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      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/n8n.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/n8n.json",
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      "license": "Sustainable Use License (fair-code, source-available)",
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          "registry": "npm",
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      "authNotes": "REST API takes an instance API key in the `X-N8N-API-KEY` header. Key scopes only on Enterprise. The instance MCP server at https://\u003cinstance\u003e/mcp-server/http takes OAuth (per-client grants you can revoke) or a bearer MCP token.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Community Edition is free to self-host with unlimited executions. Cloud Starter €20 a month billed yearly (2,500 executions, 5 concurrent, 7-day execution logs), Pro €50 (10,000 executions, up to 50 concurrent, 30-day logs), Enterprise custom (200+ concurrent, 365 days of insights). Business €667 a month billed yearly (40,000 executions) is self-hosted only for now, with a Cloud waitlist, and extra 300,000 executions cost €4,000. Annual billing saves 17 per cent. The Cloud trial gives 1,000 executions with no card, but the API isn't available during it. An execution is one workflow run, whatever the step count (https://n8n.io/pricing/).",
      "priceSummary": "Freemium",
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        "evidence": "No x402 support in docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).",
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        "hosted",
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        "openapi",
        "typescript",
        "webhooks",
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        "source-available"
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      "graded": true,
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          "date": "2026-10-01"
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          "CVE-2025-68613 (GHSA-v98v-ff95-f3cp), code execution through workflow expressions for any authenticated user, published to NVD on 19 December 2025 (GitHub's advisory is dated 22 December) and added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 11 March 2026 as exploited in the wild. Patched and documented (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v98v-ff95-f3cp, https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2025-68613, https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?keywordSearch=n8n\u0026hasKev).",
          "CVE-2026-21858 (GHSA-v4pr-fm98-w9pg), unauthenticated file access through improper webhook handling, rated critical, published 7 January 2026, and CVE-2026-27493 (GHSA-75g8-rv7v-32f7), unauthenticated expression evaluation through the Form node, published 25 February 2026. Both patched (https://github.com/advisories?query=n8n+severity%3Acritical).",
          "24 critical advisories for the n8n package published between 8 December 2025 and 14 May 2026, counted on 2 October 2026 with the GitHub Advisory Database query cited here, most of them sandbox escapes or remote code execution, and high-severity batches still landing on 22 July, 10 September and 16 September 2026, including credential decryption without an ownership check (GHSA-9rhv-fhr8-7q5r). All handled in public with fixes, which is why this isn't the full -15 (https://github.com/advisories?query=type%3Areviewed+ecosystem%3Anpm+affects%3An8n+severity%3Acritical+published%3A2025-12-01..2026-05-31, https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories)."
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          "OpenAPI 3.0 spec with 208 operations, and Markdown docs plus llms.txt",
          "MCP OAuth grants split into scopes such as `workflow:read` and `workflow:execute`, revocable per client",
          "Priced per workflow run whatever the step count, and free to self-host with the API on",
          "n8n@2.42.2 on 1 October 2026 and 134 tags in 90 days, with the 1.x line still patched",
          "Valid security.txt, a disclosure policy, and advisories published with CVEs"
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          "24 critical advisories from December 2025 to May 2026, and CVE-2025-68613 was exploited in the wild",
          "No published API rate limit, 429 guidance or uptime SLA",
          "API key scopes only on Enterprise, and no API during the Cloud trial",
          "Sustainable Use License, not OSI open source, and self-hosted telemetry on by default",
          "54 MCP tools in the full set, heavy for a context window unless the grant is narrowed"
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          "Check the instance version before trusting it. Anything older than the September 2026 patch releases carries published high-severity flaws",
          "Ask for only the OAuth scopes the job needs. `workflow:read` plus `workflow:execute` keeps the builder and delete tools out of the tool list",
          "Call `get_workflow_details` with `detailLevel` set to execution before `execute_workflow`, which returns an execution ID and doesn't wait",
          "Follow `nextCursor` until it's null when paging workflows or executions",
          "On Cloud trial accounts `/api/v1` won't answer. Use the MCP server or a paid plan"
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          "security": 70,
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        "http": "curl \"https://$N8N_HOST/api/v1/workflows?active=true\" -H \"X-N8N-API-KEY: $N8N_API_KEY\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http n8n https://$N8N_HOST/mcp-server/http",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "n8n": {
              "headers": {
                "Authorization": "Bearer ${N8N_MCP_TOKEN}"
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              "url": "https://${N8N_HOST}/mcp-server/http"
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          }
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      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/automation.workflows",
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      "area": "business",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "n8n GmbH",
        "domain": "n8n.io",
        "domainRegistered": "2018-12-01",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://n8n.io/legal/",
        "privacy": "https://n8n.io/legal/privacy/",
        "statusPage": "https://status.n8n.cloud",
        "changelog": "https://docs.n8n.io/changelog/release-notes",
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/n8n.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "n8n",
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.n8n.cloud",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:15.86593822Z"
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            "name": "n8n-io/n8n",
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            "released": "2026-10-02",
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            "url": "https://n8n.io/legal/privacy/",
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      "name": "Tray.ai API + MCP",
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      "vendorUrl": "https://tray.ai",
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      "category": "workflow-automation",
