Hi everyone,
we’re a service provider and want to use n8n as part of a managed automation service for a large enterprise client.
Question: has anyone here successfully done the following with an n8n Enterprise subscription?
We sign the Enterprise agreement in our company name (service provider)
We pay the subscription costs ourselves
We run n8n for one specific client project (managed service)
We then invoice the client for the overall service, including the n8n costs plus our margin
Ideally the end client does not need a direct contract with n8n
Is this setup generally supported from a licensing/commercial perspective, and are there any gotchas we should be aware of (reselling, sublicensing, end customer access, hosted vs self hosted)?
Any experiences or pointers would be super helpful.
Thanks!
Hey @Mika1 Welcome to the n8n community!
Yes you can sign the n8n Enterprise subscription in your own company’s name, pay it yourself, and then invoice your client for the total service (including n8n costs + your margin). That model is common for agencies and managed service providers.
Key points to keep in mind:
• The Enterprise plan from n8n is a commercial subscription for organisations, and using it as part of your service delivery is fine as long as you hold the paid license yourself. You’re not reselling n8n by itself you’re embedding it into the managed service you deliver to the client.
• n8n’s open-source/free version (Community/Sustainable Use License) allows internal business use only; it doesn’t allow hosting and charging access to n8n as a product or service for others without a commercial license. Your approach avoids that because you’re not giving clients direct access or charging per n8n usage separately.
• If your client needs direct access to the n8n interface or you plan to operate n8n as a standalone platform for multiple clients, it’s safer to clarify with n8n sales (or explore partner/reseller/Embed licenses). Let me know if this helps