Secure Your N8N AI Workflows
Without Slowing Down
37x faster and 95% cheaper than N8N's native guardrails. Add bot detection, IP reputation, and PII protection with a simple base URL change.
The N8N Security Gap
N8N's native Guardrails node uses LLM-based detection. It works, but at a cost.
N8N Native Guardrails
- LLM-based detection
300-800ms per security check
- Expensive per-check cost
~$0.002 per security check (GPT-4 pricing)
- No bot detection
Can't identify automated attacks
- No IP reputation
Blind to known bad actors
- No user fingerprinting
Can't track abuse patterns
- Probabilistic detection
Same attack may pass on retry
With Bastio
- Pattern-based detection
<15ms per check (37x faster)
- 95% lower cost
~$0.0001 per check
- Full bot detection pipeline
User agent, timing, fingerprinting
- IP reputation & threat lists
Block Tor, VPNs, known botnets
- Device fingerprinting
Track users across sessions
- Deterministic + ML hybrid
Consistent, reliable blocking
Security Features N8N Doesn't Have
Enterprise-grade protection that complements your N8N workflows.
Prompt Injection Protection
50+ threat patterns with encoded attack detection and jailbreak prevention.
- Base64/URL encoded detection
- Multilingual attacks
- Role override attempts
Bot & Abuse Prevention
Stop automated attacks before they waste your LLM tokens.
- User agent analysis
- IP reputation checking
- Request timing patterns
PII Detection
14 data types with masking or blocking modes for compliance.
- Credit cards, SSNs
- Email, phone, addresses
- GDPR/HIPAA ready
5-Minute Setup
No workflow changes required. Just update your OpenAI credential's base URL and you're protected.
Create a Bastio proxy
Sign up free, create a new proxy, configure security rules
Get your proxy URL
Copy your unique proxy endpoint from the dashboard
Update N8N credentials
Change the base URL in your OpenAI credential
{
"apiKey": "sk-your-openai-key",
"baseUrl": "https://api.bastio.com/v1/guard/YOUR_PROXY_ID/v1"
}
// That's it! Your N8N workflows now have:
// ✅ Prompt injection protection
// ✅ Bot detection
// ✅ IP reputation blocking
// ✅ PII masking
// ✅ Real-time threat analyticsPerformance Comparison
The numbers don't lie. Bastio delivers better security at a fraction of the cost.
| Metric | N8N Guardrails | Bastio |
|---|---|---|
Latency | 300-800ms | <15ms |
Cost per 1M checks | ~$2,000 | ~$100 |
Bot Detection | ||
IP Reputation | ||
User Fingerprinting | ||
PII Types Detected | 3 | 14 |
Popular N8N + Bastio Workflows
See how teams are securing their N8N automations with Bastio.
Customer Support Bots
Intercom, Zendesk, custom widgets
- Block prompt injection attempts from customers
- Mask PII before it reaches the LLM
- Rate limit abusive users automatically
RAG Document Systems
Internal knowledge bases, documentation
- Detect indirect prompt injections in documents
- Protect proprietary information in responses
- Audit all queries for compliance
Slack/Discord Integrations
Team AI assistants
- Prevent jailbreaks from team members
- Block exfiltration of internal data
- Track usage per user for cost allocation
API Backend Workflows
AI-powered APIs and services
- Protect against malicious API consumers
- Block requests from Tor/VPN/proxies
- Enforce per-client rate limits
Security latency
Cost reduction
Threat patterns
PII types detected
Ready to Secure Your N8N Workflows?
Start with 1,000 free API requests per month. No credit card required.
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