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MuleSoft Agent Fabric vs n8n

MuleSoft Agent Fabric

Control plane for agents, MCP servers, and APIs across platforms

n8n

Platform for AI agents and workflows you can see and control, built visually or with code

Short answer

MuleSoft Agent Fabric is a control plane for agents, MCP servers, and APIs across platforms; n8n says it is a platform for building AI agents and workflows, visually or with code.⁠Source 1, Source 2 Agent Fabric’s scanners register agents found on supported platforms; n8n runs on n8n Cloud or self-hosted.⁠Source 3, Source 4

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Where each one sits

Six layers of running AI agents at a company, and what each product’s own public sources say it covers.

These aren’t the same kind of product

Where they overlap
Both work with MCP and can check agents’ tool calls: Omni Gateway can limit which tools an agent calls, and n8n workflows can require human approval before a tool runs.⁠Source 3, Source 5, Source 6, Source 7, Source 8
Where they differ
Agent Fabric registers agents by scanner or by hand, whatever platform built them.⁠Source 3, Source 9 n8n says it is where agents are built; managing agents built outside n8n is not publicly documented.⁠Source 2
Running both
MuleSoft’s docs say an agent can be registered from an agent card, A2A or not; n8n’s docs say it can expose its tools to outside AI agents over MCP.⁠Source 6, Source 7, Source 9
Public sources · checked 2 October 2026
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  • Preview
  • Not publicly documented

MuleSoft Agent Fabric

  • Build agents: OfferedAgent brokers in Agent Script⁠Source 3
  • Host and run agents: OfferedAgent brokers on CloudHub 2.0⁠Source 3
  • Identity and access: OfferedOmni Gateway authentication and authorization⁠Source 3
  • Registry and governance: OfferedAgent Registry in Anypoint Exchange⁠Source 3
  • Traffic between agents, tools, and models: OfferedOmni Gateway in request path⁠Source 3
  • Agents across organizations: Not publicly documented

n8n

  • Build agents: OfferedLangChain-based AI Agent node⁠Source 10
  • Host and run agents: OfferedYour infrastructure or n8n’s⁠Source 2
  • Identity and access: Not publicly documented
  • Registry and governance: PreviewAgents stored in projects⁠Source 11
  • Traffic between agents, tools, and models: OfferedMCP client for external tools⁠Source 7
  • Agents across organizations: Not publicly documented

At a glance

TopicMuleSoft Agent Fabricn8n
Builds and runs agentsAgent brokers, defined in Agent Script, run on CloudHub 2.0 or Runtime Fabric.⁠Source 3 MuleSoft says Salesforce’s separate Agentforce is for building agents within Salesforce.⁠Source 12n8n says agents and workflows are built visually or with code; they run on n8n Cloud or self-hosted.⁠Source 2, Source 4 The Agent Builder is in preview.⁠Source 11
Agents from other platformsScanners register agents found on supported platforms; agents can also be registered by hand from an agent card.⁠Source 3, Source 9n8n can use tools on external MCP servers.⁠Source 7 Managing agents built outside n8n is not publicly documented.
HostingAgent Fabric runs on MuleSoft-hosted Anypoint control planes in supported geographies; Omni Gateway can be managed or self-managed.⁠Source 1, Source 13Fully managed n8n Cloud, hosted on Microsoft Azure, currently in the EU, or self-hosted on your own infrastructure.⁠Source 4, Source 14
Pricing modelMuleSoft packages start at $2,000 a month, billed annually, with usage metered in Mule Credits.⁠Source 15 MuleSoft lists the Agent Fabric package with no price: contact sales.⁠Source 15By monthly workflow executions, with unlimited users on paid plans.⁠Source 16 Cloud Starter is $20 a month, billed annually; Enterprise is through sales; self-hosted Community is free.⁠Source 16, Source 17
MaturityGenerally available, MuleSoft says, with new capabilities each month.⁠Source 12 The first release note is dated 3 October 2025.⁠Source 18n8n’s changelog dates Agents (preview) to September 2026.⁠Source 19 A new minor version ships most weeks, with a stable version for production.⁠Source 19

