Founder & CEO of Wasevo. Builds SEO, software and AI automation for clients in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Sweden and Pakistan since 2020.
A production-ready self-hosted n8n setup: Docker Compose with PostgreSQL, a reverse proxy with TLS, queue mode, backups, monitoring and a safe update routine, from Wasevo's own instances.
We ran the same 12 business workflows on n8n and Zapier and compared cost per month, execution limits, AI features and maintenance. Which one costs less depends on volume and on who maintains it.
n8n has a free, self-hostable community edition and paid cloud plans. Here is what the free version includes, what it leaves out, and the cases where "free" costs more than n8n Cloud.
Website maintenance costs from $79 a month for a single WordPress site to $600 or more for sites with a monthly improvement allowance. Here is what drives the price and what a plan must include.
n8n charges per workflow execution rather than per step. How that changes the maths, and what self-hosting costs once you include the maintenance work.
'AI automation agency' covers prompt consultants and engineering teams alike. How to tell them apart, and what a serious engagement should include.
A NAS backup plan starts with the files and recovery needs of the business, then defines destinations, access, retention and a restore test.
A practical way to define triggers, data ownership, human approvals and failure handling before building an n8n or AI-assisted workflow.
Before launching an online store, follow a complete order through catalogue, payment, fulfilment and the customer's next question.
Compare configuration, integration and custom development against the process, ownership and ongoing work your business needs.
Plan dependencies, data, validation and rollback before moving a live website or application to a new hosting environment.
A useful maintenance agreement names the systems, work, communication and recovery responsibilities behind the monthly service.
Scope an initial SaaS release around a useful customer outcome, with the access, billing and administration needed to support it.
n8n is a workflow automation tool you can self-host. Here is what it does, how it differs from Zapier and Make, and when it is the right choice.
Review crawl access, response codes, canonicals, internal links and important content before a new site becomes public.
Plan the pages, editing needs, integrations and launch checks before choosing a platform or commissioning a design.
AI nodes let n8n workflows do more, and they also make them easier to get wrong. Where models help in n8n, and how to keep a person in the loop.
