n8n Self-Hosted vs Cloud: What $20/Month Actually Buys You
We ran self-hosted n8n and n8n Cloud side by side for 90 days. The dollar difference is obvious; the operational difference is what surprised us.
We ran self-hosted n8n and n8n Cloud side by side for 90 days. The dollar difference is obvious; the operational difference is what surprised us.
If your company lives in Microsoft 365, Power Automate is tempting and free-ish. We tested where that logic holds — and where it quietly falls apart.
Make and Zapier look similar on the surface. We ran identical workflows in both and found the costs — in money and in debugging time — diverge fast.
We moved five client workflows from Zapier to n8n and ran both in parallel for a month. The cost difference was bigger than we expected.
We ran the same 10 workflows in both n8n and Make for 30 days. Here's what actually broke, what it cost, and which one we'd pick today.