diff --git a/packages/backend/src/controllers/api/v1/admin/templates/create-template.ee.test.js b/packages/backend/src/controllers/api/v1/admin/templates/create-template.ee.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..08a89d3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/controllers/api/v1/admin/templates/create-template.ee.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+import { vi, describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import request from 'supertest';
+import Crypto from 'crypto';
+import app from '../../../../../app.js';
+import createAuthTokenByUserId from '../../../../../helpers/create-auth-token-by-user-id.js';
+import Template from '../../../../../models/template.ee.js';
+import { createRole } from '../../../../../../test/factories/role.js';
+import { createUser } from '../../../../../../test/factories/user.js';
+import { createFlow } from '../../../../../../test/factories/flow.js';
+import { createStep } from '../../../../../../test/factories/step.js';
+import createTemplateMock from '../../../../../../test/mocks/rest/api/v1/admin/templates/create-template.ee.js';
+import * as license from '../../../../../helpers/license.ee.js';
+
+describe('POST /api/v1/admin/templates', () => {
+  let currentUser, token, role;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    vi.spyOn(license, 'hasValidLicense').mockResolvedValue(true);
+
+    role = await createRole({ name: 'Admin' });
+    currentUser = await createUser({ roleId: role.id });
+
+    token = await createAuthTokenByUserId(currentUser.id);
+  });
+
+  it('should return the created template', async () => {
+    const currentUserFlow = await createFlow({ userId: currentUser.id });
+
+    const triggerStep = await createStep({
+      flowId: currentUserFlow.id,
+      type: 'trigger',
+      appKey: 'webhook',
+      key: 'catchRawWebhook',
+      name: 'Catch raw webhook',
+      parameters: {
+        workSynchronously: true,
+      },
+      position: 1,
+      webhookPath: `/webhooks/flows/${currentUserFlow.id}/sync`,
+    });
+
+    await createStep({
+      flowId: currentUserFlow.id,
+      type: 'action',
+      appKey: 'formatter',
+      key: 'text',
+      name: 'Text',
+      parameters: {
+        input: `hello {{step.${triggerStep.id}.query.sample}} world`,
+        transform: 'capitalize',
+      },
+      position: 2,
+    });
+
+    const templatePayload = {
+      name: 'Sample Template Name',
+      flowId: currentUserFlow.id,
+    };
+
+    const response = await request(app)
+      .post('/api/v1/admin/templates')
+      .set('Authorization', token)
+      .send(templatePayload)
+      .expect(201);
+
+    const refetchedTemplate = await Template.query().findById(
+      response.body.data.id
+    );
+
+    const expectedPayload = await createTemplateMock(refetchedTemplate);
+
+    expect(response.body).toStrictEqual(expectedPayload);
+  });
+
+  it('should return not found response for invalid flow ID', async () => {
+    const invalidFlowId = Crypto.randomUUID();
+
+    await request(app)
+      .post('/api/v1/admin/templates')
+      .set('Authorization', token)
+      .send({
+        name: 'Sample Template Name',
+        flowId: invalidFlowId,
+      })
+      .expect(404);
+  });
+
+  it('should return unprocessable entity response for invalid name', async () => {
+    const currentUserFlow = await createFlow({ userId: currentUser.id });
+
+    const triggerStep = await createStep({
+      flowId: currentUserFlow.id,
+      type: 'trigger',
+      appKey: 'webhook',
+      key: 'catchRawWebhook',
+      name: 'Catch raw webhook',
+      parameters: {
+        workSynchronously: true,
+      },
+      position: 1,
+      webhookPath: `/webhooks/flows/${currentUserFlow.id}/sync`,
+    });
+
+    await createStep({
+      flowId: currentUserFlow.id,
+      type: 'action',
+      appKey: 'formatter',
+      key: 'text',
+      name: 'Text',
+      parameters: {
+        input: `hello {{step.${triggerStep.id}.query.sample}} world`,
+        transform: 'capitalize',
+      },
+      position: 2,
+    });
+
+    const templatePayload = {
+      name: '',
+      flowId: currentUserFlow.id,
+    };
+
+    const response = await request(app)
+      .post('/api/v1/admin/templates')
+      .set('Authorization', token)
+      .send(templatePayload)
+      .expect(422);
+
+    expect(response.body).toStrictEqual({
+      errors: {
+        name: ['must NOT have fewer than 1 characters'],
+      },
+      meta: { type: 'ModelValidation' },
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/models/template.ee.js b/packages/backend/src/models/template.ee.js
index aad0192c..26f87313 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/models/template.ee.js
+++ b/packages/backend/src/models/template.ee.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class Template extends Base {
     },
   };
 
-  static async create(name, flowId) {
+  static async create({ name, flowId }) {
     const flow = await Flow.query().findById(flowId).throwIfNotFound();
     const flowData = await flow.export();
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/models/template.ee.test.js b/packages/backend/src/models/template.ee.test.js
index ce85e336..9ebb4daf 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/models/template.ee.test.js
+++ b/packages/backend/src/models/template.ee.test.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe('Template model', () => {
       const templateName = 'Test Template';
 
       await expect(
-        Template.create(templateName, nonExistentFlowId)
+        Template.create({ name: templateName, flowId: nonExistentFlowId })
       ).rejects.toThrowError('NotFoundError');
     });
 
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ describe('Template model', () => {
       const flow = await createFlow();
       const templateName = 'Test Template';
 
-      const template = await Template.create(templateName, flow.id);
+      const template = await Template.create({
+        name: templateName,
+        flowId: flow.id,
+      });
 
       expect(template.name).toStrictEqual(templateName);
     });
@@ -54,7 +57,10 @@ describe('Template model', () => {
       });
 
       const templateName = 'Test Template';
-      const template = await Template.create(templateName, flow.id);
+      const template = await Template.create({
+        name: templateName,
+        flowId: flow.id,
+      });
 
       const exportedFlowData = await flow.export();
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/routes/api/v1/admin/templates.ee.js b/packages/backend/src/routes/api/v1/admin/templates.ee.js
index 749d202d..34b5c137 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/routes/api/v1/admin/templates.ee.js
+++ b/packages/backend/src/routes/api/v1/admin/templates.ee.js
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 import { Router } from 'express';
 import { authenticateUser } from '../../../../helpers/authentication.js';
 import { authorizeAdmin } from '../../../../helpers/authorization.js';
+import { checkIsEnterprise } from '../../../../helpers/check-is-enterprise.js';
 
 import createTemplateAction from '../../../../controllers/api/v1/admin/templates/create-template.ee.js';
 
 const router = Router();
 
-router.post('/', authenticateUser, authorizeAdmin, createTemplateAction);
+router.post(
+  '/',
+  authenticateUser,
+  authorizeAdmin,
+  checkIsEnterprise,
+  createTemplateAction
+);
 
 export default router;
diff --git a/packages/backend/test/mocks/rest/api/v1/admin/templates/create-template.ee.js b/packages/backend/test/mocks/rest/api/v1/admin/templates/create-template.ee.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2081a5b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/test/mocks/rest/api/v1/admin/templates/create-template.ee.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+const createTemplateMock = async (template) => {
+  const data = {
+    id: template.id,
+    name: template.name,
+    createdAt: template.createdAt.getTime(),
+    updatedAt: template.updatedAt.getTime(),
+    flowData: template.flowData,
+  };
+
+  return {
+    data: data,
+    meta: {
+      count: 1,
+      currentPage: null,
+      isArray: false,
+      totalPages: null,
+      type: 'Template',
+    },
+  };
+};
+
+export default createTemplateMock;