SelfHostCost

What will your automations really cost per month?

Zapier bills per task, Make per credit, n8n Cloud per execution, self-hosting per server. Enter your workload:

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Option≈ USD/moUsageDataLink
Oracle Cloud Always Free Ampere A1$0.00capacity can be temporarily unavailable 2 OCPU / 12 GB (Arm, flexible)*Price verified on official pageVisit
PikaPods n8n pod (min resources)$3.75Lowest verified price minimum resources (specs not shown on listing)*Price verified on official pageVisit
DigitalOcean Basic 1 GiB$6.001 vCPU / 1 GiB / 25 GiB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Hostinger VPS KVM 1$6.491 vCPU / 4 GB / 50 GB NVMe*Price verified on official pageVisit
InstaPods Build$7.002 vCPU / 2 GB / 25 GB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Render Web service Starter$7.000.5 CPU / 512 MB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Hetzner Cloud CX23$7.09not orderable 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 40 GB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Hostinger VPS KVM 2$8.792 vCPU / 8 GB / 100 GB NVMe*Price verified on official pageVisit
Elestio Managed n8n (from)$11.00unknown at entry tier*Price verified on official pageVisit
Hostinger VPS KVM 4$12.994 vCPU / 16 GB / 200 GB NVMe*Price verified on official pageVisit
DigitalOcean Basic 4 GiB$24.002 vCPU / 4 GiB / 80 GiB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Render Web service 2 GB$25.001 CPU / 2 GB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Hostinger VPS KVM 8$25.998 vCPU / 32 GB / 400 GB NVMe*Price verified on official pageVisit
Make Core$51.0030,000 credits · 40,000 credits tierPrice verified on official pageVisit
n8n Cloud Pro$60.005,000 executions · 10,000 executions tierPrice verified on official pageVisit
Zapier Professional$433.5025,000 tasks · 50,000 tasks tierPrice verified on official pageVisit
Railway Hobby†from $5/mo minimumusage-based CPU/RAM, $5 incl.Price verified on official pageVisit

US pricing. Make shows different plans and prices by country and pricing experiment (for example a single Make Plan in India/Australia), so your checkout may differ.

Data compiled · Prices auto-checked · * flat price, capacity-limited · † signup perk

Key and notes

† Railway: New signups through this link get $20 in Railway credits.

Key: verified official vendor page · third party dated tracker · conflicting sources disagree · unknown not found. Lowest verified price skips rows marked unverified, not orderable, capacity can be temporarily unavailable, sources conflict or usage-based.

* Flat price, unlimited executions (capacity-limited). Self-hosted rows are flat: n8n Community Edition has no execution cap, but small servers limit throughput. EUR converted at 1.1836.

Worked examples

The calculator's own output for three workloads (5 steps/run, monthly billing), generated from pricing.json at build time.

1,000 runs / month

Option≈ USD/moUsageDataLink
Oracle Cloud Always Free Ampere A1$0.00capacity can be temporarily unavailable 2 OCPU / 12 GB (Arm, flexible)*Price verified on official pageVisit
PikaPods n8n pod (min resources)$3.75Lowest verified price minimum resources (specs not shown on listing)*Price verified on official pageVisit
DigitalOcean Basic 1 GiB$6.001 vCPU / 1 GiB / 25 GiB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Hostinger VPS KVM 1$6.491 vCPU / 4 GB / 50 GB NVMe*Price verified on official pageVisit
InstaPods Build$7.002 vCPU / 2 GB / 25 GB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Render Web service Starter$7.000.5 CPU / 512 MB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Hetzner Cloud CX23$7.09not orderable 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 40 GB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Hostinger VPS KVM 2$8.792 vCPU / 8 GB / 100 GB NVMe*Price verified on official pageVisit
Elestio Managed n8n (from)$11.00unknown at entry tier*Price verified on official pageVisit
Hostinger VPS KVM 4$12.994 vCPU / 16 GB / 200 GB NVMe*Price verified on official pageVisit
Make Core$16.006,000 credits · 10,000 credits tierPrice verified on official pageVisit
n8n Cloud Starter$24.001,000 executions · 2,500 executions tierPrice verified on official pageVisit
DigitalOcean Basic 4 GiB$24.002 vCPU / 4 GiB / 80 GiB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Render Web service 2 GB$25.001 CPU / 2 GB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Hostinger VPS KVM 8$25.998 vCPU / 32 GB / 400 GB NVMe*Price verified on official pageVisit
Zapier Professional$133.505,000 tasks · 5,000 tasks tierPrice verified on official pageVisit
Railway Hobby†Usage-based, not estimated from $5/mo minimumCPU/RAM, $5 incl.Price verified on official pageVisit

