Powerful Dataflow Control with n8n
What do you like best about the product?
I like the extent to which n8n can go, most importantly I love that n8n allows you to control you dataflow effectively. I also love how its very easy to intergrate with other apps through API. The customer support is top tier as well and I really like how everything is clearly written out to help.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dont like how its difficult its expensive on their cloud
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
N8N is helping me make a lot of manual work easier through automations like recently i was able to automate the invoice processing at work.
Amazing UX
What do you like best about the product?
The most impressive feature to me is the UX, it's nice to take your ideas and put it to work in N8N
What do you dislike about the product?
The UI sometimes looks old, with a feeling of 2010 like ... but it´s really ok, because the overall experience is really good.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Automating documentation, content production with IA, newsletters and automating marketing rotines.
Open-Source and Lovin’ It
What do you like best about the product?
It’s open source and flexible, which makes it easy to set up and run just about any automation I need.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don’t really have much to complain about with n8n, actually.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I mostly use it for CRMs, helping companies by building automations in n8n.
Beginner-Friendly, Fun to Use, and Backed by Great Support
What do you like best about the product?
Beginner-friendly
Great support
Fun to use
Nice visuals
What do you dislike about the product?
Updates may ruin workflows sometimes
Workflowsoften include integrations that may break down due to their fault (not n8n's)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Helps to scrape, helps to find cooperation opportunities, allows to monitor brand mentions
Cutting-Edge Capabilities That Let You Do Almost Anything
What do you like best about the product?
So much capabilities, i can do almost whatever i want with cutting edge technology
What do you dislike about the product?
It isn’t intuitive enough at first, but once you get the hang of it, you can really crush it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Outbound automation
Easy-to-Use Multi-Node Workflows for Connecting Multiple Apps
What do you like best about the product?
The system is easy to use with multiple nodes interfacing to multiple apps.
What do you dislike about the product?
cannot create two workflows on the same canvas.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Easily automate workflows for lead generation, lead nurturing, and social media posts.
Fantastic, Easy, and Affordable Tool
What do you like best about the product?
fantastic tool ! easy and affordable. This is great
What do you dislike about the product?
some wf are so basic. why aren't they already available in the collection ?
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
automation of all the tedious tasks and making my notion database alive !
Automation agency has built flexible AI-powered web scraping and data workflows at scale
What is our primary use case?
I run an automation agency at orbiscr.com, and we use n8n for our projects. We create systems for others to use in their business automation rather than for our own use, and we use n8n to build these systems.
We primarily use n8n to create scrapers, website crawling tools, data collection systems from websites, and email automation, all integrated with different applications. I do not use it solo; I use it in combination with other technologies. We sometimes use it with a Python backend and partially with n8n. We call the backend through our architecture, for example, when we have a Python backend and a front-end with React, and then we have another backend with n8n, combining it with different usage patterns.
What is most valuable?
The best features of n8n are reading documents like Google Sheets and Google Drive, and especially the AI agent functionality, the Agent Mode and AI agent nodes, which I find very amazing, along with webhooks and HTTP nodes.
I am integrating n8n with Google products. For example, I created an application where the client has huge data, and we integrated n8n there with Google Sheets. The Google Sheets already contained Google Drive links and Google Drive folder links, which we then list and send to AI. We summarize it through AI and then send it back to Google Sheets.
What needs improvement?
n8n currently has Python in the beta version, and if it can be fully released, it would be more amazing because JS is working very well, but if Python is added as a standard feature, the results will be exceptional. Python is very reliable and a very diverse programming language that helps tremendously with complex tasks like machine learning. It has different libraries like Selenium, so web scraping and data collection from websites are very effective with Python compared to JavaScript.
The setup of n8n is sometimes very complicated, especially with the HTTP node, which is complex to set up. The local credential and environmental credential configurations are somewhat complex and could be simplified.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with n8n for almost one year.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate the scalability of n8n an eight, which is acceptable.
How are customer service and support?
I have never needed to communicate with n8n's technical support.
How was the initial setup?
The setup of n8n is sometimes very complicated, especially with the HTTP node, which is complex to set up. The local credential and environmental credential configurations are somewhat complex and could be simplified.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Once n8n has passed all the tests, it works fine, which is why people use it on a VPS instead of a local server. Using the paid version is somewhat expensive.
The difference between the free version and paid version of n8n is that the paid version, if hosted locally, is almost the same. However, with the latest update from using the website, you get the AI assistant that can set up the flow for you automatically with prompts, which is a good feature. Cloudy also does the same, so people use Cloudy and they use a localhost of n8n. For example, I normally create a JSON file for the complete flow through my AI coder and then import it to the n8n canvas.
What other advice do I have?
My customers mostly prefer deployment on the cloud. We are using AWS, Hostinger, and there are a few more cloud providers. I would rate this review a 9.5.
An intelligent and controlled approach to workflows
What do you like best about the product?
The concept of orchestration, ease of use, and product intelligence: it supports without over-automating.
Workflows are now fully part of the IT environment. The ability to centralize, on a single interface, access to multiple services and specialized containers (in my case) is particularly powerful.
The readability of a workflow's progress, tracking the number of processed elements, error management, and the ability to inspect inputs/outputs at each step—even on workflows with more than twenty steps—make debugging and optimization truly enjoyable.
What do you dislike about the product?
In my version (2.9.3), the sticky notes are not really "sticky" to the canvas, which slightly limits their usefulness.
A deeper integration of MS Office formats in the Community edition would also be appreciated.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
n8n addresses orchestration challenges and allows easy access to specialized or containerized services. This opens up very broad architectural perspectives, while maintaining a readable and controlled implementation.
Simple and Brilliant
What do you like best about the product?
versatility and simplicity. something complex in installations if you don't have knowledge but very user-friendly
What do you dislike about the product?
I really have no objections, it keeps getting better, but lately it's been a bit slow compared to other applications. But it's great if you integrate it with other platforms or programs.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Automate what I want, both for my personal environment, professional, and for my clients.
