Build model
Fixed scope
automate operations
n8n automation: 100,000 runs, no per-task fees
Self-hosted n8n on your own VPS: 100,000 executions a month for the price of the server, not a Zapier enterprise bill. Every workflow ships with error handling, retry logic, and alerting — automations that fail loudly, not silently.
Timeline
2–8 weeks
Runtime
Monitored
Handover
Owned by your team
Delivery blueprint
Visual summary of what this build includes from quote to handover.
Scope
Written
Deliverables and acceptance checks are fixed before build.
Execution
Instrumented
Retries, logs, and alerts are configured for production.
Controls
Approved
High-risk actions are gated by named human approvers.
Transfer
Owned
Runbook and account ownership move to your team at launch.
Copy-paste is a full-time job you didn’t hire for
Somebody on your team spends part of every day moving data between systems that don’t talk. A form comes in, they paste it into the CRM. An order lands, they re-key it into the books. Knowledge workers lose 6–7 hours a week to work like this — the median across McKinsey, Slack, and Salesforce surveys. That’s a full workday, per person, every week.
The per-task platforms punish you at exactly the wrong moment. Automate more on Zapier or Make and the bill climbs with every run — your success gets taxed. Self-hosted n8n flips that: 100,000 executions a month for the price of a $20–40/mo VPS, so the small automations get built too, not just the ones big enough to justify a per-task fee.
What we build on n8n
Lead + CRM pipelines
Form fills, ad leads, and inbound emails land in your CRM enriched, deduplicated, and routed — with a Slack alert to the right owner in under a minute. Leads contacted within 5 minutes are 21× more likely to qualify.
n8n · HubSpot · Slack · Google Sheets
Back-office data sync
Orders, invoices, and inventory flow between your store, your books, and your database on their own. One webhook, no copy-paste, every record tagged with its source.
n8n · Shopify · QuickBooks · Postgres
AI steps inside workflows
Claude nodes classify, summarize, extract, and draft mid-flow: invoice data pulled from PDF attachments, inbound requests tagged and routed, replies drafted for a human to approve.
n8n · Claude · Gmail
ROI math
10 hrs/wk × $40/hr × 52 wks = $20,800/yr recovered — typical build $3–6k
Typical for this type of automation, not client results — the free audit replaces these with numbers from your own operation.
How this ships
Week 1
Audit — find the fastest payback
Prioritized workflow roadmap with hours-saved math per candidate
Week 2
Blueprint — design the workflow
Node-level flow diagram, access list, and a fixed written quote
Weeks 3–4
Build — wire it, test it, ship it
Live n8n workflow with error handling, docs, and a Loom walkthrough
FAQ
What does an n8n automation cost?
A single workflow runs $2–6k fixed; a multi-system build runs $6–20k. You get a fixed written quote after a free audit — no hourly billing, no surprises. Ongoing cost is tool fees only: typically a $20–40/mo VPS for the n8n instance itself.
How fast can the first workflow go live?
First automation live in 30 days — that’s the promise the build is scoped around. A single well-defined workflow often ships in 2 weeks; the 30-day clock covers audit, blueprint, and build.
Can n8n connect to the tools we already use?
Almost certainly. n8n ships hundreds of built-in integrations — HubSpot, QuickBooks, Shopify, Slack, Gmail, and Postgres among them — and its HTTP node talks to anything with an API. The audit includes an integration check against your exact stack.
Where does our data live?
On your server. Self-hosted n8n runs on a VPS you own; credentials are encrypted inside your instance and nothing routes through a third-party automation cloud. We work through least-privilege accounts you can revoke the day the build ends.
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