We build the pipeline, run it in production and hand it over with the code and the access. The metric is written down before the start: miss it, and the stage is not billed.
n8n is a source-available automation builder under a fair-code licence. You assemble chains in it: event, processing, action. An enquiry arrives — parse the answers, write a row, notify the manager, put the meeting in the calendar. Every step is visible as a diagram rather than buried in code you cannot read.
The key difference from Zapier and Make: n8n installs on your own server. The data never reaches a middleman, and the bill does not grow with the number of operations.
A form or a quiz posts answers into n8n: it parses them, scores priority, writes a row and notifies the manager. The lead survives even if there is no CRM yet.
Messenger to spreadsheet to CRM to report. Exactly the work a person currently does by copy-pasting between tabs.
Collect from several sources, merge, post to a chat on schedule. The same report, except nobody assembles it by hand on Monday morning.
A bot on your logic: it answers the routine, collects the details, and hands over to a person where a person is genuinely needed.
Pull the required fields out of an email or a PDF, check them for completeness, and put them where they are expected.
Classifying requests, drafting replies, extracting meaning from text. The model is one step in the chain, not a separate product you pay for twice.
n8n runs on your server. Keys, database and correspondence never travel to a middleman — that is a separate clause in the contract.
Cloud builders bill per operation: the harder your automation works, the more it costs. On your own server you pay for the server.
Where a ready-made step is not enough, a code node goes in. You never have to abandon the tool halfway and rewrite everything.
Enquiries from this website go through exactly this kind of chain. The quiz posts answers to a webhook, the receiver parses them, scores priority and manual hours, writes a row — and only then answers the site. That is why the confirmation on screen means the enquiry really was saved, not that a request vanished somewhere. To be straight: at first the chain ran as a workflow on n8n Cloud, and since 24 August 2026 it has run as a Google Apps Script. We chose not to pay for the cloud or maintain our own server for the sake of one form. Take the quiz below: you will see exactly what your own client sees.
The diagram above is not stock artwork: it is how our n8n workflow was built when it first handled the enquiries from this very page. Since 24 August 2026 the same four steps run in a Google Apps Script.
We break one of your processes down step by step and hand back a map: what can be taken off people, in what order and what it costs. Free, and no intro call.
We build one pipeline and run it live. The "before" metric is fixed in writing before the start, not invented afterwards. If we do not hit it, the stage is not paid for.
The code, the access and the documentation are yours. Everything lives inside your own perimeter. Support by subscription or with your own hands — your call; we do not keep you on a hook.
Priced per project, not per hour. The first breakdown is free: six questions, an answer in 48 hours, no intro call.
One process end to end: data collection, processing, notifications, reporting. Up to three integrations.
+ $300 per month
n8n itself is free on your own server for your company's internal use — the source is open under a fair-code licence, and you only pay for the server. The vendors also sell a cloud subscription, which you most likely do not need.
What n8n is, without the jargon: workflows, triggers, nodes, executions and credentials. Cloud or your own server, whether n8n is free, how it differs from a script and from Zapier, the free n8n Academy courses, and a two-week plan.
Where to find free n8n templates, why importing someone else's workflow means running their code with your credentials, five checks before you import, and seven n8n workflow examples for a small business.
n8n plans as of 13 September 2026, what the free Community Edition allows, when a contractor needs an Enterprise licence, what you lose without paying, and where the cloud stands on Russia.
A 10-step workflow and 1,000 enquiries a month: 1,000 executions in n8n, 9,000 tasks in Zapier, about 10,000 credits in Make. Where the gap comes from, what goes uncounted and where n8n loses.
Six questions about how things are set up at your place today. The output is a diagram: what can be taken off people, in what order and what it costs.
