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n8n vs Workday Agent System of Record

Q: Do they support MCP and A2A?

n8n can act as an MCP client and as an MCP server. First-party A2A in n8n is not publicly documented. Workday bases registration on the A2A Agent Card, lists MCP as a tool type, and outside assistants can call its Self-Service Agent over A2A.

Q: Can either one be self-hosted?

n8n can be self-hosted on premises or in a private cloud. Air-gapped self-hosted installs use a license certificate; otherwise the license key must ping n8n’s license server daily. ASOR is set up in each Workday tenant. A self-hosted option for ASOR is not publicly documented.

n8n

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

Workday Agent System of Record

Workday system of record to find, add, register, configure, monitor, and manage AI agents

n8n says it is for building and running AI agents and workflows; Workday Agent System of Record (ASOR), set up per Workday tenant, registers and manages agents.⁠^{Source 1, Source 2, Source 3, Source 4} n8n runs on n8n Cloud or self-hosted, and access to its agents (preview) follows n8n roles; ASOR gives each agent a unique Workday identity under Workday security policies.⁠^{Source 2, Source 5, Source 6, Source 7}

By Blocks.ai teamLast checked 2 October 2026

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 set who can use an agent and keep records of its activity: n8n through sharing, roles, and agent sessions (preview); ASOR through access settings and an audit trail report.⁠^{Source 3, Source 8, Source 9, Source 10}
Where they differ: Teams build and run agents and workflows in n8n.⁠^{Source 1, Source 2} ASOR registers external agents through its API; for agents working with Workday, tools are Workday APIs.⁠^{Source 3, Source 11}
Running both: Neither vendor publicly documents using the two together. Workday’s docs say ASOR registers agents built outside Workday through its API, recording OTHER as the platform when none listed fits.⁠^{Source 11, Source 12}

Public sources · checked 2 October 2026

Offered
Preview
Not publicly documented

n8n

Build agents: OfferedLangChain-based AI Agent node⁠^{Source 13}
Host and run agents: OfferedYour infrastructure or n8n’s⁠^{Source 1}
Identity and access: Not publicly documented
Registry and governance: PreviewAgents stored in projects⁠^{Source 9}
Traffic between agents, tools, and models: OfferedMCP client for external tools⁠^{Source 14}
Agents across organizations: Not publicly documented

Workday Agent System of Record

Build agents: Not publicly documented
Host and run agents: Not publicly documented
Identity and access: OfferedAgent System User per agent⁠^{Source 6}
Registry and governance: OfferedAgent Registry in Management Hub⁠^{Source 3}
Traffic between agents, tools, and models: OfferedAgent Gateway for Workday APIs⁠^{Source 15}
Agents across organizations: Not publicly documented

At a glance

n8nWorkday Agent System of Record

Where it runsFully managed n8n Cloud, hosted on Microsoft Azure, currently in the EU, or self-hosted on your own infrastructure.⁠^{Source 2, Source 16}Set up in each Workday tenant, with no current way to migrate its configuration between tenants.⁠^{Source 4} A self-hosted option is not publicly documented.

Agents it coversAgents built in n8n: AI Agent nodes in workflows and, in preview, agents kept in n8n projects.⁠^{Source 9, Source 13, Source 17} Managing agents built outside n8n is not publicly documented.Workday-built, partner-built, and self-built agents; external ones are registered through the ASOR API.⁠^{Source 3, Source 11} Some Workday agents, including those for HiredScore, are not part of ASOR.⁠^{Source 3}

Agent identityn8n says that in preview, access to an agent follows n8n roles, and each tool runs with its attached credential.⁠^{Source 5} Per-agent identity from n8n is not publicly documented.A unique Workday identity per agent, using Agent System User accounts governed by Workday security policies and groups.⁠^{Source 6, Source 7}

Pricing modelBy monthly workflow executions, with unlimited users on paid plans.⁠^{Source 18} Cloud Starter is $20 a month, billed annually; Enterprise is through sales; self-hosted Community is free.⁠^{Source 18, Source 19}No additional specific SKU is needed to use ASOR.⁠^{Source 3} Registering Workday-built agents in production needs a Flex Credits policy opt-in.⁠^{Source 3} A credit’s price is not publicly documented.

