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Gaffa vs n8n
General workflow automation platform; Gaffa is specialized for browser-based web data automation.
GaffaA REST API for browser automation and web scraping
n8nWorkflow automation with AI, cloud or self-hostedWhich to pick
Pick Gaffa if you want…
- Browser-driven web scraping via simple API
Pick n8n if you want…
- Low-code AI-enabled workflow automation
- Cross-app workflow orchestration
- Open-source code (n8n-io/n8n on GitHub)
Side by side
- What it is
- Gaffa:Gaffa offers a REST API to control real browsers for web automation, scraping, screenshots and data extraction.
- n8n:n8n is a workflow automation platform that combines AI, code, and no-code to build and run integrations.
- Best for
- Gaffa:Browser-driven web scraping via simple API
- n8n:Low-code AI-enabled workflow automation
- Who it’s for
- Gaffa:Developers needing scalable browser-based web data extraction without managing browsers or proxies.
- n8n:Technical teams needing flexible automation with AI and code control
- Pricing
- Gaffa:Freemium
- n8n:Freemium
- Plans
- Gaffa:—
- n8n:Starter 20€/mo billed annually · Pro 50€/mo billed annually · Business 667€/mo billed annually
- Open source
- Gaffa:—
- n8n:Yes, 206,435 GitHub stars
Gaffa features
- Single-call browser automation. Control a real browser, scroll, click and render JavaScript with one REST request.
- Stealth mode & residential proxies. Built-in proxy handling and CAPTCHA solving for hard-to-scrape sites.
- Multi-format data output. Return page data as HTML, markdown, images or LLM-ready JSON.
- Full observability. Record each automation run for easy debugging and monitoring.
- LLM integration. Use GPT-4o-mini to transform pages into structured JSON with token-based credit billing.
- Pay-as-you-go credits. Credits cover runtime, proxy bandwidth and AI usage; extra credits purchasable on demand.
n8n features
- AI nodes & agents. Add AI agents or AI steps to workflows, choose models and set guardrails.
- Code steps (JS/Python). Write JavaScript or Python directly in any workflow node.
- Extensive integrations. Over 500 pre-built integrations and ability to import cURL commands.
- Version control & environments. Git-based versioning, multiple environments and visual diffs for safe deployment.
- Observability. Logs interleaved with code, audit logs, real-time alerts and usage dashboards.
- Security & governance. On-prem deployment, SSO/SAML/LDAP, encrypted secret store, RBAC and AI governance.
Gaffa vs n8n FAQ
Is Gaffa or n8n free?+
Gaffa has a free plan and paid plans. n8n has a free plan and paid plans.
Is Gaffa or n8n open source?+
n8n is open source (n8n-io/n8n on GitHub). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Gaffa.
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