What each one is

MuleSoft Agent Fabric

MuleSoft documents Agent Fabric as a control plane for agents, MCP servers, and APIs across platforms.⁠Source 1 Scanners and manual registration fill its registry, Omni Gateway enforces policy in the request path of managed agents and APIs, and agent brokers orchestrate A2A-compliant agents.⁠Source 3, Source 9, Source 18

n8n

n8n says it is a platform for building AI agents and workflows, visually or with code, on fully managed n8n Cloud or self-hosted.⁠Source 2, Source 4 Its AI nodes implement LangChain’s JavaScript framework.⁠Source 10 Its Agents feature, in preview, keeps agents in n8n projects alongside workflows.⁠Source 11

The differences that matter

  1. Building agents

    MuleSoft Agent Fabric

    Agent networks are defined in YAML and brokers in Agent Script; MuleSoft says Salesforce’s separate Agentforce is for building agents within Salesforce.⁠Source 3, Source 12, Source 20

    n8n

    Agents can be built in visual workflows with LangChain-based AI nodes, adding JavaScript or Python anywhere; in preview, also in the Agent Builder.⁠Source 2, Source 10, Source 11

    Agent Fabric’s brokers support models from OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Bedrock OpenAI, and Gemini, plus LLM proxies.⁠Source 20 n8n workflows can connect providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.⁠Source 21

  2. Agents built on other platforms

    MuleSoft Agent Fabric

    Scanners register agents, APIs, and MCP servers they find on supported platforms, and MuleSoft says third-party agents can be governed without being modified.⁠Source 3, Source 12

    n8n

    n8n can use tools on external MCP servers and expose its own tools to outside agents.⁠Source 7 Its agents, in preview, live in n8n projects.⁠Source 11

    Agent Fabric orchestrates only A2A-compliant agents; an A2A bridge presents Agentforce agents as A2A-compliant without changing them.⁠Source 1, Source 3

  3. Where it runs

    MuleSoft Agent Fabric

    Agent Fabric runs on MuleSoft-hosted Anypoint control planes.⁠Source 13 Omni Gateway can be self-managed, such as in a data center or on GKE, EKS, or AKS.⁠Source 1, Source 22

    n8n

    n8n Cloud is fully managed, currently in the EU; self-hosted n8n can run on your own infrastructure, on premises, or in a private cloud.⁠Source 4, Source 14, Source 23

    Air-gapped self-hosted n8n installs use a license certificate; otherwise the license key must ping n8n’s license server daily.⁠Source 16, Source 24

For security teams

What a security review asks, answered from each vendor’s public documentation.

TopicMuleSoft Agent Fabricn8n
Network exposureOmni Gateway sits in managed agents’ request path; agent-network ingress gateways get a public endpoint, egress gateways none.⁠Source 3, Source 25n8n’s built-in MCP server lets supported clients connect; for cloud-based ones, n8n says to make the instance publicly accessible.⁠Source 26
IdentityFor rogue-agent detection, agents are set up as identity-provider service identities; an Omni Gateway policy supports OAuth 2.0 token exchange.⁠Source 27, Source 28SAML sign-in on Business and Enterprise plans, OIDC on Enterprise.⁠Source 29, Source 30 Per-agent identity issued by n8n itself is not publicly documented.
Access changes and revocationAfter review, quarantine stops a flagged agent from acting and blocks it at model proxies with the Kill Switch policy.⁠Source 27n8n disconnects a revoked OAuth MCP client at once.⁠Source 26 In preview, unpublishing stops users, channels, and schedules running an agent.⁠Source 11
Audit trailOmni Gateway can keep a traffic audit trail; Anypoint Platform audit logs are kept one year by default.⁠Source 3, Source 31Enterprise plans can stream events to syslog, a webhook, or Sentry.⁠Source 32 In preview, agent conversations are kept as sessions.⁠Source 11
ComplianceMuleSoft says Anypoint Platform meets ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, and HIPAA.⁠Source 33 Agent Fabric’s own scope: not publicly documented.n8n says the company holds a SOC 2 Type 2 report, available to enterprise customers; others get SOC 3.⁠Source 14, Source 34

Full comparison

18 criteria in five groups. Every cell links to its source, or says no public source answers it.

