n8n Start-up Plan
n8n · Workflow automation
VariesBusiness-plan features at the Start-up price (333€/mo billed annually vs 667€/mo Business, ~50% off)
Small startups get n8n's self-hosted Business plan at roughly half price, with 40K workflow executions per month.
Key terms
- Fewer than 20 employees
- Less than €5M in total funding
- Discounted plan usable for one year, or longer if still eligible
- Business/Start-up plan is self-hosted only (cloud-hosted is on a waitlist)
- Activated via a license key entered in your instance settings
Eligibility
- Where
- Worldwide
- Stages
- idea, pre-seed, seed, series-a
- Max funding raised
- $5.4M
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- No
- AI focus required
- No
- Students / researchers
- Not eligible
- Nonprofits
- Not eligible
Also required
- Fewer than 20 employees
- Funding cap is €5M (≈$5.4M)
How to apply
Subscribe to the Start-up plan on the n8n pricing page, then enter the license key in your instance Settings.
- Benefit
- discount
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- 1 year (renewable while eligible)
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10 · source