Mastra 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 Mastra, and ranks ahead in 67% of the answers that name both.

Choose Mastra if…

AI answers describe it more positively (100% vs 57% positive)
Type-safe, production-grade application code
Suited to serious production systems

Choose n8n if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (22 vs 1.2)
You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
You need SOC 2 or GDPR coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (51–200 employees)

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Mastra	n8n
Visibility score	1.2%	22%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in AI Agents	#56	#5
Share of voice	0.5%	4.4%
Mentions this run	3	30
Positive in AI answers	100%	57%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

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

Engine by engine

n8n leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

27.2%

AI Mode

1.7%

7.6%

Perplexity

1.9%

31.3%

Mastran8n

Head to head in AI answers

3 engine answers name both brands

1Mastra ranked higher

2n8n ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Mastra	n8n
What are the best AI Agents tools in 2026?	Perplexity	#12	#7
Compare the leading AI Agents platforms	Perplexity	#22	#10
Alternatives to the most popular AI agent platform	AI Mode	#5	#8

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Mastra	n8n
Pricing model	Flat tiers	—
Entry price	Free; paid from $250 / mo	—
Free plan	Yes	—
Deployment	Self-hosted on any Node.js-compatible environment, or hosted on Mastra Cloud and Mastra Platform.	Hosted on n8n Cloud or self-hosted on-prem or with Docker.
Integrations	—	2000+
Compliance	—	SOC 2, GDPR
Support	Shared Slack support channel (Enterprise), Dedicated support engineer (Enterprise), SLA support 8-5 Monday-Friday, 8am-6pm PST	Forum support on all plans, Email support on Enterprise, Dedicated support with SLA on Enterprise
Founded	2024	2019
Headquarters	San Francisco	Berlin, Germany
Employees	11–50	51–200
Funding	Series A · $35M raised	Series C · $240M raised
Best for	Developers and teams building AI agents in TypeScript and JavaScript	Technical teams that want the flexibility of code with the speed of no-code.