Automation Integration · head to head
Flowise vs Nango

Nango
Automation Integration
Open source unified API and OAuth infrastructure for product integrations, licensed under Elastic License 2.0
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: Flowise enterprise tier requires custom pricing with no published rates; Nango the licence is Elastic License 2.0, which is source available rather than OSI open source, and it forbids offering Nango to third parties as a managed service, so anyone planning to resell or embed it in a platform for their own customers has a genuine legal problem.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Flowise and Nango actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Automation Integration).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Flowise
Nothing recorded that Nango does not also cover.
Only in Nango
- Managed OAuth
- Pre-built integrations
- Custom syncs and actions
- Incremental sync
- Rate limit and retry handling
- Webhooks
- Self-hosting
- Unified models
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Flowise
- Building multi-agent systems with orchestrated workflowsnot Nango
- Creating chatbots that retrieve knowledge from uploaded documentsnot Nango
- Implementing human-in-the-loop approval for AI agent decisionsnot Nango
- Deploying conversational AI without writing backend codenot Nango
Nango
- A SaaS product that needs to ship twenty customer-facing integrations without hiring a team to maintain OAuth and token refresh for eachnot Flowise
- A team that needs a niche or internal API integrated, which closed unified API vendors will not build for themnot Flowise
- A company with data residency or security constraints that must self-host the integration layer rather than send customer tokens to a vendornot Flowise
- An engineering team replacing a homegrown integration service whose main cost is silent token expiry and rate limit failures in productionnot Flowise
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Flowise
- Enterprise tier requires custom pricing with no published rates
Nango
- The licence is Elastic License 2.0, which is source available rather than OSI open source, and it forbids offering Nango to third parties as a managed service, so anyone planning to resell or embed it in a platform for their own customers has a genuine legal problem.
- Pricing is per connection where a connection is one authorised end-user account, so cost scales linearly with your customer base and a product where each user links several services multiplies quickly beyond what a headline plan price suggests.
- Pre-built integrations vary in depth, and a connection that exists is not the same as a connection that covers the endpoints and objects your feature needs, so each one must be verified before it is designed into a roadmap.
- Custom syncs are written in TypeScript and run in Nango model, which means integration logic lives in a vendor runtime and migrating away later requires rewriting it rather than lifting it out.
- Self-hosting removes the vendor from the data path but transfers operational responsibility for a component that holds customer OAuth tokens, and few teams appreciate the security burden that comes with running that themselves.
Pricing, plan by plan
Flowise
Free- FreeFree
- 2 Flows & Assistants
- 100 predictions per month
- 5 MB storage
- Starter$35/month
- Unlimited flows & assistants
- 10,000 predictions per month
- 1 GB storage
- Pro$65/month
- 50,000 predictions per month
- 10 GB storage
- Unlimited workspaces
Nango
Free- FreeFree
- 10 connections
- Pre-built integrations
- Managed OAuth
- Starter$50/month
- 20 connections included
- 1 USD per additional connection
- Custom syncs and actions
- Growth$500/month
- 100 connections included
- 1 USD per additional connection
- Higher limits
- Enterprise$undefined/month
- Quoted
- Custom connection volumes
- Security review and SLA
Which should you pick?
Choose Nango if
- You need managed oauth.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Linux, Docker.
- You also want pre-built integrations.
Questions people ask
- Is Flowise or Nango better?
- Neither clearly leads. Flowise starts at Free and Nango at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Flowise or Nango?
- Flowise starts at Free and Nango at Free.
- Does Flowise or Nango run on more platforms?
- Flowise runs on Web. Nango runs on Web, Linux, Docker.
- Can I use Flowise for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Flowise best used for?
- Flowise is most often used for building multi-agent systems with orchestrated workflows, creating chatbots that retrieve knowledge from uploaded documents, implementing human-in-the-loop approval for ai agent decisions, deploying conversational ai without writing backend code. Of those, building multi-agent systems with orchestrated workflows and creating chatbots that retrieve knowledge from uploaded documents are not what Nango is typically brought in for.
- What can Flowise do that Nango cannot?
- Nango covers Managed OAuth, Pre-built integrations, Custom syncs and actions, Incremental sync.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Flowise: Does Flowise have a free tier?
Yes, Flowise offers a free plan with 2 flows and assistants, 100 predictions per month, 5 MB storage, and community support.
SourceNango: Is Nango open source?
It is source available under Elastic License 2.0. You can read, modify and self-host it, but you cannot offer it to third parties as a managed service. That is not the same as an OSI approved open source licence.
Flowise: What is Flowise's Starter plan pricing?
The Starter plan costs $35 per month (first month free) and includes unlimited flows and assistants, 10,000 predictions per month, and 1 GB storage.
SourceNango: How is it priced?
Per connection per month, where a connection is one authorised end-user account. Free to 10 connections, 50 dollars a month for Starter with 20, 500 for Growth with 100, and one dollar per additional connection.
Flowise: How does Flowise charge for additional users?
Additional users on the Pro plan cost $15 per user per month. The Pro plan supports 5+ users with this per-user add-on pricing.
SourceNango: Can we integrate an API Nango does not support?
Yes. Custom syncs and actions in TypeScript cover any API including internal ones, which is the main advantage over closed unified API products.
Nango: Can we self-host it?
Yes, under the Elastic License 2.0 terms, which permit self-hosting for your own use but not resale as a service.
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