2 categories · Rankedn8n
Standing by category
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workflow orchestration | Data platform | 8% | 5 of 86 | 12% | 26 | accepted challenger |
| SOAR platforms | Security operations | 0% | 33 of 49 | 25% | 4 | under 10 labels · led by Tines at 47% |
Movement
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
By framing
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“Simple, visual automation across apps (Zapier/Make‑like) | n8n (Community Edition) | Free to self‑host; 400+ integrations” GLM 4.7 FlashX · Orchestration · budget prompt · first choice
“I'd suggest n8n if you want something easy to get started with, or Kestra if you need more power and flexibility” Kimi K2 · Orchestration · budget prompt · first choice
“n8n Community Edition is the strongest budget-friendly alternative because it is also free and open source” Perplexity Sonar · Orchestration · budget prompt · first choice
“n8n is the best overall value if you have even a single technical person” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Orchestration · direct prompt · first choice
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“Self-hosted n8n requires extreme security discipline — multiple critical CVEs under active exploitation” Kimi K2 · Orchestration · negative prompt · hard negative
“Because it isn't "security-native," you will have to manually build out your security-specific playbooks” Gemini 3.5 Flash · SOAR · budget prompt · soft negative
“*Cons*: Less scalable for high-throughput workflows. *Best for*: Small to medium teams” Mistral Small · Orchestration · scale prompt · soft negative
“Ignoring the operational cost - Self-hosted n8n or Airflow need maintenance” MiniMax M2.5 · Orchestration · negative prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
What carried it into the answer
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, four of the twelve in this edition, so these counts come from 81 of the 100 answers that named n8n and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
327 of the 327 domain citations in answers naming n8n came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Names read as n8n
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