Maturityn8n ships a new minor version most weeks, with a stable version for production.⁠^{Source 20} Its changelog dates Agents (preview) to September 2026.⁠^{Source 20}Announced in February 2025; generally available since February 2026.⁠^{Source 21, Source 22}

What each one is

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 1, Source 2} Its AI nodes implement LangChain’s JavaScript framework.⁠^{Source 13} Its Agents feature, in preview, keeps agents in n8n projects alongside workflows.⁠^{Source 9}

Workday Agent System of Record

Workday Agent System of Record (ASOR) is a functional area you enable in a Workday tenant to find, register, configure, monitor, and manage AI agents.⁠^{Source 3, Source 4} Its Agent Management Hub manages Workday-built, partner-built, and self-built agents, each with a unique Workday identity.⁠^{Source 3, Source 6}

The differences that matter

How agents are built
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 1, Source 9, Source 13}
Workday Agent System of Record
ASOR takes an external agent’s definition through an API; in 2025 Workday announced a low-code agent builder for Workday’s separate Workday Build.⁠^{Source 3, Source 23}
n8n workflows can connect LLM providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.⁠^{Source 24} Workday says its AI agents use large language models.⁠^{Source 3} Which models ASOR supports is not publicly documented.
How access is controlled
n8n
n8n says that in preview, access to an agent follows n8n roles, and each tool runs with the credential attached to it.⁠^{Source 5}
Workday Agent System of Record
Workday security policies and groups set each agent’s access; acting for a user, an agent gets only what both may do.⁠^{Source 6, Source 7}
n8n project roles set what a user can do in a project (self-hosted Community must be registered).⁠^{Source 25} Workday’s Agent Interaction Policy sets which users may use an agent’s delegate-mode skills.⁠^{Source 26}
Agents built elsewhere
n8n
The MCP Server Trigger node can expose n8n tools to external AI agents, and n8n agents can use tools from external MCP servers.⁠^{Source 14}
Workday Agent System of Record
ASOR manages partner-built and self-built agents; external ones are defined and registered in one step through its API, which records each agent’s platform.⁠^{Source 3, Source 11, Source 12}
For n8n, managing agents built outside it is not publicly documented. For ASOR, controls held by a partner company are not publicly documented.

For security teams

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

n8nWorkday Agent System of Record

Network exposureSelf-hosting can be on premises or in a private cloud.⁠^{Source 27} n8n says cloud-based MCP clients need a publicly accessible instance.⁠^{Source 28}Third-party agents reach Workday APIs through Agent Gateway, a single regional endpoint.⁠^{Source 15} Inbound endpoint needs: not publicly documented.

IdentitySAML sign-in on Business and Enterprise plans, OIDC on Enterprise.⁠^{Source 29, Source 30} Per-agent identity from n8n is not publicly documented.Unique identity per agent.⁠^{Source 6} External agents use OAuth 2.0 or signed JWTs; tokens for third-party (self-built) agents last 4 hours.⁠^{Source 3, Source 6, Source 31}

Access changes and revocationn8n disconnects a revoked OAuth MCP client at once.⁠^{Source 28} In preview, unpublishing stops users, channels, and schedules running an agent.⁠^{Source 9}Deactivating an agent hides it from users; the change may take up to a minute to reach Agent Gateway.⁠^{Source 3, Source 15}

Audit trailEnterprise plans can stream events to syslog, a webhook, or Sentry.⁠^{Source 32} In preview, agent conversations are kept as sessions.⁠^{Source 9}An audit trail report covers agent transactions; delegated actions record both the agent and the user.⁠^{Source 6, Source 10}

Compliancen8n says the company holds a SOC 2 Type 2 report, available to enterprise customers; others get SOC 3.⁠^{Source 16, Source 33}Workday says its SOC 2 report covers Workday Enterprise Products; ASOR isn’t named.⁠^{Source 34} ISO 42001 covers Workday Platform.⁠^{Source 34}

