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Why Zoho Flow is a comprehensive alternative to n8n
One platform for all your integration needs
Create, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot integrations across 1,000+ cloud and on-prem apps, WordPress plugins, databases, and the Zoho ecosystem from a single place.
Intuitive drag-and-drop workflow builder
Easily create workflows by dragging and dropping actions, logic elements, and AI steps onto a visual interface, with no technical expertise required.
Collaborate and build integrations without code
Enable teams to build and manage integrations without depending on developer support.
Enterprise-grade security and compliance
Run integrations on Zoho’s secure cloud infrastructure with 24/7 monitoring and 99.9% uptime, ensuring your workflows remain reliable and your data stays protected.
Try for yourself with a no-commitment free trial
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Compare features
- Comparison
- Zoho Flow (Professional)
- n8n (Pro) Cloud
- n8n (Business) Self hosted
- Integrations
- Cloud and on-prem integrations
- 1,000+ prebuilt business app integrations
- 1,000+ integrations via nodes and APIs
- 1,000+ integrations via nodes and APIs
- Wordpress plugin integrations
- 100+ plugins supported
- 1 official node (Wordpress REST API)
- 1 official node (Wordpress REST API)
- Custom app integrations
- API- and webhook-based integrations, custom scripting possible with Deluge
- API- and webhook-based integrations, custom scripting also supported
- API- and webhook-based integrations, custom scripting also possible
- Zoho ecosystem integration
- Connect 50+ Zoho apps
- Very minimal Zoho apps available as nodes
- Very minimal Zoho apps available as nodes
- Usability, deployment and pricing
- Ease of use
- User-friendly drag-and-drop interface with AI prompt based workflow-generation
- Visual builder, but requires technical know-how
- Visual builder, but requires technical skills
- Hosting
- Fully hosted and managed by Zoho
- Fully hosted and managed by n8n
- Self hosted on user's servers
- Infrastructure management
- No infrastructure setup required
- No infrastructure setup required
- Requires managing servers, updates, backups, and more
- Maintenance and updates
- Managed by Zoho
- Managed by n8n
- Managed by users
- Prebuilt templates
- 25,000 ready-to-use templates
- 8,400 workflow automation templates
- 8,400 workflow automation templates
- Deployment time
- Minutes
- Minutes
- Hours to days
- Target users
- Business users, operations and marketing teams
- Startups, technical operations teams
- Technical teams, developers
- Pricing
- /month billed annually
- $59/month billed annually
- $788/month, billed annually
- Overall cost structure
- Fixed cost
- Fixed cost
- Additional hosting costs
- Billing model
- Task-based pricing
- Execution-based pricing
- Execution-based pricing
- Total cost of ownership
- Low
- Low
- Very high
- Scripting
- Deluge (Zoho's language)
- JavaScript/ TypeScript
- JavaScript/ TypeScript
- Data security and Compliance
- ISO/IEC 27001 (Information Security Management certification)
- Yes
- Not publicly listed
- Depends on user's hosting environment
- ISO/IEC 27701 (Privacy Information Management)
- Yes
- Not publicly listed
- Depends on user's hosting environment
- System and Organization Controls (SOC) certification
- Yes
- Yes (SOC 2)
- Depends on user's hosting environment
- ISO/IEC 27017 (Cloud Security Management)
- Yes
- Not publicly listed
- Depends on user's hosting environment
- ISO/IEC 27018 (Personal Data in the Cloud)
- Yes
- Not publicly listed
- Depends on user's hosting environment
- GDPR Compliance
- Yes
- Yes
- Depends on user's hosting environment
- HIPAA and Business Associate Agreements (BAAs)
- Yes
- No
- Depends on user's hosting environment
- AI
- Text to workflow
- Powered by Zoho's AI engine
- Not available with native AI engine
- Not available with native AI engine
- Built-in text utilities
- Available
- Not available
- Not available
- Agentic actions
- Available
- Available
- Available
- Third-party LLM integrations
- Available
- Available
- Available
Your data's security is our priority
At Zoho, safeguarding your privacy and your data security are at the core of our values. With Zoho Flow, you get a secure platform to maintain all your automated workflows while also empowering you to enhance your efforts in maintaining compliance with the latest privacy regulations.

Frequently asked questions
Zoho Flow is an integration platform that helps you connect multiple applications to automate business workflows.
Zoho Flow has a 15-day free trial of all premium features. You can get started by signing up here.
Yes, we adhere to a strict privacy policy when handling your data, and you can choose to deny access to your data at any time. Learn more about data encryption in Zoho Flow here.
No, you don’t have to create a separate account for Flow if you already have a Zoho account. However, you need to be on a Zoho Flow plan (either as part of a Zoho bundle or separately) for your flows to work. Simply sign in, create an organization, and start building flows!
Yes, Zoho Flow is a part of Zoho One. You can view the plan details here.
A flow is an automated workflow created to link different cloud applications together to automate data transfer. You can set up events to trigger the flow, and it will then perform specific actions in other apps.
You can add as many members as you want to your organization. If you're a part of Zoho One, then your Zoho One limits will apply to Zoho Flow.




