Question About n8n Community License Usage for Client Workflows

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Hi n8n Community,

I’m exploring using n8n for an integration scenario and wanted to clarify its usage under the Community license.

Our planned workflow is as follows:

We generate a payload from our codebase.

n8n handles business ERP logic and processes the data.

Once processed, the data is sent back to our codebase.

This workflow is intended for a client, and it will ultimately involve their customers’ data. We want to ensure that using the Community version for this purpose complies with the license terms.

Could you please advise if this setup is allowed under the n8n Community (free) license, or if we would need a commercial/Enterprise license for such usage?

Thank you for your guidance.

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Does your Workflow include credentials of your customers? Or in other words, do you save user credentials in your n8n instance? The main distinction is the use of customers credentials in your workflows/n8n platform.
Here is a brief explanation of what’s covered under the community license:

If you want to be 100% sure, I’d recommend to contact the sales department. They are the only ones who can give you a written confirmation.

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Hi @Vinu_Suhas_Dlima Welcome!
I think your use cases are currently in the gray area of the license.
the concern part is that this workflow is for a client and processes their customers’ data the SUL restricts use to “internal business purposes” meaning your own company internal operations, see this

"The SUL boundary is defined by the end beneficiary of the automation. If n8n is used to automate processes for your own company (or your direct client's internal business), it's allowed. If n8n is used to deliver automation as a service to multiple external clients (where those clients are the primary beneficiaries and their data is processed), it falls outside the SUL."

and if the flow accesses customers’ own credentials to get their data which is explicitly not allowed under the SUL, i agree with @salmansolutions that you should talk to sales first. Also i recommend filling this form for enterprise level calls so that they can tell you clearly what you can do according to your use case:

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