Full comparison

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

n8n and Workday Agent System of Record compared on 18 criteria
What it is
	n8n	Workday Agent System of Record
What it is and who it’s for	n8n says it is a platform for building AI agents and workflows, visually or with code.⁠^{Source 1} Enterprise targets strict compliance and governance needs.⁠^{Source 18}	Set up in each Workday tenant to find, register, configure, monitor, and manage AI agents built by Workday, partners, or the customer.⁠^{Source 3, Source 4}
Maturity	A new minor version most weeks, with a stable version for production.⁠^{Source 20} n8n’s changelog dates Agents (preview) to September 2026; their behavior may change.⁠^{Source 9, Source 20}	Announced in February 2025; generally available since February 2026.⁠^{Source 21, Source 22} Agent Gateway was announced in June 2025.⁠^{Source 35}
Control
Agent registry and discovery	Agents, in preview, live in an n8n project alongside workflows.⁠^{Source 9} A registry of agents built outside n8n is not publicly documented.	The Agent Management Hub lists Workday-built, partner-built, and self-built agents with their status.⁠^{Source 3} Agents for HiredScore and Evisort are not part of ASOR.⁠^{Source 3}
Identity and access control	Project roles set what a user can do in a project (self-hosted Community must be registered).⁠^{Source 25} SAML on Business and Enterprise, OIDC on Enterprise.⁠^{Source 29, Source 30}	Each agent has a unique Workday identity, governed by security policies and groups.⁠^{Source 6, Source 7} Acting for a user, an agent gets only what both may do.⁠^{Source 6}
Ownership, policy, and revocation	Human approval can be required before an AI Agent node runs a tool.⁠^{Source 17} Agents (preview) can be unpublished, so users, channels, and schedules can’t run them.⁠^{Source 9}	Admins set each agent’s skills and who can use it, and activate or deactivate it.⁠^{Source 3, Source 36} A deactivated agent is hidden from users and can be reactivated.⁠^{Source 3}
Audit log and observability	On 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 9}	An audit trail report covers agent transactions; delegated actions record the agent and the user.⁠^{Source 6, Source 10} Per-agent analytics reports cover Workday-built agents only.⁠^{Source 3}
Connection
How agents connect	The MCP Server Trigger node exposes a URL.⁠^{Source 37} n8n says to make the instance publicly accessible for cloud-based clients of its built-in MCP server.⁠^{Source 28}	Third-party agents must route Workday API traffic through Agent Gateway, a single regional endpoint.⁠^{Source 15} Outbound-only use is not publicly documented.
Agents across organizations	The MCP Server Trigger node can expose n8n tools to external AI agents.⁠^{Source 14} Another organization’s agents, under its control: not publicly documented.	ASOR manages partner-built agents; a definition can carry an ID locating each one in the partner’s system.⁠^{Source 3, Source 12} Partner-held controls are not publicly documented.
Protocol support	Can act as an MCP client, and as an MCP server through a trigger node or a built-in instance server.⁠^{Source 14, Source 28, Source 37} First-party A2A support is not publicly documented.	Registration is based on the A2A Agent Card.⁠^{Source 12} Outside assistants can call the Self-Service Agent over A2A, and tool search can filter by SOAP, REST, or MCP.⁠^{Source 38, Source 39}
Frameworks, models, and clouds supported	AI nodes implement LangChain’s JavaScript framework, with your choice of agent, LLM, and memory.⁠^{Source 13} Managing agents built elsewhere is not publicly documented.	Registration records each agent’s platform, or OTHER.⁠^{Source 12} Workday names Google Gemini Enterprise as an outside assistant able to call its Self-Service Agent.⁠^{Source 38}
Operations
Deployment options and data residency	n8n Cloud runs on Microsoft Azure, with data stored in Frankfurt, Germany.⁠^{Source 16, Source 18} Self-hosted n8n can run on premises or in a private cloud.⁠^{Source 27}	Set up in each Workday tenant.⁠^{Source 4} Agent Gateway endpoints: US, EU, UK, Canada, Australia, Singapore, India, Japan.⁠^{Source 15} Self-hosting: not publicly documented.
Compliance attestations	n8n says the company holds a SOC 2 Type 2 report, with annual independent audits.⁠^{Source 16, Source 33} Enterprise customers get the SOC 2 report; others, the SOC 3 report.⁠^{Source 16}	Workday says its SOC 2 report covers Workday Enterprise Products.⁠^{Source 34} Its ISO 42001 certificate covers named products including Workday Platform; ASOR isn’t named.⁠^{Source 34}
Support and SLA	Dedicated support on Enterprise only, with guaranteed response times available through SLAs.⁠^{Source 18} An uptime SLA percentage is not publicly documented.	Workday says its company-wide support is 24/5, with severity 1 cases 24/7/365, or 24/7/365 with Success Plans.⁠^{Source 40} An ASOR uptime SLA is not publicly documented.
Time and effort to get running	A 14-day n8n Cloud trial with Pro features, or a one-step local setup that needs Docker.⁠^{Source 27, Source 41} Paid self-hosted plans activate with a license key.⁠^{Source 19}	Enable the ASOR functional area and set its security policies.⁠^{Source 4} Registering an external agent includes finding the IDs of the Workday APIs it will use.⁠^{Source 11}
Pricing model and public prices	Paid plans: by monthly workflow executions, unlimited users.⁠^{Source 18} Cloud Starter $20 and Pro $50 a month, billed annually.⁠^{Source 18} Self-hosted Community edition is free.⁠^{Source 19}	No additional specific SKU for ASOR.⁠^{Source 3} Workday-built agents in production need a Flex Credits policy opt-in.⁠^{Source 3} A credit’s price is not publicly documented.
Building
Agent building tools	A visual editor with JavaScript or Python anywhere in a workflow, LangChain-based AI nodes, and the Agent Builder, in preview.⁠^{Source 1, Source 9, Source 13}	You provide an external agent’s definition through an API.⁠^{Source 3} Workday announced the low-code Flowise Agent Builder for Workday’s separate Workday Build in 2025.⁠^{Source 23}
Model access	AI workflows can connect providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, and combine models.⁠^{Source 24} Bring-your-own-LLM uses your own API credentials.⁠^{Source 42}	Workday’s AI agents use large language models.⁠^{Source 3} Which models ASOR supports or includes is not publicly documented.
Integrations and ecosystem	n8n’s homepage says over 500 integrations, and n8n lists 600+ community-built templates for agentic workflows.⁠^{Source 1, Source 43} A built-in registry of MCP servers.⁠^{Source 44}	In February 2026, Workday said more than 65 partners were connecting agents to ASOR.⁠^{Source 22} Workday says partner agents reached its Marketplace in June 2025.⁠^{Source 35}

