n8n vs Workato

n8n Still Relevant Despite Claude Code Rise

In a podcast episode, n8n CEO Jan Oberhauser discusses why n8n remains essential despite the rise of agentic coding tools like Anthropic's Claude Code. He argues that n8n, as an orchestration layer, provides reliability, auditability, and team collaboration features that Claude Code lacks. The company has evolved from personal automation to business-critical workflows, with 200K+ GitHub stars, 1.5M active users, and 1,200 enterprise customers. SAP's investment at a $5.2B valuation and embedding n8n into Joule Studio highlight its enterprise relevance. Oberhauser recommends using Claude Code for rapid prototyping and n8n for production workflows requiring approvals, logging, and team hand-offs. He also shares insights into n8n's hiring approach, emphasizing technical depth and builder mentality.

• SAP invested in n8n at a $5.2B valuation in May 2025.
• n8n has 200K+ GitHub stars, 1.5M active users, and 1,200 enterprise customers.
• Claude Code surpassed n8n in search interest by the holidays of 2025.

EU Apply AI Summit to Showcase Real-World AI Adoption

On 17 November 2026, the European Commission's AI Office will host the Apply AI Summit in Brussels, focusing on practical AI adoption across European businesses and the public sector. The event, expected to draw about 900 in-person and 2,500 online attendees, will highlight real-world European AI use cases in healthcare, energy, mobility, manufacturing, and other sectors. It marks the first anniversary of the EU's Apply AI Strategy and serves as the closing event of the first European AI Innovation Month. The summit will feature keynotes from European Commission EVP Henna Virkkunen and other leaders, and will present the Apply AI Startup Award to emerging European AI companies. The event underscores Europe's push to move from experimentation to large-scale AI adoption, particularly among SMEs.

• The Apply AI Summit will be held in Brussels on 17 November 2026, organized by the European Commission's AI Office.
• Eurostat data shows 20% of EU enterprises with 10+ employees used AI in 2025, up from 13.5% in 2024.
• The summit marks the first anniversary of the European Commission's Apply AI Strategy and the closing of the European AI Innovation Month.

Introducing n8n Assistant

New blog post announcing the launch of n8n Assistant, a product feature. The post is authored by Paul Gordon and dated September 2026.

Workato Named Gartner Customers' Choice for iPaaS

Workato, a leading control and execution platform for enterprise AI, has been recognized as a Customers' Choice in the 2026 Gartner Peer Insights 'Voice of the Customer' for Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) for the third time. The recognition is based on user reviews, with Workato receiving a rating of 4.9 out of 5.0 stars, the highest among all vendors in the report, and no reviews below four stars out of 112 reviews as of June 30, 2026. 97% of customers indicated they would recommend the platform. Workato's platform provides a neutral layer for AI orchestration, helping enterprises mitigate risk, improve token costs, and scale AI with governance. The company recently expanded its platform with the general availability of Workato AIRO, a multi-agent system for agentic engineering.

• Workato named Customers' Choice in 2026 Gartner Peer Insights 'Voice of the Customer' for iPaaS for the third time.
• Workato achieved a 4.9 out of 5.0 star rating, the highest of any vendor in the report.
• Based on 112 reviews as of June 30, 2026, with 97% of customers willing to recommend the platform.

Workato unveils AIRO, new Control and Execution Platform for Enterprise AI

At its WOW 2026 conference, Workato unveiled AIRO as the new primary interface for its platform, along with several enhancements: Live Process Graph for enterprise process context, an Enterprise AI Control Plane for governance and cost control (including Model Gateway and AI Registry), Agent Evals for continuous agent monitoring, and Workato XChange, an internal marketplace for reusable AI assets. These additions aim to help enterprises scale AI deployments with governance and efficiency. Workato CEO Vijay Tella emphasized the need for a neutral control layer to enable effective AI scaling. TCS consultant Shailesh Ghaisas noted AIRO's potential to accelerate modernization while maintaining governance.

• Workato unveiled AIRO as the new primary interface for building, deploying, and governing AI on its platform.
• Live Process Graph provides AI with enterprise process context, including business knowledge, design, and runtime execution.
• The Enterprise AI Control Plane includes an AI Gateway spanning Model, MCP, Agent, and API Gateways.

Workato Launches Otto AI Superagent for Teams

Workato announced a self-serve launch of Otto — an autonomous, multiplayer AI "superagent" — now available to individuals and teams via Slack, the web, and SMS with a 30-day free trial. Otto runs on Workato’s control and execution platform and is powered by Anthropic’s Claude through the Claude Agent SDK. The agent plans and executes multi-step projects across applications (claiming access to 1,400+ connectors) and builds persistent memories tied to team and individual context. Customers and partners quoted in the announcement include GitLab, Casco, and Box, which describe integrations (including a native GitLab plugin) and use cases spanning marketing campaigns, sales tracking, and go-to-market operations.

• Workato announced Otto is available to individuals and teams in Slack, on the web, and via SMS.
• Otto is powered by Claude, Anthropic’s model, via the Claude Agent SDK.
• Workato says Otto can act across more than 1,400 business application connectors and 20 widely used work apps.