and run Health
Fill the connection requests the importer created, then let Workflow Health validate, pre-flight and dry-run the result.
| In the n8n file | What the importer does |
|---|---|
| ~45 n8n node types | Mapped one-to-one onto OCNORA node types, with parameters carried across. |
| IF nodes | Become control.branch rules with the same conditions. |
| Expressions | Rewritten from n8n syntax to OCNORA expressions and checked by the validator. |
| Sticky notes | Dropped. The workflow description keeps their text. |
| Unknown node types | Become stand-in nodes that keep the original configuration. You can request the app from inside the builder, and the team sees the demand. |
| Credentials | Never in the file, never imported. The importer creates a connection request per credential the workflow needs. |
Placeholders, Code nodes, credentials and a first-test checklist: what imports from n8n, and what does not.
The governance layer, as part of the engine.
These are statements about OCNORA, not about anyone else. Check them against the other vendor yourself — we would rather you did.
AI budgets per tenant
Token and USD caps per workspace, per provider and per workflow, with threshold alerts and a circuit breaker that stops spend rather than warning about it after the fact.
Workflow Health before the first run
A validation, pre-flight and dry run that checks connections, hosts, expressions and unknowable values before a workflow is ever allowed to touch production — plus an Auto Fix worker for what it can repair safely.
Human-in-the-loop as a node
An approval step is part of the graph, not a webhook you wire up yourself. The run parks, the approver sees the payload, and the decision lands in the audit log.
A multi-tenant control plane
One installation serves many customers: per-tenant budgets, plugins, secrets and licences, with JIT SSO when the builder is embedded inside your own product.
An audit record of every mutation and run step
Every change and every step input, output and decision is recorded, with envelope-encrypted secrets and PII crypto-shred.
21 UI languages
The builder and the dashboard ship translated, not machine-substituted at render time.
When n8n is the better choice.
We would rather you pick the right tool than pick us and regret it.
You want Git-backed environments
n8n states Git as a single source of truth with isolated dev and production environments. OCNORA has versions with restore and diff, but not Git-backed promotion.
You want source-available software
n8n publishes its source under the Sustainable Use License. OCNORA does not publish its source.
Procurement requires a SOC 2 report
OCNORA documents its controls and shares them under NDA, and does not claim an attestation it does not hold.
If none of those are blockers and you need per-tenant budgets, approvals in the engine, a health check before the first run, or one control plane for many customers, OCNORA is the shorter path. See the product or enterprise, or compare against something else.
Where every n8n figure came from
This site states nothing about n8n that is not printed on a page n8n publishes. Each source below was read on the date shown. Where a capability is not on this page, it means we could not source it from n8n — not that n8n lacks it. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.
- 1.n8n.io/integrations — read 2026-09-22
- 2.GitHub API · n8n-io/n8n — read 2026-09-22
- 3.github.com/n8n-io/n8n · LICENSE.md — read 2026-09-22
- 4.n8n.io/enterprise — read 2026-09-22
- 5.n8n.io/pricing — read 2026-09-22
Import your n8n workflows in an afternoon.
Bring the exported JSON to a technical demo. We drop it in, fill the connection requests, and let Workflow Health tell you what will run before it does.