MuleSoft Agent Fabric and n8n compared on 18 criteria
MuleSoft Agent Fabricn8n
What it is
What it is and who it’s forControl plane for agents, MCP servers, and APIs across platforms.⁠Source 1 MuleSoft says it discovers, governs, orchestrates, and observes agents.⁠Source 35n8n says it is a platform to build AI agents and workflows visually or with code, on your infrastructure or n8n’s.⁠Source 2 Enterprise is for strict compliance needs.⁠Source 16
MaturityMuleSoft says it is generally available, with new capabilities each month.⁠Source 12 Its first release note is dated 3 October 2025.⁠Source 18A new minor version most weeks, with a stable version for production.⁠Source 19 n8n’s changelog dates Agents (preview) to September 2026; their behavior may change.⁠Source 11, Source 19
Control
Agent registry and discoveryOne inventory of agents, MCP servers, and APIs from any platform.⁠Source 3 Scanners add those on supported platforms; agents can also be added from an agent card.⁠Source 3, Source 9Agents, in preview, live in n8n projects alongside workflows.⁠Source 11 A registry of agents built outside n8n is not publicly documented.
Identity and access controlOmni Gateway can require authentication and authorization and limit which tools and APIs an agent can call.⁠Source 3 User roles come from Anypoint access management.⁠Source 1n8n says access to agents (preview) follows n8n roles; each tool runs with its attached credential.⁠Source 36 An n8n-issued agent identity: not publicly documented.
Ownership, policy, and revocationGovernance strategies set access, data privacy, cost, and compliance rules once for agents, APIs, and MCP servers in scope, and can block or flag noncompliance.⁠Source 3Human approval can be required before an AI Agent node runs a tool.⁠Source 8 Agents (preview) can be unpublished, so users, channels, and schedules can’t run them.⁠Source 11
Audit log and observabilityOmni Gateway can keep a traffic audit trail.⁠Source 3 Platform audit logs are kept a year by default; Integration Advanced or Titanium adds export to third-party tools.⁠Source 31On Enterprise, log streaming can send events to syslog, a webhook, or Sentry.⁠Source 32 Agent sessions (preview) show messages, tools used, and pending approvals.⁠Source 11
Connection
How agents connectOmni Gateway sits in the request path of each managed agent, API, or MCP server.⁠Source 3 Agent-network ingress gateways get a public endpoint; egress gateways don’t.⁠Source 25The MCP Server Trigger node exposes a URL for MCP clients.⁠Source 6 Outbound requests from n8n Cloud workflows come from published IP addresses many instances share.⁠Source 37
Agents across organizationsAn egress gateway enforces policy on agent networks’ calls to agents outside the network.⁠Source 25 Partner-held access controls: not publicly documented.The MCP Server Trigger node can expose n8n tools to external AI agents.⁠Source 7 A cross-organization access model is not publicly documented.
Protocol supportOmni Gateway supports MCP and A2A.⁠Source 5 MCP Bridge turns an API into an MCP server without custom code; an A2A bridge presents Agentforce agents as A2A-compliant.⁠Source 1, Source 3Can act as an MCP client, and as an MCP server through a trigger node or a built-in instance server.⁠Source 6, Source 7, Source 26 First-party A2A support is not publicly documented.
Frameworks, models, and clouds supportedMuleSoft calls it vendor agnostic and says its scanners cover Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Databricks, and more.⁠Source 12, Source 35 Brokers orchestrate only A2A-compliant agents.⁠Source 3AI nodes implement LangChain’s JavaScript framework, with your choice of agent, LLM, and memory.⁠Source 10 Managing agents built outside n8n is not publicly documented.
Operations
Deployment options and data residencyAgent Fabric runs on MuleSoft-hosted regional control planes.⁠Source 13 Omni Gateway can be self-managed.⁠Source 1, Source 22 Self-hosting its control plane isn’t publicly documented.n8n Cloud on Microsoft Azure, with data stored in Frankfurt, Germany, or self-hosted, with data wherever you host it.⁠Source 14, Source 16
Compliance attestationsMuleSoft says Anypoint Platform meets ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and GDPR.⁠Source 33 An attestation naming Agent Fabric is not publicly documented.n8n says the company holds a SOC 2 Type 2 report, with annual independent audits.⁠Source 14, Source 34 Enterprise customers get the SOC 2 report; others, the SOC 3 report.⁠Source 14
Support and SLAMuleSoft’s Cloud Offerings SLA commits to 99.95% monthly for covered services, on subscriptions started by 1 May 2025.⁠Source 38 Anypoint plans include Premier Success.⁠Source 39Dedicated support on Enterprise only, with guaranteed response times available through SLAs.⁠Source 16 An uptime SLA percentage is not publicly documented.
Time and effort to get runningWith product access, an admin turns Agent Fabric on.⁠Source 1 Agent networks need a Managed Omni Gateway; scanners need a connected cloud provider for each source.⁠Source 1A 14-day n8n Cloud trial with Pro features, or a one-step local setup that needs Docker.⁠Source 23, Source 40 Paid self-hosted plans activate with a license key.⁠Source 17
Pricing model and public pricesMuleSoft packages start at $2,000 a month, billed annually, with usage in Mule Credits.⁠Source 15 MuleSoft lists the Agent Fabric package with no price: contact sales.⁠Source 15By monthly workflow executions, with unlimited users on paid plans.⁠Source 16 Cloud Starter is $20 and Pro $50 a month, billed annually.⁠Source 16 Self-hosted Community is free.⁠Source 17
Building
Agent building toolsAgent networks are defined in YAML, brokers in Agent Script.⁠Source 3, Source 20 MuleSoft says Salesforce’s separate Agentforce is for building agents within Salesforce.⁠Source 12A visual editor with JavaScript or Python anywhere in a workflow, LangChain-based AI nodes, and the Agent Builder, in preview.⁠Source 2, Source 10, Source 11
Model accessBrokers support OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Bedrock OpenAI, and Gemini models.⁠Source 20 Model Proxy is one access layer for several providers, with spend caps.⁠Source 3, Source 41AI workflows can connect providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, and combine models.⁠Source 21 Bring-your-own-LLM uses your own API credentials.⁠Source 42
Integrations and ecosystemMuleSoft says it has hundreds of enterprise connectors.⁠Source 12 The catalog has curated public MCP servers from the Official MCP Registry and Informatica.⁠Source 3n8n’s homepage says over 500 integrations, and n8n lists 600+ community-built templates for agentic workflows.⁠Source 2, Source 43 A built-in registry of MCP servers.⁠Source 44

