Cognigy 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 0.9 for Cognigy, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Cognigy if…

You prefer a larger, established vendor (201–500 employees)
Recognised as a Forrester Wave Leader for conversational AI
Named among leading customer-service voice and chat platforms
Evaluated in Gartner's Conversational AI Platforms research

Choose n8n if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (22 vs 0.9)
You need more native integrations (2000+ vs 110+)
You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
You need SOC 2 or GDPR coverage

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Cognigy	n8n
Visibility score	0.9%	22%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in AI Agents	#61	#5
Share of voice	0.4%	4.4%
Mentions this run	3	30
Positive in AI answers	—	57%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

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

Engine by engine

n8n leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

0.9%

27.2%

AI Mode

7.6%

Perplexity

1.9%

31.3%

Cognigyn8n

Head to head in AI answers

1 engine answers name both brands

0Cognigy ranked higher

1n8n ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Cognigy	n8n
Compare the leading AI Agents platforms	Perplexity	#15	#10

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Cognigy	n8n
Deployment	Standalone or inside NiCE CXone	Hosted on n8n Cloud or self-hosted on-prem or with Docker.
Integrations	110+	2000+
Compliance	—	SOC 2, GDPR
Support	—	Forum support on all plans, Email support on Enterprise, Dedicated support with SLA on Enterprise
Founded	—	2019
Headquarters	Düsseldorf, Germany	Berlin, Germany
Employees	201–500	51–200
Funding	Seed · $175M raised	Series C · $240M raised
Best for	Enterprise customer service and contact center teams	Technical teams that want the flexibility of code with the speed of no-code.