#self-hosting
13 posts
n8n Pricing Explained (2026): Plans, Executions, and Self-Hosting
Understand n8n pricing in 2026: what counts as an execution, what each cloud plan holds, and when self-hosted licensing changes the cost math for your team.
Self-hosting n8n in 2026: Coolify vs Dokploy vs Railway vs a bare VPS
Self-hosting n8n is not license-free: its fair-code Sustainable Use License and Enterprise-licensed `.ee.` files restrict competing hosted services, while…
Airtable to NocoDB: The 2026 Migration Guide
A practical guide to moving an Airtable base to NocoDB: plan costs, API export limits, importer gaps, self-hosting duties, licensing, and a cutover runbook.
Build log: an n8n admission gate that refuses noisy triggers in 2026
Assembled from official n8n docs and vendor pricing pages—not run hands-on—this guide says an admission gate must refuse noisy triggers before…
Moving from n8n Cloud to self-hosted n8n in 2026: export, rebuild, and the break-even
Moving from n8n Cloud to self-hosted n8n: what exports as JSON, what you must rebuild, and a break-even test built on the published Cloud tiers.
Activepieces vs Make (2026): credits per run, the MIT licence, and a rebuild path you can finish without code
Compare Make's per-module credit billing with Activepieces' per-run credits, check the MIT licence terms, and follow a rebuild path you can finish without code.
Self-hosting n8n vs Activepieces in 2026: License reality, edition gates, and break-even math
n8n is fair-code, Activepieces' core is MIT. See what each license allows, which features are paywalled, and when self-hosting beats hosted Zapier or Make.
How to Migrate From Zapier to Activepieces in 2026: Cost Math, MIT Licence, Self-Host Path
Move from Zapier to Activepieces in 2026: how task and credit billing compares, what the MIT licence really covers, and a self-host path for non-developers.
Is n8n really open source? The n8n fair-code license and 2026 self-hosting math
n8n is fair-code, not open source. Here is what its Sustainable Use License permits for self-hosters, when you need a paid plan, and how it compares to Make.
How to Migrate from Make to n8n in 2026 (Cost Math + Step-by-Step)
Make bills every module action; n8n bills each workflow run once. See the worked cost math, an eight-step migration path, and when staying put is the smarter call.
How to Self-Host n8n on a VPS with Docker in 2026 (and When It Beats Zapier or Make)
Self-host n8n with Docker on a cheap VPS: install steps, security basics, backup routine, and the break-even math against Zapier and Make pricing.
How to Migrate from Zapier to n8n in 2026 (Step-by-Step Guide)
A practical 2026 walkthrough for rebuilding your Zapier workflows in n8n: the node mapping, the real cost math, and the lock-in details most guides skip.
Beginner's Guide to n8n: Getting Started in 2026
n8n is a fair-code open-core automation platform, founded in Berlin in 2019 by Jan Oberhauser, with 200k GitHub stars; the browser-based, no-code editor…