Spinrun vs Zapier
App-to-app automationA Zap moves data between apps. A Spinrun agent sorts the inbox, answers the lead and chases the invoice.
Read the comparisonSpinrun vs n8n
n8n is a workflow automation tool for technical teams, self-hosted or on their cloud. Spinrun gives you AI agents that run on your own private machine, with no nodes to wire.
Last reviewed , against each product’s public pricing and docs.
The short answer
Pick n8n if you have engineers who want code nodes, Git and their own servers, and who will own the upgrades. Pick Spinrun if you want agents that do the job without anyone maintaining workflows or infrastructure. Spinrun includes the private machine your agents run on.
Choose n8n if
- You need to run everything on your own infrastructure for free
- Your team wants JavaScript or Python inside every workflow
- You rely on Git-based version control for automations
Choose Spinrun if
- Nobody on the team wants to own a server and its upgrades
- The people who need the automation do not write expressions
- You want agents that adapt instead of workflows that fail on edge cases
- You want the whole team to see what the agents did, live
Side by side
Spinrun vs n8n at a glance.
n8n gives engineers workflows to build and host. Spinrun gives your team agents that answer leads and chase invoices, with nothing to host.
Setting it up
Wire nodes on a canvas, often with JSON expressions or code. The AI Workflow Builder can draft a first version.
Describe the job in plain words. The agent plans the steps and sets up its own schedule.
Hosting
Self-host it and own the upgrades, backups and uptime, or pay for n8n Cloud. The Business plan is self-hosted only.
Hosted for you on a private, isolated machine that is kept up to date.
A case it has not seen
The workflow follows its nodes. The AI Agent node only decides inside the step where you placed it.
The whole job is the agent’s: it reads each case, picks its tools and asks you when it is unsure.
While you are away
A review step pauses the workflow before the tool runs and waits on Slack, Gmail, Teams or n8n’s chat until someone answers.
With Autopilot on, Spinrun answers your agents within your rules, never for spending or deleting, and has a recap ready when you return.
What it remembers
Memory is a node you add, backed by a database you configure.
Memory, files and databases live on its machine, and each correction sticks.
What running it costs
n8n Cloud counts executions: 2,500 a month for €20 billed yearly on Starter, 10,000 for €50 on Pro. Self-hosting is free, the server is yours.
The machine is included. Spinrun does not count runs or steps.
Key differences
Where Spinrun and n8n part ways.
Four differences that change your day to day, shown on the real product.
No nodes, no expressions
Connect your stackn8n workflows are graphs of nodes, often with JSON expressions or code, even when the AI Workflow Builder drafts them. A Spinrun agent gets the job in plain words, signs in to Gmail, Notion or Stripe, and reaches 3,000+ apps and any MCP server.
Hosted, isolated, maintained
Give it a machineSelf-hosting n8n means patching, backups and uptime, and its Business plan is self-hosted only, at €667 a month. n8n Cloud bills per execution instead. Spinrun gives your agents a private machine, your own isolated computer in the cloud where agents keep their files and databases, kept up to date for you.
Approvals that don’t wait for you
Set up approvalsn8n can pause an agent before a tool runs and wait on Slack, Gmail, Teams or its own chat until a person answers. Spinrun stops to ask in the app too, and with Autopilot on, the Foreman, the assistant that runs your agents, answers within your rules while you’re away, never for spending or deleting, then recaps the work and the hours it saved you.
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Margo · Invoice ChasingTwo invoices at acme.com are 20 days overdue. How should I chase them?
1
Send a firm reminder to billing@acme.com
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Call their AP contact first
3
Escalate to the account owner
Something else
Executions are not counted
Automate a taskn8n Cloud counts every workflow execution, 2,500 a month on Starter and 10,000 on Pro. A Spinrun agent can run every few minutes or on every webhook, and Spinrun does not count executions.
listening
running
A payment just failed
Margo is chasing it
done
New email from a lead
Jules is drafting a reply
done
Every morning at 7:00
Sam sorted your inbox
Switching
Move from n8n in three steps.
No migration project. Start with the one task that costs you the most, and let it prove itself.
Step 01
Chase invoicesEvery Monday
Reply to leadsOn every new email
Find 20 new leadsEvery day, 8:00
Pick the workflow you maintain most
Describe its outcome in plain words. The agent writes its own plan from there.
Step 02
Connect your apps and your AI
A sign-in per app, a token for the ones that ask, plus any MCP server or API. Use our models or your own keys.