      "summary": "Low-code integration platform with an embedded product for SaaS vendors.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tray",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tray.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tray.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tray.json",
      "license": "proprietary",
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        "streamable-http"
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      "remoteUrl": "https://api.tray.io/core/v1",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "REST and GraphQL endpoints take a bearer token, either the org master token (you act) or an end user's user token (you act as them). Tray Headless MCP uses a one-time OAuth2 sign-in bound to one workspace, and the docs say not to send a static Authorization header. Agent Gateway MCP servers take OAuth2 or an API token, and API token users can't use per-user credentials.",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Pro, Team and Enterprise plans, all quoted by sales and billed on tasks that cover integration, automation, MCP and agent use. Every plan lists full API access and Tray Headless, and Agent Gateway is an add-on. A free trial exists with no stated length. No prices are published (https://tray.ai/pricing/).",
      "priceSummary": "Paid",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 support in Tray docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
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      "toolCount": null,
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        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://tray.ai/documentation/developer/getting-started/introduction",
      "llmsTxt": "https://tray.ai/documentation/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://tray.ai/documentation/files/openapi/trayapi.yaml",
      "capabilities": [
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        "automation.apps",
        "automation.embedded",
        "automation.code",
        "automation.webhooks",
        "automation.auth",
        "agent.tools"
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      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "enterprise",
        "closed-source",
        "webhooks"
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      "lastRelease": "2026-09-09",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
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        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 312,
        "ranked": true,
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        "run": "2026-10-01",
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        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
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        "strengths": [
          "Call any connector operation directly with a per-end-user token, no workflow needed",
          "Published API limits, 30 requests a second with bursts to 50",
          "Every action logged and streamable, with settable retention and log masking",
          "Four minor incidents in 90 days, none on the core APIs",
          "US, EU and APAC regions, SOC 2 Type 2 and a pentest dated 23 September 2026"
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          "No published prices and no self-serve plan",
          "Upstream 429s are wrapped in a 200, which hides throttling from naive retry logic",
          "Headless MCP can delete projects, workflows and auths with no server-side confirmation",
          "No official SDK and no tool annotations",
          "API lives on api.tray.io while the brand, docs and legal pages are on tray.ai"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Use a user token when acting for a customer and the master token only for admin work",
          "Parse the body of call-connector responses for upstream status codes before treating a 200 as success",
          "Point Headless MCP at the workspace's region, api.eu1.tray.io or api.ap1.tray.io outside the US",
          "Pick the workspace at OAuth sign-in. Headless MCP binds it to the session and takes no workspace ID",
          "Ask before any Headless MCP delete. The server won't"
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          "transparency": 67
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        "provenanceScore": 71
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        "http": "curl https://api.tray.io/core/v1/connectors -H \"Authorization: Bearer $TRAY_MASTER_TOKEN\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http tray https://api.tray.io/mcp",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "tray": {
              "url": "https://api.tray.io/mcp"
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      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/automation.workflows",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/tray"
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      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Tray.ai, Inc.",
        "domain": "tray.ai",
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        "domainNote": "The API and MCP hosts are on tray.io, the company's former domain. The brand, docs and legal pages are on tray.ai.",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": false,
        "terms": "https://tray.ai/legal/msa/",
        "privacy": "https://tray.ai/legal/privacy-policy/",
        "statusPage": "https://status.tray.ai/",
        "changelog": "https://tray.ai/documentation/releases",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "score": 71
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tray.json",
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        "slug": "tray",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.tray.io/core/v1",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-05T03:17:34.035539061Z",
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              "probes": 35,
              "ok": 35
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-01",
              "probes": 276,
              "ok": 276
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 272
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-05",
              "probes": 38,
              "ok": 38
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        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.tray.ai",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T03:19:19.825008783Z"
        },
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://tray.ai/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:48.622064082Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://tray.ai/documentation/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:18.435740616Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "tray.ai",
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          "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/tray.ai",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:14.155471976Z"
        },
        "pages": [
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          {
            "url": "https://tray.ai/legal/privacy-policy/",
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    "summary": "Tray.ai API + MCP has a score of 55.6 (C) against n8n API + MCP's 53.3 (D). Both do automation workflows. The largest gap is agent ergonomics, 42 points."
