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🟢 Easy
SaaS cost 100€/mo Zapier Professional: $100/mo (2K tasks). Make: $9-39/mo depending on operations.
Self-host cost 3€/mo Lightweight Node.js app. Part of existing VPS.
You save €1164/yr Pays back: 1st month
Time Investment
Initial Setup 2h Docker compose, Caddy reverse proxy, initial workflow templates
Monthly Maintenance 1h/mo Docker updates, workflow monitoring, credential rotation
Risks & Trade-offs
- ⚠️ 400+ integrations but community nodes vary in quality
- ⚠️ No built-in multi-user (coming in n8n v2?)
- ⚠️ Workflow versioning is manual (git-based)
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