n8n

About n8n

n8n was founded in 2019 in Berlin by Jan Oberhauser and is now headquartered in Berlin with a globally distributed team. The platform offers a visual, node-based workflow automation tool that connects hundreds of services, APIs, and data sources—similar to Zapier or Make (formerly Integromat) but with a distinctive focus on developer flexibility, self-hosting, and more complex workflow logic. n8n's relevance to AI workflows has grown significantly with the AI boom: the platform includes dedicated AI agent nodes that integrate with LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq, Hugging Face), vector databases (Pinecone, Qdrant, Supabase), and embedding models. Teams use n8n to build AI agents that respond to webhooks, process documents, call APIs, update databases, and send notifications—all through a visual interface without custom backend code. A critical differentiator for European businesses is n8n's self-hosting option. The platform is distributed under a 'fair-code' licence and can be deployed on any server or cloud infrastructure. This means European organisations can run n8n entirely on their own EU infrastructure, ensuring that all workflow data, API credentials, and AI agent interactions stay within their own environment—achieving maximum data sovereignty. n8n Cloud is hosted on AWS infrastructure in the EU (Frankfurt region), and the company is incorporated in Germany under German law, making it subject to GDPR as a matter of corporate law. For businesses using n8n Cloud, data stays in the EU. For businesses with the most stringent sovereignty requirements, the self-hosted option removes all dependency on n8n's cloud infrastructure. The platform has grown to over 50,000 active deployments and raised €55 million in funding with investors including Sequoia Capital and Felicis Ventures.