Automation Anywhere vs n8n

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

The short answer

n8n is the stronger AI pick in AI Agents: it has a visibility score of 22 versus 1.2 for Automation Anywhere, and ranks ahead in 50% of the answers that name both.

Choose Automation Anywhere if…

You need ISO 27001 or ISO 9001 or ISO 42001 or ISO 22301 or HIPAA compliant or HITRUST certified or SOC 1 coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (1,001–5,000 employees)
Rated Exemplary by ISG

Choose n8n if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (22 vs 1.2)
AI answers describe it more positively (57% vs 25% positive)
You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
You need GDPR coverage

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Automation Anywhere	n8n
Visibility score	1.2%	22%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in AI Agents	#52	#5
Share of voice	0.5%	4.4%
Mentions this run	4	30
Positive in AI answers	25%	57%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Automation Anywhere 0pp · n8n 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

n8n leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

1.9%

27.2%

AI Mode

7.6%

Perplexity

1.9%

31.3%

Automation Anywheren8n

Head to head in AI answers

2 engine answers name both brands

1Automation Anywhere ranked higher

1n8n ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Automation Anywhere	n8n
Compare the leading AI Agents platforms	Perplexity	#17	#10
Official website of the top AI agent platform vendors	ChatGPT	#18	#22

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Automation Anywhere	n8n
Deployment	Cloud-native platform offered as a cloud service	Hosted on n8n Cloud or self-hosted on-prem or with Docker.
Integrations	—	2000+
Compliance	ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 42001, ISO 22301, HIPAA compliant, HITRUST certified, SOC 1, SOC 2	SOC 2, GDPR
Support	Technical Support, Support plans matched to business requirements, A-People Support	Forum support on all plans, Email support on Enterprise, Dedicated support with SLA on Enterprise
Founded	—	2019
Headquarters	San Jose, CA, United States	Berlin, Germany
Employees	1,001–5,000	51–200
Funding	Later-stage VC deal (Series B-stage)	Series C · $240M raised
Best for	Enterprises running mission-critical processes that need secure, end-to-end automation	Technical teams that want the flexibility of code with the speed of no-code.