A marketing team was paying $49/month for Zapier Pro. 750 tasks/month limit. They hit it by the 15th every month.
The Automation Tax
Zapier, Make, IFTTT - great tools with painful pricing. $20-50/month for basic usage. Need more? $100-200+/month.
n8n is a free, self-hosted workflow automation tool. Unlimited workflows, unlimited executions, 400+ integrations.
What n8n Offers for Free (Self-Hosted)
- 400+ Integrations - Slack, Google Sheets, Airtable, PostgreSQL, APIs
- Visual Editor - Drag-and-drop workflow builder
- Code Nodes - Write JavaScript or Python when visual is not enough
- Webhooks - Trigger workflows from any HTTP request
- Scheduling - Cron-based triggers
- Error Handling - Retry, fallback, error workflow
- Credentials - Secure credential storage
- Version Control - Export/import workflows as JSON
Quick Start
docker run -d --name n8n -p 5678:5678 -v n8n_data:/home/node/.n8n n8nio/n8n
n8n vs Zapier
| Feature | n8n Self-Hosted | Zapier Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly Cost | $0 | $49+ |
| Executions | Unlimited | 750/mo |
| Workflows | Unlimited | 20 |
| Code Nodes | Yes | Limited |
| Self-Hosted | Yes | No |
GitHub: n8n-io/n8n - 51K+ stars
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