n8n Community vs Enterprise (Self‑Hosted)
Pick the right edition for your team fast. We’ll assess, harden, and deploy the version that fits your scale, security, and budget.
Pick the right edition for your team fast. We’ll assess, harden, and deploy the version that fits your scale, security, and budget.
pricing
Short answer: control, flexibility, and cost transparency. Here’s how the two editions differ:
Perfect for individuals and small teams. Get full automation power
with unlimited workflows at zero cost.
Great for: individuals and small teams getting started
What you get: full automation engine, official nodes, unlimited workflows/executions
Host anywhere: VM, Docker, Kubernetes
You manage: updates, backups, scaling, and access
Built for organizations that need enterprise-grade security,
governance, and professional support.
Great for: B2B and regulated teams that need governance
What you get: everything in Community plus SSO (SAML/OIDC), RBAC, audit/log streaming,
multi‑environment promotion, and vendor
SLAs
Built for scale: guidance, support, and operational guardrails
Advantage
PLAYBOOK
A battle-tested 6-step framework that takes you from initial assessment to production-ready n8n deployment with zero surprises.
Workflows, data flows, risk profile, and edition fit
Stand up an instance, rebuild 2-3 critical workflows, measure throughput
SSO (SAML/OIDC), RBAC, secret management, audit/log streaming
Dev/Staging/Prod promotion, backups, upgrade plan
Zero-downtime switch, dashboards, on-call pathways
EDITIONS
Choose the right n8n edition for your team size, security needs, and compliance requirements.
Here's who benefits most from each version.
Spin up quickly, automate freely, and learn fast. Community covers almost everything you need early on.
Start on Community to validate value; move to Enterprise once you need SSO, roles, approvals, and audit trails.
Choose Enterprise for identity integrations, governance, auditability, multi-environment control, and SLA-backed support. That combination is what security, legal, and ops teams expect in vendor reviews.
COMPARISON
Understand the key differences between n8n editions to choose the right version for your team's
security, collaboration, and operational needs.
Community
Enterprise
Authentication and user management capabilities
Community
Enterprise
Team workflows and deployment controls
Community
Enterprise
Performance, monitoring and operational support
Community
Enterprise
License terms and professional support options
Community
Enterprise
TCO SNAPSHOT
A detailed breakdown of total cost of ownership factors when choosing between
Community and Enterprise editions for self-hosted deployment.
Community
Enterprise
Community
Enterprise
Community
Enterprise
Community
Enterprise
Community
Enterprise
Community
Enterprise
Community
Enterprise
faq
Find answers to the most common questions about Codimite’s deployments, support, and capabilities.
Yes for smaller, low-risk use cases with simple access needs. As soon as you need centralized identity, roles, auditability, or SLAs, Enterprise is the safer bet.
Yes. SAML/OIDC SSO is available on Enterprise self-hosted.
Absolutely. Many teams begin on Community and switch to Enterprise when governance or scale requirements kick in.
Community is under the Sustainable Use License (fair-code); Enterprise uses a commercial license.
Codimite can provide managed ops SLAs; n8n Enterprise also includes vendor SLAs/support packages.
We’ll help you evaluate, harden, and deploy your self‑hosted n8n Community or Enterprise without the guesswork.
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