Which to choose

Choose n8n if

You want to build agents and workflows visually, which n8n says it supports, with models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and others.⁠^{Source 1, Source 24}
You want to self-host on premises or in a private cloud, with data wherever you host it, or use managed n8n Cloud.⁠^{Source 2, Source 18, Source 27}
You want pricing by workflow executions with unlimited users on paid plans, and a free self-hosted Community edition to start.⁠^{Source 18, Source 19}
You want to require human approval before an AI Agent node runs a specific tool, and over 500 integrations, per n8n’s homepage.⁠^{Source 1, Source 17}

Choose Workday Agent System of Record if

Your agents mostly work in Workday, and each should have a unique Workday identity under your existing security policies and groups.⁠^{Source 3, Source 6, Source 7}
You want an agent acting for a user limited to what both may do, with audit entries naming both.⁠^{Source 6}
You want Workday-built, partner-built, and self-built agents listed with their status in one Agent Management Hub.⁠^{Source 3}
You already run Workday and want agent governance in the same tenant, with no additional specific SKU to buy for ASOR.⁠^{Source 3, Source 4}

Questions buyers ask

Can either one govern agents built elsewhere?

You define and register an external agent in one step through the ASOR API, recording the platform it runs on.⁠^{Source 11, Source 12} ASOR’s per-agent analytics reports cover Workday-built agents only.⁠^{Source 3} n8n’s agents, in preview, live in n8n projects.⁠^{Source 9} Managing agents built outside n8n is not publicly documented.

How is each one priced?

n8n prices by monthly workflow executions with unlimited users on paid plans; one agent turn, in preview, counts as one execution.⁠^{Source 9, Source 18} ASOR needs no additional specific SKU, and Workday-built agents in production need a Flex Credits policy opt-in.⁠^{Source 3} A credit’s price is not publicly documented.

