prices verified june 2026 · 3 workflows · monthly billing

Automatisch vs Node-RED — pricing & features compared

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Node-RED

Both are free, open-source and self-hosted, so our figures put them at the same cost — your server (see the table). They aim at different users: Automatisch is a simple, EU-friendly tool for basic SaaS automation (about 50 integrations, AGPL), while Node-RED (Apache 2.0) is a developer/IoT tool with a flow editor and Node.js function nodes. Pick Automatisch for simple flows you host yourself, Node-RED for hardware, events and code. See the price table below for figures.

Price by volume

What you'd pay per month

Cheapest qualifying plan for each tool, including overage, at four typical volumes.

runs / month	Automatisch	Node-RED
1,000	$8self-hosted*	$8self-hosted*
5,000	$8self-hosted*	$8self-hosted*
20,000	$25self-hosted*	$25self-hosted*
100,000	$45self-hosted*	$45self-hosted*

~ = estimated custom-tier pricing (vendor quotes individually; calibrated against public list prices). Assumes 3 workflows, monthly billing, cheapest qualifying plan. Prices verified June 2026 — see the price changelog. * self-hosted = free open-source software; the figure is the server infrastructure (VPS + DB, not a tool fee), ~$8/mo small to ~$150/mo at high volume — assumes light workflows and excludes your ops time.

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Where they differ

Feature differences that matter

Only the rows where Automatisch and Node-RED actually differ — identical capabilities are left out.

Feature	Automatisch	Node-RED
Integrations	50+	5,000+
Free tier	Unlimited* · Unlimited*	Unlimited · Unlimited
Execution timeout	No limit*	No limit
Log history	Full history*	Full history
API access	✗	✓
Code steps	✗	✓
License	AGPL-3.0	Apache 2.0

Same on both: overage model · steps per workflow · eu data residency · self-hosting · ai features · multi-user · webhooks.

Trade-offs

Pros & cons

Automatisch

Simplest setup
Full data control (GDPR)
Unlimited on self-host

Only ~50 integrations
No AI nodes
Smallest community

Node-RED

Apache 2.0 — completely free
Node.js code steps
Best for IoT/hardware

No cloud option
Developer-only (no visual UI)
Limited SaaS integrations

FAQ

Common questions

They come out to the same cost across the volumes we track — both are free open-source software, so the figure is just your server bill (see the table above). Price isn't the deciding factor here; the feature and trade-off sections below cover what separates them.

Automatisch doesn't meter operations — one flat cloud price, or self-host for free. Node-RED has no metering — it's open-source software you run on your own hardware.

Yes — both Automatisch and Node-RED can be self-hosted, which caps the real cost at your server bill.

When you want the simplest self-hosted setup for a few SaaS integrations. Automatisch is fast to stand up, EU-friendly and unmetered — a lean choice when you don't need code or hardware support and value data control.

Taken from official pricing pages and verified June 2026. Values marked ~ are estimates for custom enterprise tiers. Every change we record lands in the price changelog.

Try them

Both have free tiers — test with your real workflow

Automatisch

Open source — self-host for free, or take the flat-price cloud plan.

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Node-RED

Free and open source — install and run in minutes on a Pi or VPS.

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An objective cost comparison from each vendor's public pricing pages (June 2026) — not a recommendation; rankings reflect price only, so verify current pricing before deciding. We run an affiliate link for Make (the only one of these tools with a public referral program); the others don't offer one, so those are plain links — affiliate status never affects the comparison. See our affiliate disclosure.

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