Tray.ai is a cloud integration and automation platform sold through sales quotes, with US, EU and APAC hosting and an on-prem agent. Pages here cover replacing it with self-hosted n8n or Windmill.
Comparing Tray.ai with self-hosted n8n for department-wide automation: builder and connector depth, task-based quotes against n8n's per-execution editions, regional hosting against running in your own region, on-premises connectivity, and support.
For engineering-led teams: Tray.ai's low-code builder against Windmill's scripts, flows and apps in Python, TypeScript and other languages, version control, self-hosting on your own infrastructure, and which workflows suit each.
Moving Tray.ai projects to n8n: exporting projects as JSON for the inventory, rebuilding workflows and callable workflows, re-creating authentications, replacing on-prem agent connections with a network-local n8n, and cutting over by project.
Cost of ownership by component: Tray.ai plans quoted by tasks and features, regional hosting add-ons and Enterprise-only on-premises options, against n8n's edition fees, infrastructure, migration and the staff time to run it.
What Tray.ai's JSON project export includes and leaves behind, such as stored data, access control and authentication secrets, how to export each project and workflow before the contract ends, and how to use the files as a rebuild plan.
Tray.ai reaches internal systems through an on-prem agent and a fixed list of supported connectors. This page covers running n8n or Windmill inside the network instead, so any internal database, file share or SOAP service is reachable without an agent.
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