Which to choose

Choose MuleSoft Agent Fabric if

  • Your agents run on several platforms, and you want scanners that MuleSoft says cover Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and more.⁠Source 3, Source 35
  • You already run MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform: Agent Fabric uses Anypoint Platform access management and is turned on there.⁠Source 1
  • You want rules set once for in-scope agents, APIs, and MCP servers, and existing APIs turned into MCP servers without custom code.⁠Source 3
  • You want brokers to orchestrate A2A-compliant agents, and a reversible quarantine for rogue agents after an admin reviews them.⁠Source 3, Source 18, Source 27

Choose n8n if

  • You want to build agents and workflows visually, which n8n says it supports, with JavaScript or Python where you need it.⁠Source 2
  • You need to self-host on premises or in a private cloud, with data wherever you host it.⁠Source 16, Source 23
  • You want pricing by workflow executions with unlimited users on paid plans, and a free self-hosted Community edition to start.⁠Source 16, Source 17
  • You want people in the loop: workflows can require human approval before an AI Agent node runs a specific tool.⁠Source 8

Questions buyers ask

How is each one priced?

MuleSoft packages start at $2,000 a month, billed annually.⁠Source 15 MuleSoft lists the Agent Fabric package with no price: contact sales.⁠Source 15 n8n prices by monthly workflow executions; one agent turn, in preview, counts as one execution, and self-hosted Community is free.⁠Source 11, Source 16, Source 17

Do they support MCP and A2A?

Agent Fabric’s Omni Gateway supports both; A2A powers orchestration in agent networks, and MCP Bridge turns an existing API into an MCP server without custom code.⁠Source 3, Source 5, Source 45 n8n can act as an MCP client and as an MCP server; first-party A2A support is not publicly documented.⁠Source 6, Source 7, Source 26

Can either one be self-hosted?

n8n can be self-hosted on your own infrastructure, on premises, or in a private cloud, and runs as the free Community edition without a license key.⁠Source 23 Agent Fabric’s Omni Gateway can be self-managed, but self-hosting Agent Fabric’s control plane is not publicly documented.⁠Source 1

Can either one connect agents across organizations?

Agent Fabric’s egress gateways enforce policy on agent networks’ calls to agents outside the network, and n8n can expose its tools to external AI agents over MCP.⁠Source 7, Source 25 Neither publicly documents a way for another organization to bring in its own agents with access it controls.

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