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tray.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tray.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick n8n API + MCP for schema \u0026 documentation (+12), agent ergonomics (+42), payments \u0026 pricing (+30), maintenance \u0026 community (+20), transparency \u0026 trust (+13).\n\nPick Tray.ai API + MCP for reliability (+32).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | n8n API + MCP | Tray.ai API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 40 | 72 | Tray.ai API + MCP +32 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 92 | 80 | n8n API + MCP +12 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 33 | n8n API + MCP +42 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 70 | 66 | n8n API + MCP +4 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 0 | n8n API + MCP +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 60 | n8n API + MCP +20 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 69 | n8n API + MCP +13 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -12 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **53.3 · D** | **55.6 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | n8n API + MCP | Tray.ai API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | n8n | Tray.ai |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.tray.io/core/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Sustainable Use License (fair-code, source-available) | proprietary |\n| Tools exposed | 54 | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-09-09 |\n| Popularity | 206k stars, 113k npm/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | 2.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**n8n API + MCP.** OpenAPI 3.0 spec with 208 operations, and Markdown docs plus llms.txt. 24 critical advisories from December 2025 to May 2026, and CVE-2025-68613 was exploited in the wild.\n\n**Tray.ai API + MCP.** Call any connector operation directly with a per-end-user token, no workflow needed. No published prices and no self-serve plan.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### n8n API + MCP\n\n1. Check the instance version before trusting it. Anything older than the September 2026 patch releases carries published high-severity flaws\n2. Ask for only the OAuth scopes the job needs. `workflow:read` plus `workflow:execute` keeps the builder and delete tools out of the tool list\n3. Call `get_workflow_details` with `detailLevel` set to execution before `execute_workflow`, which returns an execution ID and doesn't wait\n4. Follow `nextCursor` until it's null when paging workflows or executions\n5. On Cloud trial accounts `/api/v1` won't answer. Use the MCP server or a paid plan\n\n### Tray.ai API + MCP\n\n1. Use a user token when acting for a customer and the master token only for admin work\n2. Parse the body of call-connector responses for upstream status codes before treating a 200 as success\n3. Point Headless MCP at the workspace's region, api.eu1.tray.io or api.ap1.tray.io outside the US\n4. Pick the workspace at OAuth sign-in. Headless MCP binds it to the session and takes no workspace ID\n5. Ask before any Headless MCP delete. The server won't\n\n## Other comparisons with n8n API + MCP or Tray.ai API + MCP\n\n- [Activepieces API + MCP vs n8n API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/activepieces-vs-n8n.md)\n- [Activepieces API + MCP vs Tray.ai API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/activepieces-vs-tray.md)\n- [Make API + MCP vs n8n API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/make-vs-n8n.md)\n- [Make API + MCP vs Tray.ai API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/make-vs-tray.md)\n- [n8n API + MCP vs Paragon ActionKit + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/n8n-vs-paragon.md)\n- [n8n API + MCP vs Pipedream API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/n8n-vs-pipedream.md)\n- [n8n API + MCP vs Windmill API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/n8n-vs-windmill.md)\n- [n8n API + MCP vs Workato API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/n8n-vs-workato.md)\n- [Pipedream API + MCP vs Tray.ai API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pipedream-vs-tray.md)\n- [Tray.ai API + MCP vs Windmill API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tray-vs-windmill.md)\n- [Tray.ai API + MCP vs Workato API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tray-vs-workato.md)\n- [Paragon ActionKit + MCP vs Tray.ai API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paragon-vs-tray.md)\n",
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