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      "slug": "n8n",
      "name": "n8n API + MCP",
      "vendor": "n8n",
      "vendorUrl": "https://n8n.io",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "workflow-automation",
      "summary": "Workflow builder you can run on n8n Cloud or self-host.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/n8n",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/n8n.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/n8n.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/n8n.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n",
      "license": "Sustainable Use License (fair-code, source-available)",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "n8n"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "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",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 support in docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 54,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 206359,
        "npmWeekly": 112869,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.n8n.io/connect/n8n-api/",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.n8n.io/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://docs.n8n.io/connect/n8n-api/api-reference",
      "capabilities": [
        "automation.workflows",
        "automation.apps",
        "automation.code",
        "automation.webhooks",
        "agent.tools"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "self-hosted",
        "local",
        "freemium",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "typescript",
        "webhooks",
        "enterprise",
        "source-available"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-01",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 53.3,
        "grade": "D",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 335,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 7,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 75,
          "maintenance": 80,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 40,
          "schema": 92,
          "security": 70,
          "transparency": 82
        },
        "pending": [
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          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": -12,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "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)."
        ],
        "verdict": "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.",
        "strengths": [
          "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"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "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"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "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"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 2.5,
        "history": [
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            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "D",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
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              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "maintenance": 80,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 40,
          "schema": 92,
          "security": 70,
          "transparency": 68
        },
        "provenanceScore": 96
      },
      "connect": {
        "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 ${N8N_MCP_TOKEN}"
              },
              "url": "https://${N8N_HOST}/mcp-server/http"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/automation.workflows",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/n8n"
      },
      "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",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "score": 96
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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"
        },
        "versions": [
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            "registry": "github",
            "name": "n8n-io/n8n",
            "version": "n8n@2.41.6",
            "released": "2026-10-02",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:34:11.228917818Z"
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            "registry": "npm",
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            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:34:10.993229544Z"
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          "url": "https://n8n.io/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "valid",
          "expires": "2027-12-31T22:59:00.000Z",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:42.986317237Z"
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          "url": "https://docs.n8n.io/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:02.090465944Z"
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        "domain": {
          "domain": "n8n.io",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:03:43.27003987Z"
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            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:43:50.120157228Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "3a49d72d7b1c"
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            "url": "https://n8n.io/pricing/",
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            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:46:12.167588908Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:22:30.08044974Z",
            "fingerprint": "b751967f575a"
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          {
            "url": "https://n8n.io/legal/privacy/",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:46:10.191548615Z",
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            "fingerprint": "19ba33b8dce5"
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            "url": "https://n8n.io/legal/",
            "kind": "terms",
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        "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:15.86593822Z"
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      "slug": "workato",
      "name": "Workato API + MCP",
      "vendor": "Workato",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.workato.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "workflow-automation",
      "summary": "Enterprise integration platform for building automated workflows.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/workato",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/workato.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/workato.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/workato.json",
      "license": "proprietary",
      "transports": [
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        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://www.workato.com/api",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Developer API takes an API client token as 'Authorization: Bearer', scoped by a client role and project scopes. Legacy full-access keys (x-user-token header) were rejected from 2025-07-14. The AIRO MCP server takes OAuth 2.0 in interactive clients or the same API token as a bearer header. Tool MCP servers use Workato Identity (OAuth2 SSO) or a token, and verified user access makes each end user connect their own app accounts.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Usage is billed in Workato credits, one balance shared by recipe tasks (each action step), API calls, rows, pages and Genie actions. Workato Free is a one-time grant of 50,000 credits. Workato Pro is self-serve by card at $75 a month for 2,500 credits, $100 for 3,500, $275 for 10,000, $780 for 30,000 and $1,275 for 50,000, with no rollover. Enterprise is quoted by sales and the public pricing page lists no prices. Tools invoked over MCP bill as tasks (https://docs.workato.com/en/pricing/self-service/self-service.html).",
      "priceSummary": "$75 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 support in Workato docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
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        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.workato.com/en/workato-api.html",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.workato.com/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "automation.workflows",
        "automation.apps",
        "automation.embedded",
        "automation.code",
        "automation.webhooks",
        "automation.auth",
        "agent.tools"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "enterprise",
        "closed-source",
        "webhooks"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-09",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 58.3,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 282,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 3,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
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          "maintenance": 60,
          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 58,
          "schema": 63,
          "security": 70,
          "transparency": 72
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          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
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        "verdict": "API client tokens scoped by role and project, with legacy full-access keys removed on 14 October 2025. No OpenAPI file and no official SDK on npm or PyPI.",
        "strengths": [
