SWITCH FROM N8N
n8n to Calisto Automations
Keep every automation of your business in one place, built in to every Calisto app, with real-data tests, versions and retries on the desk and a phone.
Feature by feature
Calisto Automations beside n8n
- 15 In both
- 10 Only in n8n
| 25 features | Calisto Automations | n8n |
|---|---|---|
| Logic | ||
| BranchesCalisto: a router tries its routes in order, runs every route whose filter passes, and runs the fallback route when none matched.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Repeat for Each ItemCalisto: a loop runs its steps once for each item of a list, up to 500 items.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| DelaysCalisto: a delay waits for a set time, or until a set time before or after a date in the data, such as two days before a booking starts.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Wait for Something to HappenCalisto: a wait step holds the run until an event arrives for the same record, such as an alert answered or an approval decided, and takes another path if nothing comes within the time you set (up to 30 days).Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Ask for Approval in a RunCalisto: a run can wait for a decision made in the approval engine and branch on it, but no step sends an approval request to a chosen person.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Triggers | ||
| SchedulesCalisto: an automation runs every few minutes, hours, days or weeks, or on a custom schedule, in the business's own time zone, and one kept to business hours is held until they open.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Webhook Address per AutomationCalisto: an automation that starts on Webhook received gets its own address. The token is shown once, and a new address stops the old one.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | ||
| Custom HTTP RequestsCalisto: Custom HTTP sends a request with the method and body you set, to a saved webhook or an address typed in the step.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Public APIA public REST API does most of what the editor does, over HTTP requests.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Ready-Made Connectors to Outside Appsn8n lists more than 2,000 integrations. Calisto reaches outside its own apps through Zapier, Make and Custom HTTP.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Runs | ||
| Run HistoryCalisto: the Runs lens shows one row per run, and each run opens to every step with what it received and what it returned.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Retry a Failed RunCalisto: Retry runs only the failed step again when the run kept where it stopped, otherwise it starts over. A failed run is answered once, even when two people press at the same moment.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Success Rates Across AutomationsCalisto: Analytics shows runs and failures over the range you pick and the automations failing most, on the desk and a phone.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Errors | ||
| Handle a Failed StepCalisto: any action step can carry its own path for when it fails.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| One Automation That Handles Others' FailuresAn error workflow starts by itself when another workflow fails, and one error workflow can serve many.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Building | ||
| Test on Real Recent EventsCalisto: Test runs the unsaved automation on one of the trigger's last three real events, or on data you paste in, and never saves it.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Versions and RestoreCalisto: every save is a version, every run is tied to the version it ran, and restoring an older version saves it as a new one.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| TemplatesCalisto: a gallery of ready-made automations becomes a live automation or a draft in one tap, on the desk or a phone.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Code StepsThe Code node runs JavaScript or Python inside a workflow.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Reusable Sub-AutomationsOne workflow calls another as a sub-workflow with defined inputs and gets its results back.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| AI | ||
| Describe It and AI Builds ItCalisto: write a sentence and the AI lays out a draft automation for you to review. Nothing is switched on from a sentence.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| AI Agents That Use ToolsWorkflows give AI agents tools and memory, with models from several providers and MCP servers.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Data | ||
| Built-In Data TablesData tables store rows inside n8n that workflows save and manage without an outside database. Calisto: an automation can add a row to a Calisto Sheets spreadsheet but cannot look one up.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Platform | ||
| Separate Test and Live EnvironmentsGit-based source control links instances to branches so work moves between environments.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Self-Hostingn8n runs on the customer's own servers or private cloud, with Docker or npm.Checked Oct 30, 2026Source | No | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from n8n
Your data is read in your own browser and sent to your Calisto account. Calisto never sees your login for the old system.
From an export file
Export your data from n8n and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Any spreadsheet you export from n8n can be mapped onto Calisto, column by column.
Moving from n8n
Questions about switching
Do my n8n workflows come over?
There is no import of n8n workflows. Many of them are already rules the Calisto apps ship, such as confirmations, reminders and staff notices, which you switch on or edit in Automations. For the rest, start from a template, or describe the automation in a sentence and review the draft.
Can I host it on my own servers?
Calisto runs Automations for you. A business that keeps its data in its own database still gets its scheduled automations, reminders and sequences run against that database like any other.
Can an outside tool start a Calisto automation?
Yes. An automation that starts on Webhook received gets its own address that n8n or any tool posts JSON to, and Custom HTTP sends data back out to any address.
Can I test changes before they go live?
Yes. Test runs the unsaved automation on one of its trigger's last three real events or on data you paste in, every save is a version you can restore, and a draft stays off until you switch it on.
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