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Browse AI vs n8n vs Parseur

Everything that matters when choosing between them, in one place: our rating, what each can do, what they cost, and the trade-offs.

Browse AI

3.9

From $19/mo

Best overall

n8n

4.5

From €20/mo

Parseur

4.1

From $49/mo

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.

n8n4.5
Best overallBest value

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: Small businesses and operations teams that copy details from the same kinds of email or PDF into spreadsheets or other apps.

Overview

AttributeBrowse AIn8nParseur
In one lineScrape 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 emails and PDFs into your spreadsheets and apps.
Pricing modelFreemiumOpen sourceFreemium
Starting price$19/mo€20/mo$49/mo
Free plan Yes Yes Yes
Works with Claude Code Yes Yes Yes

Rating breakdown

Our scores out of 5. The higher bar in each row is highlighted.

AttributeBrowse AIn8nParseur
Overall rating3.94.5Winner4.1
Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it.
4.5
3.5
4.5
FeaturesHow completely it covers its own job, and how well the pieces fit together.
4.0
5.0
4.0
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
3.5
Speed & reliabilityHow fast it is and how often it falls over.
3.5
4.5
4.5

Feature comparison

A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.

AttributeBrowse AIn8nParseur
Access & platform
Free plan Yes Yes Yes
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–
Makes images No No No
Makes video No No No
Writes code No Yes No
Runs agents or automations Yes Yes No
Learns your brand or style– No–
Works in many languages–– Yes
Capabilities score7/ 1710/ 177/ 17

Pricing

Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.

AttributeBrowse AIn8nParseur
Plans

Free

Free

Testing a robot or two.

Community Edition

Free (self-hosted)

Anyone comfortable running software on a server.

Free

Free

Trying it on a handful of documents.

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.

Micro

$49/mo, or $468/yr

A small business with a trickle of documents.

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.

StarterOur pick

$129/mo, or $1,188/yr

Teams processing a few dozen documents a day.

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.

Pro

$499/mo, or $4,788/yr

Operations teams with high volume.

Enterprise

Custom

Companies that need an SLA and dedicated support.

Enterprise

Custom

Very high volume or custom contract terms.

Which plan to pickTest 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.Use Free to prove it can read your documents, then pick the plan that matches your monthly page count. Starter is where the cost per page becomes reasonable; yearly billing knocks roughly a quarter off.

Key features

AttributeBrowse AIn8nParseur
Standout features
  • Point-and-click robots
  • Monitoring and alerts
  • Pre-built robots
  • Send data anywhere
  • API
  • AI agent nodes
  • Self-host for free
  • Code when you need it
  • Per-execution pricing
  • Thousands of templates
  • MCP support
  • AI parsing
  • Template mode
  • Mailbox per job
  • Exports everywhere
  • Post-processing

Pros and cons

AttributeBrowse AIn8nParseur
Pros
  • Very easy to set up without code
  • Scheduled monitoring with change alerts
  • Free plan to test on your own target sites
  • Connects to Sheets, Airtable and automation tools
  • Free to self-host with no execution limits
  • The best tool here for AI agents and multi-step reasoning
  • Per-execution pricing on cloud is kind to long workflows
  • Huge template library and an active community
  • Code steps and the HTTP node mean you are rarely stuck
  • Quick to set up: forward an email and name the fields
  • Handles varying layouts without building templates
  • API, webhooks and automation connections on every plan
  • Support is consistently praised in reviews
  • Yearly billing brings the price down noticeably
Cons
  • Robots can break when a site changes layout
  • Sites with bot protection may fail or use extra credits
  • Credits run down faster than expected on multi-page jobs
  • Some users report billing issues after cancelling
  • Steeper learning curve than Zapier or Make, with JSON everywhere
  • Self-hosting is a real job: updates, backups and security are on you
  • No free cloud plan, only a trial
  • The fair-code licence limits reselling it as a service
  • Business plan is self-hosted only and priced for larger companies
  • Free plan is only 20 pages a month, short for a proper test
  • Expensive per page at low volumes
  • Advanced features are thinly documented
  • Not built for approval workflows or direct ERP posting

Who each one is for

AttributeBrowse AIn8nParseur
Best for
  • Competitor price monitoring
  • Pulling listings into a spreadsheet
  • Alerts when a web page changes
  • Building lead lists from directories
  • AI agents that act on email or chat
  • Self-hosted automation
  • Unlimited runs on your own server
  • Custom code steps when you need them
  • Order and booking emails into a spreadsheet
  • Lead notification emails into a CRM
  • Supplier invoices and delivery notes
  • Recurring PDF reports
  • Feeding Zapier and Make workflows
You'll find it used by
  • Ecommerce teams
  • Marketers
  • Sales teams
  • Researchers
  • Recruiters
  • Developers
  • Ops teams
  • Agencies
  • Technical founders
  • Small business owners
  • Operations teams
  • E-commerce stores
  • Property and travel businesses
  • Bookkeepers

Questions people ask

Which is better, Browse AI, n8n or Parseur?

n8n scores highest overall in our ratings (Browse AI 3.9/5, n8n 4.5/5 and Parseur 4.1/5). 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. Parseur is best for order and booking emails into a spreadsheet and lead notification emails into a CRM.

Which is cheaper, Browse AI, n8n or Parseur?

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. Parseur: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $49/mo.

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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