N8n cut Assistant credit allowances

N8n renamed its 'AI Assistant' feature to simply 'Assistant' and cut its monthly credit allowance across plans. According to n8n's pricing page as of Sep 30, 2026 — the day Pulse detected the change — the Starter plan's allowance fell from 2,300 to 1,600 credits, a cut of about 30%, and Pro's top tier fell from 13,700 to 9,600 credits, also about 30%. The new limits apply to the same AI-assisted workflow-building feature across both plans.

For product leaders this is a reminder that AI credit allowances bundled into a subscription are not a fixed quantity — vendors treat them the way they used to treat storage caps or API rate limits, tightening or loosening them independently of the headline plan price. A Pro customer running AI-heavy workflows near the top of n8n's credit range loses real headroom here without any change to what they're billed per seat, which is the kind of quiet value erosion a renewal conversation won't surface unless someone is tracking usage against the cap.

Teams building their own credit-metered AI features should treat the allowance itself as a pricing lever worth testing and communicating clearly, not something to set once and forget — n8n's repeated renaming and re-limiting of this same feature over the past few months means the allowance has not stayed stable long enough for customers to plan around. Watch whether n8n settles on this number or keeps adjusting it every few weeks; a pattern of frequent cuts without a headline price change is worth tracking as a margin lever in its own right.