ActiveCampaign vs n8n

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

ActiveCampaign is the stronger AI pick in Marketing Automation: it has a visibility score of 44 versus 0.9 for n8n, and ranks ahead in 0% of the answers that name both.

Choose ActiveCampaign if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (44 vs 0.9)
You need HIPAA coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (501–1,000 employees)
advanced marketing automation

Choose n8n if…

You need more native integrations (2000+ vs 1000+)
AI answers describe it more positively (57% vs 53% positive)
You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
Avoids vendor lock-in and offers self-hosting

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric	ActiveCampaign	n8n
Visibility score	44%	0.9%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Marketing Automation	#2	#33
Share of voice	9.3%	0.2%
Mentions this run	51	1
Positive in AI answers	53%	57%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

ActiveCampaign 0pp · n8n 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

ActiveCampaign leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

43.7%

2.6%

AI Mode

47.6%

Perplexity

40.7%

ActiveCampaignn8n

Head to head in AI answers

1 engine answers name both brands

0ActiveCampaign ranked higher

1n8n ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	ActiveCampaign	n8n
How do companies automate campaigns and nurture leads without a dedicated tool?	ChatGPT	#8	#3

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	ActiveCampaign	n8n
Pricing model	Flat tiers	—
Entry price	Contact sales	—
Free plan	No	—
Onboarding fee	Included	—
Deployment	—	Hosted on n8n Cloud or self-hosted on-prem or with Docker.
Integrations	1000+	2000+
Compliance	GDPR, SOC 2, HIPAA	SOC 2, GDPR
Support	Help center, FAQs, Support request form, Dedicated account team on Enterprise plan	Forum support on all plans, Email support on Enterprise, Dedicated support with SLA on Enterprise
Founded	2003	2019
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois, United States	Berlin, Germany
Employees	501–1,000	51–200
Funding	Series C · $360M raised	Series C · $240M raised
Best for	Small teams and growing businesses that want AI to run everyday email, SMS and WhatsApp marketing	Technical teams that want the flexibility of code with the speed of no-code.