n8n
Indicative from-price range
Indicative from-price range for self-hosting n8n on 1 server: about $24 to $112 per month (USD), as of 2026-10-19, for the reference workload (Active production workflows: 50; Workflow runs per day: 10000; Peak concurrent workflow runs: 20). From-price by provider, each the cheapest server in that provider's own shortlist: $24 on DigitalOcean (basic-2vcpu-4gb, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, fra1); $49 on Google Cloud (e2-standard-2, 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, us-central1); $63 on Amazon Web Services (c9g.large, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, us-east-1); $64 on OVHcloud (rise-1, 6 vCPU, 32 GB RAM, eu-west); $66 on Microsoft Azure (D2as_v7, 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, eastus); $66 on Hetzner (AX41, 6 vCPU, 64 GB RAM, eu-central); $262 on Servers.com (dl-01, 8 vCPU, 64 GB RAM, eu-west).
Reference workload
- Active production workflows: 50
- Workflow runs per day: 10000
- Peak concurrent workflow runs: 20
Methodology
This range is generated automatically from public provider price lists. It has not been reviewed by a person, it is not a quote, and it may differ from the total the calculator chooses for your own workload with its AI step. Method: the calculator's offer shortlist for the reference workload (the same ranking it builds before the AI step, up to 12 offers across providers; 12 here) is priced at its monthly list price in USD. The low end is the cheapest of the per-provider from-prices below and the high end is the median server of the combined shortlist, each multiplied by 1, the smallest baseline topology (single-node-automation). The from-price for each provider applies the same method to that provider's own shortlist (the calculator's ranking restricted to that provider), so it is the cheapest server that ranking offers there, not a recommendation. Prices are taken from the price snapshot dated 2026-10-19; prices quoted in EUR are converted with the ECB reference rate dated 2026-10-19. Servers with fewer than 2 vCPU or less than 4 GB RAM are not priced. Only server rental list prices for the product's own servers are counted: dependencies, licences, support, traffic charges, taxes and setup fees are not included.
Price sources
- Amazon Web Services: https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AmazonEC2/current/us-east-1/index.json
- DigitalOcean: https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets
- Google Cloud: https://cloudbilling.googleapis.com/v1/services/6F81-5844-456A/skus
- Hetzner: https://www.hetzner.com/_resources/app/data/app/live_data_en_EUR.json
- Microsoft Azure: https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices
- OVHcloud: https://eu.api.ovh.com/1.0/order/catalog/public/eco?ovhSubsidiary=FR
- Servers.com: https://www.servers.com/products/scalable-bare-metal
Size n8n for your own workloadMarkdown versionFor AI agents (llms.txt)
n8n is a workflow automation platform that lets teams build integrations and AI agent pipelines through a visual node-based editor, with the option to drop into JavaScript or Python for custom logic.
What gets deployed with it
- PostgreSQL HA Cluster — required First published dependency target for persistent workflow state and production deployment durability.
Baseline topologies
| Topology | Minimum nodes | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| single-node-automation | 1 | n8n |
| editor-plus-workers | 2 | n8n-editor, n8n-worker |
What drives the cost
- Active production workflows
- Approximate number of workflows that are enabled and expected to run in production.
- Workflow runs per day
- Approximate number of workflow executions across the deployment each day.
- Peak concurrent workflow runs
- Expected peak number of workflow executions running at the same time.
Where it runs
bare_metal, dedicated, cloud_vm
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