n8n

What do you like best about n8n?
n8n has quietly become one of those tools I can’t imagine not having in my stack. It’s open-source, flexible, and doesn’t box me into the kind of limitations I’ve hit with Zapier or Make. The visual workflow builder makes it easy to map ideas into reality, and the huge library of nodes covers most of what I use daily. The biggest win for me is the sense of ownership—being able to extend, tweak, or even build my own nodes without waiting for a vendor to decide if my use case is worth supporting.

That said, n8n isn’t a frictionless “plug and play” experience. There’s definitely a learning curve, especially once you start building more complex logic or hit authentication quirks. The documentation is improving but can still feel patchy when you’re troubleshooting edge cases.

For the right person, though, this is a powerhouse. If you like tinkering, value flexibility, and want to own your automations instead of renting them, n8n is incredible. It really is the Linux of automation—open, powerful, and customizable. Not everyone will want to deal with the upkeep, but if you’re after long-term scalability and freedom, it’s hard to beat.
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What do you dislike about n8n?
The main struggle with n8n is the learning curve. While the drag-and-drop builder is intuitive at a glance, things get tricky once you dive into advanced logic or work with less common integrations. Sometimes you need to understand concepts like expressions, error handling, or node dependencies to really get the outcome you want, and that can feel overwhelming if you’re coming from simpler tools. Once you get over that hump, though, the flexibility pays off.
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What problems is n8n solving and how is that benefiting you?
The real problem n8n solves for me is fragmentation. Before, I had different tools duct-taped together, each with its own limits and rising costs. n8n gives me a single hub where I can connect apps, data, and custom logic in one place. Instead of being boxed into whatever integrations another platform decides to support, I can actually design workflows around my needs. That means I spend less time fighting with workarounds and more time building systems that actually run the way I want. The benefit is freedom—freedom from vendor lock-in, freedom to experiment, and freedom to scale my automations without worrying about cost spirals.
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