If you're tired of repetitive tasks eating your day, n8n is your answer. Unlike Zapier (which costs $200+/month), n8n is free to self-host and gives you full control over your automations.
I've packaged 10 production-ready workflows you can import directly. Here's what's inside:
The 10 Templates
1. 🤖 AI Email Auto-Reply
Automatically replies to incoming emails using GPT-4. Detects new emails, generates context-aware responses, and sends them — no manual work needed.
Use case: Customer support, inquiry handling, out-of-office responses.
2. 🔍 Lead Scraper & CRM Sync
Captures leads from your website and syncs them to your database with Slack notifications for high-value prospects.
Use case: Sales automation, lead management.
3. 🧾 Invoice Processor (GPT-4 Vision)
Watches your email for invoice attachments, extracts data using AI vision, and syncs to your accounting software.
Use case: Finance teams, freelancers tracking expenses.
4. 📰 RSS → Slack/Discord
Monitors any RSS feed and posts updates to your team channels automatically.
Use case: Competitive intelligence, industry news monitoring.
5. 📝 Form → Database
Receives any webhook/form submission, sanitizes data, and stores in PostgreSQL with a success response.
Use case: Contact forms, lead capture, survey data.
6. 📊 API Uptime Monitor
Checks your API endpoints every 5 minutes and sends immediate Slack alerts on failures.
Use case: DevOps monitoring, SLA tracking.
7. 📱 Social Media Scheduler
Automatically schedules and posts content across Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook from a single source.
Use case: Content marketing, consistent posting.
8. 👋 Customer Onboarding Flow
Sends branded welcome emails, creates CRM deals in HubSpot, and schedules follow-up check-ins — all triggered by a new customer webhook.
Use case: SaaS onboarding, service businesses.
9. 🚨 Error Alert System
Receives error events, classifies severity, and auto-creates PagerDuty incidents for HIGH severity issues.
Use case: Engineering teams, production monitoring.
10. 💾 Backup Automation
Scheduled database backups with verification and cloud storage upload.
Use case: Any team that actually cares about their data.
How to Import
- Download the free template pack
- Open your n8n instance
- Click Import → paste the JSON
- Configure your credentials (each template has a setup guide)
- Activate and you're done
Why n8n Over Zapier?
| Feature | n8n (self-hosted) | Zapier |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free | $200+/month |
| Custom code | ✅ Full JS/Python | ❌ Limited |
| Data privacy | ✅ Your servers | ❌ Their cloud |
| Workflows | Unlimited | Limited by plan |
Get the Templates
Download all 10 workflows for free: AI Automation Starter Kit on Gumroad
No email required. Just download and start automating.
Need help setting these up? I offer done-for-you n8n automation setup starting at €149. → nevki.de/kontakt
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