Side-by-side comparison · Automation & Workflows
Browse AI vs n8n vs Nanonets
Everything that matters when choosing between them, in one place: our rating, what each can do, what they cost, and the trade-offs.
Comparing 3 tools, the maximum.
At a glance
Pick it if: Ecommerce, marketing and sales teams that need data from other websites without writing code.
Pick it if: Teams that want full control of their data and automations, or anyone building AI agents on a budget who doesn't mind getting a bit technical.
Pick it if: Finance and operations teams buried in invoices, receipts and forms that someone still types into the books by hand.
Overview
| Attribute | Browse AI | n8n | Nanonets |
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| In one line | Scrape data from websites and track changes, set up by pointing and clicking. | Build automations and AI agents on a visual canvas, then host them yourself for free. | Pulls data out of invoices, receipts and forms and sends it into your accounting system. |
| Pricing model | Freemium | Open source | Paid |
| Starting price | $19/mo | €20/mo | $50 free credits |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | No |
| Works with Claude Code | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Rating breakdown
Our scores out of 5. The higher bar in each row is highlighted.
| Attribute | Browse AI | n8n | Nanonets |
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| Overall rating | 3.9 | 4.5Winner | 3.7 |
| Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it. | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| FeaturesHow completely it covers its own job, and how well the pieces fit together. | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 |
| Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them. | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Value for moneyWhat you get for the price, including the free plan. | 3.5 | 5.0 | 3.0 |
| Speed & reliabilityHow fast it is and how often it falls over. | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
Feature comparison
A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.
| Attribute | Browse AI | n8n | Nanonets |
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| Access & platform | |||
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | No |
| Mobile app | – | No | – |
| Desktop app | – | No | – |
| Browser extension | Yes | No | – |
| API access | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Teams & business | |||
| Team workspace | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise plan or SSO | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Connects to other apps | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open source or self-hosted | No | Yes | – |
| AI abilities | |||
| Works with your files | – | Yes | Yes |
| Understands images | – | Yes | Yes |
| Makes images | No | No | No |
| Makes video | No | No | No |
| Writes code | No | Yes | – |
| Runs agents or automations | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Learns your brand or style | – | No | – |
| Works in many languages | – | – | Yes |
| Capabilities score | 7/ 17 | 10/ 17 | 8/ 17 |
Pricing
Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.
| Attribute | Browse AI | n8n | Nanonets |
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| Plans | Free Free Testing a robot or two. | Community Edition Free (self-hosted) Anyone comfortable running software on a server. | StarterOur pick $50 free credits, then pay as you go Small teams testing it or running modest volumes. |
Personal $19/mo billed yearly, or $48 monthly One person monitoring a few sites. | StarterOur pick €20/mo billed yearly A small business that wants n8n hosted for them. | Growth Custom Finance teams with steady monthly volume. | |
ProfessionalOur pick $69/mo billed yearly, or $87 monthly Teams scraping several sites regularly. | Pro €50/mo billed yearly Teams running several business-critical workflows. | Enterprise Custom Large or regulated organisations. | |
Premium From $500/mo billed yearly High-volume or protected sites. | Business €667/mo billed yearly Larger teams that need SSO and version control, self-hosted. | ||
Enterprise Custom Companies that need an SLA and dedicated support. | |||
| Which plan to pick | Test on Free first to make sure your target sites work. Professional suits most business use because of the site and user limits; pay yearly if you are sure, as monthly costs much more. | If you have anyone technical on hand, self-host the Community Edition on a small server and pay nothing. Otherwise Starter on the cloud is the right place to begin, and 2,500 executions covers a lot when each run of a long workflow counts as one. | Start on Starter with the free credits and push a month's worth of your real invoices through it. Only talk to sales about Growth once you know your volume and which accounting system it has to feed. |
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Questions people ask
Which is better, Browse AI, n8n or Nanonets?
n8n scores highest overall in our ratings (Browse AI 3.9/5, n8n 4.5/5 and Nanonets 3.7/5). Browse AI is best for competitor price monitoring and pulling listings into a spreadsheet. n8n is best for AI agents that act on email or chat and self-hosted automation. Nanonets is best for accounts payable invoice capture and receipts and expense documents.
Which is cheaper, Browse AI, n8n or Nanonets?
Browse AI: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $19/mo. n8n: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at €20/mo. Nanonets: There's no free plan. Paid plans start at $50 free credits.
Which is easier to use, Browse AI, n8n or Nanonets?
Browse AI rates highest for ease of use in our scores. Ecommerce, marketing and sales teams that need data from other websites without writing code.
How we compare
Ratings are our own, from using each tool, across ease of use, features, output quality, value for money, speed & reliability.
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