If you’ve ever used n8n, you know the magic of building complex workflows without writing much code. You can connect dozens of tools, create multi-step automations, add conditional logic, and now even integrate LLMs for AI tasks. But let’s be honest: it still takes time, effort, and technical know-how to set up correctly.

That’s where BotFriday comes in. It is built with the same spirit of automation, but focused entirely on hiring. And it’s not just general-purpose automation. It’s AI agents, pre-configured for recruitment workflows, that plug directly into your existing ATS or tracking systems like Greenhouse, Notion, Ashby, KekaHR, and more.

n8n gives you the flexibility to build anything.

You can set up a resume parser to drop into a Google Sheet, route candidates via email, ping a Slack channel, and run GPT-4 on their cover letters: All possible! But it takes effort:

• You need to connect APIs manually

• Build logic from scratch

• Maintain credentials

• Handle error states

It’s immensely powerful, but also deeply technical.

BotFriday gives you the outcome out of the box.

In contrast, BotFriday is opinionated. It’s not for everything, it’s for hiring. That means instead of “building” logic, you assign an AI agent to a stage in your hiring pipeline.

Your pipeline could be in Greenhouse, or even a Notion Kanban board. Wherever it lives, BotFriday agents work inside it.

• Attach Agent Vox to a column labeled “Phone Screen” → It runs a full voice-based AI interview.

• Attach Agent Lex to “Application Review” → It reviews resumes and LinkedIn profiles automatically.

• Each agent drops its output back on the applicant’s profile or card.

No setup. No logic flows. Just point and assign.

Integration: Both Do It But Differently

• With n8n, integration is possible but you’ll need to connect tokens, use webhook URLs, or write Node.js functions.

• With BotFriday, you just click “Add Integration”, choose your source (e.g. Greenhouse, Notion, Ashby), and you’re ready to assign agents to stages.

BotFriday is purpose-built for recruitment use cases. It understands candidate objects, hiring stages, and feedback loops. Therefore, it doesn’t treat a resume as “just another file” or a job posting as “just another row.” It understands hiring the way n8n understands workflows.

Conclusion: The Right Tool for the Job

If you’re an automation enthusiast or a dev, n8n is your sandbox. You can build anything, but you’ll need to build it.

If you’re in HR or Talent Acquisition and need to hire faster, cheaper, and better without hiring more recruiters, BotFriday gives you AI agents ready to go, designed for every stage of the recruitment funnel.

Think of it as:

n8n lets you build any workflow.

BotFriday comes with hiring workflows, ready to go.

Want to see it in action? Book a demo and deploy your first AI recruiter in minutes.