A local bakery owner paid me €1,200 last month to replace three brittle Zapier zaps with a single n8n workflow. The job took six hours to build and two weeks of live testing. It broke once, a WhatsApp webhook went stale, and I patched it in minutes. That engagement included the build plus three months of free fixes.
Most SMEs don’t need a complex platform; they need a reliable pipe that moves data from A to B without daily babysitting. Zapier is fine for simple, low-volume tasks. But when you hit multi-step logic, conditional branching, or self-hosted data privacy, n8n pays for itself fast.
I now sell standardized workflow packages starting at €120 per workflow. That price covers the build, documentation, and a 30-day warranty. For custom integrations like the bakery’s, multiple apps, error handling, on-prem requirements, I quote project-based.
If you’re running a small business and wondering whether to stay on Zapier or move to n8n, hit reply or book a free 15-minute audit. I’ll show you exactly where the break-even point sits for your stack.
