lilAgents or n8n?

n8n can make an AI agent wait for a person before it runs a tool, on every plan. The difference is who builds it, who watches it, and who teaches your team.

n8nThe automation platform for technical teams

lilAgentsA team that builds it, checks it, and teaches yours

Who does each part.

The jobWith n8nWith lilAgents

Build the agentsYou, or an expert partner you hire

We do

Connect your toolsYou

We do, in your accounts

Decide what needs approvalYou, tool by tool

We do, with you

Check the workYou

A person on our team

Fix what breaksYou, with the community forum

Someone you can reach by name

Teach your teamn8n Academy courses and templates

We do, at regular check-ins

Which one fits.

Choose n8n if

You have someone technical on the team
You want it running on your own server
You'll set up the approvals and watch the runs yourself

Choose lilAgents if

Nobody has time to build and babysit agents
You want a person checking the work
You want your team to learn how it works

Question	n8n	lilAgents
What it costs	Cloud Starter from $20 a month billed yearly ($24 monthly) for 2,500 executions; Pro from $50 a month billed yearly for 10,000. Business is $800 a month billed yearly, self-hosted only. The self-hosted Community Edition is free.	Sign month one; if it isn't earning its keep within 14 days, cancel and pay nothing. Then a fixed price per automation, agreed up front, and one flat monthly fee for supervision. Software is billed to your own accounts at cost.
Asking before it acts	Yes, on every plan. Human-in-the-loop for tools makes an AI agent wait for a person before it runs a specific tool, with approval in n8n Chat, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Gmail, Outlook, and other channels.	Built in. Anything with outside impact waits for a person, and a person on our team checks the work. For the first week, they check every write.
Setting it up	Self-serve. n8n says its cloud needs no technical expertise, and self-hosting does. No onboarding is listed on any plan; n8n lists expert partners who build for hire.	Done for you, in your own accounts. If you leave, it keeps running.
Help and training	Technical help is the community forum on Starter and Pro, with dedicated support on Enterprise. n8n Academy has courses, and there are thousands of workflow templates.	A person on our team you can reach by name, and regular check-ins where we teach your team how it works.
If you stop paying	It runs in n8n's cloud (in Frankfurt) or on your own server. You can export your workflows as JSON files, and the self-hosted Community Edition is free to keep running.	Everything runs in accounts in your name, so it keeps running. We remove our access and hand you a one-page runbook of what runs where.

n8n's details are from its own pages, checked October 28, 2026: pricing page, approval docs, help docs, and export docs.

We don't just build it. We help your team adopt it.

We're consultants, not just builders. The goal is a team that knows how its own automations work.

1We build it with youIn your accounts, on the tools you already use, around how your team actually works.
2We check the workA person on our team watches what the agents do, and fixes what breaks.
3We teach your teamRegular check-ins and a written handover, in plain words, so you understand what you own.

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Questions.

Is lilAgents an alternative to n8n?

For some teams. n8n is a platform you build on yourself, and it suits teams with someone technical. lilAgents is a team that sets up AI agents in your accounts, supervises them, and teaches your team how they work, so it's the alternative when nobody on your team has the time or the background to build and watch it.

Can n8n make an AI agent wait for approval?

Yes. Human-in-the-loop for tools makes an AI agent wait for a person before it runs a specific tool, with approval in n8n Chat, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Gmail, Outlook, and other channels. n8n's pricing page lists it on every plan, including the free self-hosted Community Edition. Checked October 28, 2026.

Is n8n free?

The self-hosted Community Edition is free, under n8n's Sustainable Use License, if you have someone to install and run it. n8n's cloud starts at $20 a month billed yearly.

Which is cheaper?

n8n, if you count only the software. With lilAgents you're paying for people too: the build, a person checking the work, upkeep, and teaching your team. You sign month one, and if it isn't earning its keep within 14 days, you cancel and pay nothing.

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