Find alternatives to a software product with DuckDuckGo
UnknownUnknown. This template uses community nodes we can't verify statically. Uses community nodes that can't be verified statically (unverified community packages are off by default in 3.0). Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This AI workflow has 13 nodes and runs when someone submits an n8n form (“Find alternatives to a software product”). Along the way it connects OpenRouter Chat Model and Duckduckgo Search (community).
How it runs
Trigger: When someone submits an n8n form (“Find alternatives to a software product”).
- Check the request (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Name accepted? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Search for alternatives (Duck Duck Go): search
- Explain why there is no table (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Choose the sources (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Show the result (n8n Form): shows the next form page
- Any sources? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- List the alternatives (Basic LLM Chain): sends a prompt to an LLM, with model: OpenRouter model; output parser: Alternatives format
- Verify the names (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Build the table (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
Services it uses
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
We can't fully verify this one: it relies on 1 community package, and n8n 3.0 turns unverified community packages off by default (N8N_UNVERIFIED_PACKAGES_ENABLED=false).
- Check that n8n-nodes-duckduckgo-search is verified or supports 3.0 (used in Search for alternatives).
Nodes used (8)
- n8n Form Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.formTrigger - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Duck Duck Go
n8n-nodes-duckduckgo-search.duckDuckGo - Basic LLM Chain
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainLlm - Structured Output Parser
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.outputParserStructured - OpenRouter Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenRouter - n8n Form
n8n-nodes-base.form
From the author
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