Question about "Sustainable Use License" and chatbot use-case

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Hi everyone,

I’m plan on running n8n in a self-hosted setup and wanted to double-check if my use case is fully allowed under the Sustainable Use License (SUL).

Here’s what I’m planning:

  • Host n8n on my own VPS.
  • Connect it with HubSpot and OpenAI APIs.
  • Provide a free chatbot on my HubSpot site that visitors can interact with.

Important notes:

  • The chatbot will be available at no cost to site visitors.

I won’t be offering n8n itself as a hosted service or anything that competes with n8n Cloud. n8n would only be used as the backend automation layer for my own accessible site which is free to anyone.

Could anyone confirm that this use case is permitted under the SUL?

Thanks in advance for the clarification, and thanks for building such an awesome tool!

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I think as long as you are not not offering n8n itself as a SaaS, or embedding / reselling n8n directly, you are good to go with your intended use case.

Specifically, the following example from the documentation is similar to what you are describing:

Example 2: Embed AI chatbot in ACME app#
Bob sets up n8n to embed an AI chatbot within the ACME app. The AI chatbot’s credentials in n8n use Bob’s company credentials. ACME app end-users only enter their questions or queries to the chatbot.

ALLOWED under the Sustainable Use License. No user credentials are being collected.