          "API client tokens scoped by role and project, with legacy full-access keys removed on 14 October 2025",
          "Verified user access runs MCP tools with each end user's own app credentials",
          "MCP actions tagged \"(via AIRO)\" in the audit log, and tool-level RBAC since 5 September 2026",
          "Per-endpoint rate limits and specific error messages in the API reference",
          "Workato Free gives 50,000 credits once with no card"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No OpenAPI file and no official SDK on npm or PyPI",
          "15 status incidents since 1 July 2026, including about 53 hours of degraded FileStorage and API Platform in September",
          "Base URL changes per data centre, ten hosts in all",
          "The Developer API manages recipes and jobs. App actions come from recipes or MCP tools you publish",
          "Trust centre needs JavaScript and the public security overview dates from January 2025"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Use the base URL for the workspace's data centre, and app.trial.workato.com for Free or Pro",
          "Give the agent an API client whose role lists only the endpoints it needs. The MCP server exposes those as tools",
          "Repeat or cancel at most 25 jobs per call and no more than one call a second",
          "Send an `x-correlation-id` on each call so failures can be traced in support tickets",
          "Every action step in a recipe is a task, so collapse loops before running at volume"
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        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
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        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 3.5,
        "history": [
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            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 58.3
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        "editorialScores": {
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          "maintenance": 60,
          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 58,
          "schema": 63,
          "security": 70,
          "transparency": 53
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        "provenanceScore": 90
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl https://www.workato.com/api/users/me -H \"Authorization: Bearer $WORKATO_API_TOKEN\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http workato-airo https://app.workato.com/airo_mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer ${WORKATO_API_TOKEN}\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "workato": {
              "headers": {
                "Authorization": "Bearer ${WORKATO_API_TOKEN}"
              },
              "url": "https://app.workato.com/mcp"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/automation.workflows",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/workato"
      },
      "area": "business",
      "unitPrices": [
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          "item": "Workato Pro, 2,500 credits",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 75,
          "note": "credits cover tasks, API calls, rows and Genie actions, no rollover"
        },
        {
          "item": "Workato Pro, 10,000 credits",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 275
        },
        {
          "item": "Workato Pro, 50,000 credits",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 1275
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Workato, Inc.",
        "domain": "workato.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2013-10-16",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.workato.com/legal/terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://www.workato.com/legal/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.workato.com",
        "changelog": "https://www.workato.com/product-hub/changelog/",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "score": 90
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/workato.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "workato",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://www.workato.com/api",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-05T01:43:48.374513245Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 404,
          "lastMs": 294,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
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          "p50ms24h": 289,
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          "samples30d": 1122,
          "days": [
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              "date": "2026-09-30",
              "probes": 35,
              "ok": 35
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-01",
              "probes": 276,
              "ok": 276
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 272
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-05",
              "probes": 20,
              "ok": 20
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.workato.com",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T01:46:49.575557395Z"
        },
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://workato.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:49.152361528Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://docs.workato.com/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:22.263635257Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "workato.com",
          "registered": "2013-10-16",
          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/workato.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:04:44.120331178Z"
        },
        "pages": [
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            "url": "https://www.workato.com/product-hub/changelog/",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:53:00.60809521Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "a4683b4aa9be"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://docs.workato.com/en/workato-api.html",
            "kind": "deprecations",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:44:19.326387583Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "949db37e2d76"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://docs.workato.com/en/pricing/self-service/self-service.html",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:44:17.233211449Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "aaa7aa2e2d11"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.workato.com/legal/privacy-policy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:56.201708986Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:40:46.071201667Z",
            "fingerprint": "b16fc348911e"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.workato.com/legal/terms-of-service",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:58.214869216Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-03T15:40:48.841630047Z",
            "fingerprint": "1ed57a9371b8"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T01:46:49.575557395Z"
      }
    },
    "summary": "Workato API + MCP has a score of 58.3 (C) against n8n API + MCP's 53.3 (D). Both do automation workflows. The largest gap is schema \u0026 documentation, 29 points."
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    "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/n8n-vs-workato",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/workato.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/workato.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick n8n API + MCP for schema \u0026 documentation (+29), agent ergonomics (+24), maintenance \u0026 community (+20), transparency \u0026 trust (+10).\n\nPick Workato API + MCP for reliability (+18), payments \u0026 pricing (+5).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | n8n API + MCP | Workato API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 40 | 58 | Workato API + MCP +18 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 92 | 63 | n8n API + MCP +29 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 51 | n8n API + MCP +24 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 70 | 70 | even |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 35 | Workato API + MCP +5 |\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 | 72 | n8n API + MCP +10 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -12 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **53.3 · D** | **58.3 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | n8n API + MCP | Workato API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | n8n | Workato |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://www.workato.com/api` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\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) | 3.5/5 (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**Workato API + MCP.** API client tokens scoped by role and project, with legacy full-access keys removed on 14 October 2025. No OpenAPI file and no official SDK on npm or PyPI.\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### Workato API + MCP\n\n1. Use the base URL for the workspace's data centre, and app.trial.workato.com for Free or Pro\n2. Give the agent an API client whose role lists only the endpoints it needs. The MCP server exposes those as tools\n3. Repeat or cancel at most 25 jobs per call and no more than one call a second\n4. Send an `x-correlation-id` on each call so failures can be traced in support tickets\n5. 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