Step 03
This morning07:00
- Sort the inbox07:04
- Chase 2 invoices07:09
- Write the weekly reportRunning
Run it, then retire the workflow
Schedule it or trigger it. When the results hold for a week, you have one less workflow to maintain.
Pricing
What you actually pay.
n8n Cloud bills per workflow execution, from €20 a month billed yearly for 2,500 executions and one shared project on Starter, or €50 for 10,000 and three projects on Pro. Business, at €667, is self-hosted only. The Community Edition is free to self-host, but the server, upgrades and security are on you. Spinrun includes the private machine, and does not count runs.
Spinrun
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Unlimited Coworkers
As many Coworkers as you need, running side by side, each with its own job and tools.
Your own machine
A private computer in the cloud where every Coworker of your workspace lives, shares its files and its data. Only yours.
Unlimited seats
Your whole team on the same workspace, with no per-seat fee.
Also included
Bring your own AI
Optional: your own key, subscription or local model.
3,000+ apps
All your tools ready to connect, plus any MCP or API.
Delegate any task
Hand off the busywork. Your Coworkers run it around the clock.
Invite your teammates
Share your workspace and build your Coworkers together.
Other comparisons
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Spinrun vs Make
Visual automation scenariosA Make scenario passes data from module to module. A Spinrun agent answers the lead, chases the invoice and learns from your corrections.
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Claude’s agent for tasks, now built into ClaudeClaude takes on the tasks you hand it, on Claude models. Spinrun runs your recurring work with a team of agents, on any model, your Claude plan included.
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Spinrun vs Manus
General AI agent with its own computerManus delivers one-off research, slides and sites. Spinrun runs your recurring work every day.
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Spinrun vs Grok Bot
Always-on agents from xAIGrok Bot comes inside SuperGrok and Cursor plans, in beta. Spinrun is a plan of its own, with agents ready to install on the model you choose.
Read the comparisonSpinrun vs Paperclip
Open-source org chart for AI agentsPaperclip gives the agents you already run an org chart, budgets and approval gates, on a server you host. Spinrun gives you the agents themselves, already running on a machine we keep up.
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Spinrun vs Hermes Agent
Self-improving open-source agentHermes is one agent you install and run, or host on Hermes Cloud by the day. Spinrun gives you a team of agents already doing the job, on one machine included in the plan.
Read the comparisonSpinrun vs OpenClaw
Open-source personal AI assistantOpenClaw is an assistant you install, host and secure, and its foundation sells nothing. Spinrun agents do the same jobs from an isolated machine we run for you.
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Spinrun vs Lindy
AI assistant for your team and your toolsLindy bills every active user, then every task in credits. Spinrun runs the same jobs on the AI you already pay for.
Read the comparisonSpinrun vs Twin
AI agents for one operator and their clientsTwin is flat-priced too, but the browser agent and the lead data sit on its $149 plan, and the people you invite are clients, not teammates.
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Spinrun vs Dust
AI agents on your company knowledgeDust answers from your company’s documents, priced per seat. Spinrun agents do the recurring work for the whole team.
Read the comparisonSpinrun vs Squad
AI teammates on the AI plan you bringSquad is $99 a month on top of the AI plan you bring. Spinrun has agents ready to install and runs on the AI plan or key you bring.
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Spinrun vs n8n, your questions.
Is Spinrun an n8n alternative?
Yes, for teams that want the outcome without maintaining workflows. n8n suits engineers who like building graphs and hosting them. Spinrun agents take the goal in plain words and run on a machine that is maintained for you.
Can I self-host Spinrun like n8n?
Every workspace gets a private, isolated machine. For anything beyond that, talk to us at help@spinrun.ai.
How is Spinrun different from the n8n AI Agent node?
The n8n node is one step inside a workflow you design and host. A Spinrun agent is the whole worker: it plans the steps, keeps memory and files, runs on its own schedule and asks you before anything risky.
Does Spinrun bill per execution?
No. Spinrun does not count runs.
What happens when an agent needs an approval while I’m away?
It stops and asks, you get an email, and you answer in the app. You can also turn on Autopilot: while you are away, the Foreman, the assistant that runs your agents, answers their questions and approves routine actions within your rules. Spending money and deleting always wait for you, and every decision is logged.
Do I need to write code with Spinrun?
No. You describe the job, connect your apps and the agent sets itself up. Developers can still plug in any MCP server or API.
Hire Coworkers on the ChatGPT plan you already pay for.
- 1. Plug in your subscription
- 2. Set up your Coworkers
- 3. Run your business with Coworkers
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