n8n vs CrewAI

n8n

CrewAI

n8n · 19 features

• 500+ Integration Nodes — Apps, SaaS, DBs, cloud services, AI models.
• AI / LangChain Nodes — AI Agent, Chain, Memory, Vector Store nodes out of box.
• Audit Logs — Enterprise compliance logging.
• Code Nodes (JS + Python) — Drop-in custom code nodes with full data access.
• Credentials Vault — Encrypted credentials per service.
• Environments — dev/staging/prod environments.
• Error Workflows — Global + per-workflow error handlers.
• Execution History — Full run log with inputs/outputs per node.
• Expression Editor — JavaScript expressions for data mapping.
• External Secrets — HashiCorp Vault + AWS Secrets + Azure Key Vault integrations.
• Git Version Control — Version workflows in Git (Business+).
• HTTP Request Node — Full-featured HTTP client node (any REST API).
• Queue Mode — Redis-backed execution queue for scaling.
• Schedule Triggers — Cron-based triggers down to the minute.
• SSO + SAML + LDAP — Business+ authentication.
• Sub-Workflows — Reusable child workflows.
• Variables — Global variables + per-workflow variables.
• Visual Editor — Drag-and-drop flow builder. Node-based canvas.
• Webhooks — Webhook triggers + responses.

CrewAI · 11 features

• CrewAI Enterprise UI — Managed cloud for deploying + monitoring crews.
• Hierarchical Process — Manager agent delegates to workers.
• Human Input — human_input=True pauses for human review/approval.
• MCP Tool Support — Consume MCP servers as Agent tools.
• Memory — Short-term, long-term, entity memory per Crew/Agent.
• Observability Integrations — Langfuse, LangSmith, AgentOps, OpenLIT.
• Planning Feature — Optional planner agent that plans before task execution.
• Task Guardrails — Validate task output + retry with feedback.
• Testing — Test Crews deterministically with eval metrics.
• Tools — 70+ pre-built tools (search, scrape, file, vision, code exec).
• Training — Train agents from feedback loops.