n8n vs Anthropic MCP

Featuren8nAnthropic MCP
CategoryAutomation PlatformsAI Development
PricingFree (self-hosted) + Cloud €20/moFree (open standard)
GitHub Stars55,00045,000
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, Windows, DockermacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ Visual workflow builder
  • ✓ 400+ integrations
  • ✓ AI nodes
  • ✓ Self-hostable
  • ✓ Code nodes
  • ✓ Webhook triggers
  • ✓ Universal tool protocol
  • ✓ Server/client architecture
  • ✓ Stdio and SSE transport
  • ✓ TypeScript + Python SDKs
  • ✓ Growing ecosystem
Tags
automationworkflowno-codeself-hostedintegrations
open-sourceprotocoltoolsintegrationstandard