Easy to Build With, Plus Free Hosting Options
What do you like best about the product?
The possibilities and ease of construction. The possibility of hosting it free of charge.
What do you dislike about the product?
The configuration and maintenance of the self-hosted version can be complicated.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Effectively connect different platforms with each other, increasing the capabilities of each one, without having to use expensive developments. For example, I use it with Zendesk, Gmail, Google Drive, Telegram, and WhatsApp.
Automates Daily Tasks with Flexible Integrations
What do you like best about the product?
We can automate our daily tasks. multiple connections available to integrate.
What do you dislike about the product?
at first, it is difficult to handle but once you use it, then it is easy.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Writing workflows, handling customer's integration.
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
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 would you rate customer service and 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.
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.
pretty much the best automation tool for the price
What do you like best about the product?
I love how flexible it is. honestly, being able to host it myself is a huge win for privacy and costs. the workflow builder is actually fun to use and does not feel as clunky as some of the other automation tools out there. it just works.
What do you dislike about the product?
The learning curve can be a bit much if you are not a dev. some of the nodes are a little confusing to set up at first, and I wish there were more built in templates for simpler stuff so I would not have to build everything from scratch every time.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It basically glues all my apps together so I do not have to do boring manual data entry. It saves me a ton of time every week because I can just set an automation and forget about it. plus it saves me money since I do not have to pay for a million different subscriptions.
Effortless Integration with Minor AI Limitations
What do you like best about the product?
I like n8n for its ease of access when it comes to integration. I also found the setup to be very easy, especially since they provide a 14-day trial beforehand.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't find the n8n help feature very useful. The n8n AI builder is not so robust in making proper workflows.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use n8n for personal workflow automation and integration. It simplifies integrating various tools and processes, but its help feature and AI builder for workflows need improvement.
n8n: flexible and powerful, with two expected improvements
What do you like best about the product?
What I appreciate most about n8n is its flexibility and power. The tool allows for the creation of complex automations while remaining relatively easy to use. The wide variety of integrations, the visual logic of workflows, and the customization possibilities make it a very effective solution for automating business processes. It is a reliable, scalable tool well-suited to both technical needs and more functional uses.
What do you dislike about the product?
However, I still miss two small features to achieve absolute automated happiness 😊
1. Management and saving of credentials
It would be very appreciated to be able to save the credentials either locally or on the network, in order to easily re-import them in case of server change, migration, or crash (which we obviously prefer to avoid, but you never know).
2. Organization of the canvas
I love workflows that breathe order and serenity. A feature allowing:
- to align a group of nodes vertically, horizontally (or both),
- and to set a regular spacing between the selected nodes (vertical or horizontal),
would make the canvas even more pleasant to use... and would greatly please fans of well-organized workflows, of which I am one 🙂
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I generally use n8n for all types of automations. It serves me well for batch processing, scheduled flows, and webhooks, which I increasingly use as a true backend for my front-end applications.
The flexibility of the tool allows for building complex logics, centralizing integrations, and easily evolving workflows according to needs. n8n naturally integrates into a modern architecture and quickly becomes an essential component of the application ecosystem.
