Langflowvsn8n
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Langflow
Langflow · Agent framework
OSSMCP
Panel
7.51 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.3
- Usefulness
- 7.0
- Cost
- 8.5
- Longevity
- 8.0
“Shipping since February 2023, which in agent-framework years qualifies it for a pension and a plaque.”
n8n
n8n GmbH · Agent framework
MCP
Panel
7.42 spec wins
- Reliability
- 7.0
- Usefulness
- 7.5
- Cost
- 7.2
- Longevity
- 8.0
“A 2019 workflow tool that discovered agents, which is still earlier than most agent companies discovered revenue.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Langflow | n8n |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Agent framework | Agent framework |
| Runs | local, cloud | local, cloud |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows, web | macos, linux, windows, web |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | Yes | Yes |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | No | No |
| Multi-file edits | No | No |
| Git operations | No | No |
| Browser control | No | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | Yes | Yes |
| Headless / CI mode | No | Yes |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | any | any |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | Yes | Yes |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | free | mixed |
| Starts at | $0/mo | n/a |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | No |
| License | MIT | Sustainable Use License and n8n Enterprise License (fair-code) |
| GitHub stars | 155,446 | 206,477 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Langflow | n8n | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 7.5 | 7.8 | n8n — Pick n8n when the agent is one step in an automation that also has to touch a database and a Slack channel; pick Langflow when the agent itself is the whole project. |
| El Crítico | 6.8 | 6.8 | no preference |
| El Profesor | 7.5 | 7.3 | Langflow — The visual layer sits over a Python runtime, so the graph is executed rather than transpiled, and the same graph can be exposed as tools to external clients over MCP. |
| La Inversora | 7.5 | 8.5 | n8n — Two hundred thousand stars and six years of shipping since 2019 buy distribution nothing in this category can match, with enterprise terms negotiated privately. |
| La Jefa | 6.8 | 7.3 | n8n — Cloud tiers run EUR 20, 50 and 667 a month rather than per seat, so sixty people cost the same as six, and the annual commitment is the only friction. |
| El Hacker | 8.8 | 7.0 | Langflow — MIT, one docker run to have it on localhost, local model endpoints supported, and it acts as both an MCP client and an MCP server, which almost nothing else does. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.