The n8n Free Plan: Limits and When You'll Outgrow It
1,000 executions per month. No credit card. Full access to 400+ integrations. Here's what that actually means for your workflow, and when to level up.
n8n Free vs Paid: Side by Side
How the free tier stacks up against paid plans-the real numbers that matter.
Opsily pricing reflects managed self-hosted n8n on Small or Medium plans. Cloud pricing scales with execution volume.
When the n8n Free Plan Works
The 1,000 execution limit is genuinely useful if you're automating a few routines:
- Daily sync of contacts to CRM: ~30 executions/month
- Weekly report generation: ~4 executions/month
- Occasional data migration: 10-50 executions, one-off
If your workflows are light and infrequent, the free plan never expires. No hidden fees. No pressure to upgrade.
When You'll Butt Up Against the Limit
One moderately busy automation can consume your entire monthly quota in days:
- Checking Slack messages every 5 minutes to update a spreadsheet: ~8,640 executions/month (over limit)
- Syncing contacts every hour across three systems: ~720 executions/month (fits, barely)
- Processing incoming emails with conditional routing: depends on email volume, but often exceeds 1,000/month
The hard truth: once you know n8n works, you want to use it more. And the free plan becomes a handbrake.
Upgrade without the SaaS sprawl
Self-hosted n8n from Opsily costs EUR 30/month flat and runs unlimited executions. That's less than one cloud overage bill. No surprise charges.
Why Opsily for n8n
Managed hosting removes the hassle of self-hosting without the bill shock of cloud overage fees.
Execution limits are gone
The free plan caps you at 1,000/month. Opsily's Small plan: unlimited executions, EUR 30/month. Medium and above handle any volume without overage fees. You hit the limit when your business needs scale, not when your bill hits EUR 1,000.
Your data stays yours
Self-hosted n8n in our German data center means you own your workflow data, execution logs, and integration credentials. No cloud vendor lock-in. GDPR by default. Audit logs included.
Updates without downtime
Our team handles n8n upgrades, backups, and security patches. You get the latest features and fixes while your workflows keep running. No maintenance tickets. No version hell.
Built for teams who need reliability
From Free to Unlimited in Three Steps
No migration pain. No data loss. Your workflows port straight over.
Choose Your App
Select an app to get started.
Decide and sign up
Start a 7-day free trial of Opsily's Small plan (no credit card required). We'll set up your n8n instance and confirm it connects to your existing integrations.
Export your n8n workflows
Log into your free n8n account and export your workflows as JSON. Our onboarding guide walks you through this: takes 5 minutes.
Import and go live
Upload your workflows to Opsily n8n. Test against your integrations. Once confirmed, switch your active automations over. Zero downtime. All execution history preserved.
Included in Every Plan
All n8n features are available on all Opsily plans. We don't charge extra for advanced integrations, custom code, or error handling. The difference is execution volume, backup frequency, and support response time.
Questions About the n8n Free Plan
And when you're ready to move beyond it.
The n8n free tier gives you 1,000 executions per calendar month that resets automatically. One execution = one run of your entire workflow. So if a workflow runs once per hour, that's 720 executions per month. If a workflow runs every 5 minutes, that's 8,640 executions per month (well over the limit). The counter includes all triggers: scheduled, webhook, manual, conditional. Once you hit 1,000 in a month, that workflow stops executing until the next month resets.
Simple, Transparent Pricing
All plans include unlimited executions, 400+ integrations, team collaboration, and daily backups. No surprise overage fees. No per-integration charges. Cancel anytime.
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Stop hitting the execution wall
Try Opsily's managed n8n free for 7 days. Import your free-tier workflows, test unlimited executions, and see the difference.