Best free AI automation and agent tools

Workflow automation and agent builders with a free plan, ranked on restrictions and the price of the first paid plan.

How we rank · Updated as prices are re-checked · 2 ranked

  1. 1

    n8n

    Workflow automation platform with AI agents, cloud or self-hosted

    56/100
    Cheapest paid plan
    €20/mo
    Free plan
    Free plan
    Confirmed
    7 Oct 2026
    Score breakdown
    • Upgrade price€20/mo: not converted, so not scored0/37.5
    • RestrictionsNone stated on the pricing page32.5/32.5
    • Data freshnessConfirmed today15/15
  2. 2

    Manus

    General-purpose AI agent that carries out multi-step tasks

    44/100
    Cheapest paid plan
    £20/mo
    Free plan
    Free plan
    Confirmed
    5 Oct 2026
    Score breakdown
    • Upgrade priceCheapest paid plan £20/mo22.5/37.5
    • RestrictionsNot checked yet, so no points0/32.5
    • Data freshnessConfirmed 2 days ago15/15

Only a few tools qualify so far; more appear as their prices are confirmed.

Not ranked yet

These fit the list, but we won’t rank a tool on data we haven’t confirmed.

  • ClickUp · Prices not yet confirmed by a live check
  • Make · Prices not yet confirmed by a live check
  • Notion · Prices not yet confirmed by a live check
  • Reclaim.ai · Prices not yet confirmed by a live check
  • Superhuman · Prices not yet confirmed by a live check
  • Zapier · Prices not yet confirmed by a live check

How we rank

Every score is worked out from data on this site: prices and restrictions read from each official pricing page, and visitor ratings. The score is the points a tool earns as a percentage of the points available.

What countsPointsHow it’s scored
Upgrade price37.5The cheapest paid plan per month: £0 scores full marks, falling evenly to nothing at £50 or more. US-dollar prices are converted at the day’s reference rate; other currencies aren’t converted or scored.
Restrictions32.5Restrictions the official pricing page states in its own words (credit caps, watermarks, no commercial use and so on). Each one costs a fifth of these points. Not checked yet means no points.
Data freshness15Full marks if we confirmed the price in the last 7 days, 60% within 30 days, 25% if older.
Visitor value rating15Visitors’ value-for-money ratings, counted only once 10 or more people have rated a tool. Until then it’s left out and the score is out of the remaining points.

Never counted: affiliate links or commission, how often a tool is clicked, popularity, or anything a company pays for. Tools whose prices we haven’t confirmed aren’t ranked at all.

Exchange rate: $1 = £0.7532 (European Central Bank reference rate, 6 Oct 2026).

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