Tines vs Workato (2026)

Tines

by Tines

Workato

by Workato

Pros

• ✓An MCP server on every plan, including Community Edition, exposes workflows to AI clients, and the AI Agent action can also call tools on external MCP servers.
• ✓Language models run by default on Tines-hosted AWS Bedrock infrastructure in the tenant's region, with no training on customer data.
• ✓SOC 2 Type 2, ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and ISO/IEC 42001:2023 for AI management are listed in its public Trust Center.

Limitations

• –Business and Enterprise editions publish no rates, so pricing above the free Community Edition requires a sales conversation.
• –Community Edition is capped at three flows, and each MCP server with connected tools counts as one of them.
• –Cases, Advanced Workflows such as Records and Dashboards, and self-hosting are available only on paid editions.

Pros

• ✓Enterprise MCP packages recipes, APIs, and existing MCP servers as governed MCP servers that any MCP-compatible agent can call, with every agent action authenticated, authorized, and auditable from one console.
• ✓Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Integration Platform as a Service, and combines 1,200+ pre-built connectors with data pipelines, event streams, API management, and master data management on one platform.
• ✓A broad compliance portfolio on its trust center, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, HIPAA, PCI, and DORA, with zero trust architecture, bring-your-own-key encryption, and hourly key rotation on the Enterprise MCP edition.

Limitations

• –Quote-only pricing: none of the four editions publishes a price, usage is metered by capability on top of the edition, and pre-packaged Genies and several capabilities are sold as add-ons, so estimating cost requires a sales conversation.
• –Agent tooling sits in the upper editions: pre-built MCP servers start at Business MCP, and Agent Studio, the Workato Knowledge Base, and Workato GO are reserved for Workato ONE, so the entry Standard edition covers integration and automation only.
• –Deployments draw on technical resources: Workato sells onboarding and training packages, on-premises systems need its on-premises agent, and concurrency and on-premises connections are capped per edition.