Do they support MCP and A2A?

n8n can act as an MCP client and as an MCP server.⁠^{Source 14, Source 37} First-party A2A in n8n is not publicly documented. Workday bases registration on the A2A Agent Card, lists MCP as a tool type, and outside assistants can call its Self-Service Agent over A2A.⁠^{Source 12, Source 38, Source 39}

Can either one be self-hosted?

n8n can be self-hosted on premises or in a private cloud.⁠^{Source 27} Air-gapped self-hosted installs use a license certificate; otherwise the license key must ping n8n’s license server daily.⁠^{Source 18, Source 45} ASOR is set up in each Workday tenant.⁠^{Source 4} A self-hosted option for ASOR is not publicly documented.

How we compare

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Sources

50 public sources, each with the date we checked it. Every one opens in a new tab.

Source 1: AI Workflow Automation Platform - n8n n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f g h i j
Source 2: Choose how to use n8n n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f
Source 3: About Workday Agents (Workday Administrator Guide) Workday · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 27 28 29 30 31
Source 4: Set Up Agent System of Record (Workday Administrator Guide) Workday · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f g h
Source 5: Introducing n8n Agents n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c
Source 6: Concept: Agent Security (Workday Administrator Guide) Workday · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f g h i j k l m
Source 7: Setup Considerations: Agent Security (Workday Administrator Guide) Workday · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e
Source 8: Use Chat Hub n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 9: Build and manage agents n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f g h i j k l m n
Source 10: FAQ: Agent Security (Workday Administrator Guide) Workday · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c
Source 11: Register External Agents (Workday Administrator Guide) Workday · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f
Source 12: ASOR API Documentation v1.2 (Workday/asor on GitHub) Workday · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f g
Source 13: LangChain in n8n n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f
Source 14: MCP Client Tool n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e
Source 15: Concept: Workday Agent Gateway (Workday Administrator Guide) Workday · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e
Source 16: Security at n8n n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e
Source 17: Human-in-the-loop for tools n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c
Source 18: n8n Plans and Pricing n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f g h i j k
Source 19: Compare editions n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d
Source 20: Changelog n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d
Source 21: The Next Generation of Workforce Management is Here - Workday Unveils New Agent System of Record Workday · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 22: The Workday Agent System of Record Is Now Generally Available Workday · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c
Source 23: Workday Unveils Workday Build, Giving Developers the Tools to Build the Future of Work Workday · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 24: Integrate AI n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c
Source 25: Set permissions and roles (RBAC) n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 26: Concept: Agent Interaction Policy (Workday Administrator Guide) Workday · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 27: Host n8n n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e
Source 28: Connect to n8n MCP server n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d
Source 29: Set up SAML n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 30: Set up OIDC n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 31: Concept: External Agent ASU Considerations (Workday Administrator Guide) Workday · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 32: Stream logs to external systems n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 33: n8n Trust Center n8n · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 34: Workday Compliance | Workday US Workday · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d
Source 35: Workday Announces New AI Agent Partner Network and Agent Gateway Workday · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 36: Workday Agent System of Record | Workday US Workday · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 37: MCP Server Trigger n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c
Source 38: Connect External Agents to Workday Using A2A (Workday Administrator Guide) Workday · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c
Source 39: Concept: ASOR Agent Resource Search API (Workday Administrator Guide) Workday · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 40: Workday Support | Workday US Workday · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 41: Try free then choose a plan n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 42: n8n AI Terms n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 43: n8n AI agent builder n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 44: MCP servers n8n · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 45: Manage your license n8n · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 46: Your company's private network Blocks.ai · checked 6 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 47: Network requirements Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 48: Solutions: Agent sprawl Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 49: Solutions: Partner networks Blocks.ai · checked 6 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 50: Pricing Blocks.ai · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back to text

Where each one sits

These aren’t the same kind of product

n8n

vsWorkday Agent System of Record

At a glance

What each one is

n8n

Workday Agent System of Record

The differences that matter

How agents are built

How access is controlled

Agents built elsewhere

For security teams

Full comparison

Which to choose

n8nChoose n8n if

Workday Agent System of RecordChoose Workday Agent System of Record if

Questions buyers ask

How we compare

Sources

Workday Agent System of Record

Choose n8n if

Choose Workday Agent System of Record if