n8n didn't stay a scrappy self-hosted tool. SAP just bet $5.2B that it's infrastructure.
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The best-value visual automation tool I checked, now with an AI co-worker built in.
Still the easiest way to connect almost any app to almost any AI.
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n8n didn't stay a scrappy self-hosted tool. SAP just bet $5.2B that it's infrastructure.
The best-value visual automation tool I checked, now with an AI co-worker built in.
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Activepieces is still the open-source answer to Zapier, but the company now sells it as a governed AI workspace.
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Lindy stopped being the tool you build agents in and became a teammate you hire into Slack.
n8n didn't stay a scrappy self-hosted tool. SAP just bet $5.2B that it's infrastructure.
The best-value visual automation tool I checked, now with an AI co-worker built in.