50,000 runs / month

Option≈ USD/moUsageDataLink
Oracle Cloud Always Free Ampere A1$0.00capacity can be temporarily unavailable 2 OCPU / 12 GB (Arm, flexible)*Price verified on official pageVisit
PikaPods n8n pod (min resources)$3.75Lowest verified price minimum resources (specs not shown on listing)*Price verified on official pageVisit
DigitalOcean Basic 1 GiB$6.001 vCPU / 1 GiB / 25 GiB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Hostinger VPS KVM 1$6.491 vCPU / 4 GB / 50 GB NVMe*Price verified on official pageVisit
InstaPods Build$7.002 vCPU / 2 GB / 25 GB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Render Web service Starter$7.000.5 CPU / 512 MB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Hetzner Cloud CX23$7.09not orderable 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 40 GB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Hostinger VPS KVM 2$8.792 vCPU / 8 GB / 100 GB NVMe*Price verified on official pageVisit
Elestio Managed n8n (from)$11.00unknown at entry tier*Price verified on official pageVisit
Hostinger VPS KVM 4$12.994 vCPU / 16 GB / 200 GB NVMe*Price verified on official pageVisit
DigitalOcean Basic 4 GiB$24.002 vCPU / 4 GiB / 80 GiB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Render Web service 2 GB$25.001 CPU / 2 GB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Hostinger VPS KVM 8$25.998 vCPU / 32 GB / 400 GB NVMe*Price verified on official pageVisit
n8n Cloud Pro$145.0050,000 executions · 50,000 executions tierPrice verified on official pageVisit
Make Core$321.00300,000 credits · 300,000 credits tierPrice verified on official pageVisit
Zapier Professional$1599.00250,000 tasks · 300,000 tasks tierPrice verified on official pageVisit
Railway Hobby†Usage-based, not estimated from $5/mo minimumCPU/RAM, $5 incl.Price verified on official pageVisit

250,000 runs / month

Option≈ USD/moUsageDataLink
Oracle Cloud Always Free Ampere A1$0.00capacity can be temporarily unavailable 2 OCPU / 12 GB (Arm, flexible)*Price verified on official pageVisit
PikaPods n8n pod (min resources)$3.75Lowest verified price minimum resources (specs not shown on listing)*Price verified on official pageVisit
DigitalOcean Basic 1 GiB$6.001 vCPU / 1 GiB / 25 GiB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Hostinger VPS KVM 1$6.491 vCPU / 4 GB / 50 GB NVMe*Price verified on official pageVisit
InstaPods Build$7.002 vCPU / 2 GB / 25 GB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Render Web service Starter$7.000.5 CPU / 512 MB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Hetzner Cloud CX23$7.09not orderable 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 40 GB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Hostinger VPS KVM 2$8.792 vCPU / 8 GB / 100 GB NVMe*Price verified on official pageVisit
Elestio Managed n8n (from)$11.00unknown at entry tier*Price verified on official pageVisit
Hostinger VPS KVM 4$12.994 vCPU / 16 GB / 200 GB NVMe*Price verified on official pageVisit
DigitalOcean Basic 4 GiB$24.002 vCPU / 4 GiB / 80 GiB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Render Web service 2 GB$25.001 CPU / 2 GB*Price verified on official pageVisit
Hostinger VPS KVM 8$25.998 vCPU / 32 GB / 400 GB NVMe*Price verified on official pageVisit
Make Pro$1903.001,500,000 credits · 1,500,000 credits tierPrice verified on official pageVisit
Zapier Professional$3899.001,250,000 tasks · 1,250,000 tasks tierPrice verified on official pageVisit
n8n Cloudunknownabove tiers 250,000 executions · contact salesPrice verified on official pageVisit
Railway Hobby†Usage-based, not estimated from $5/mo minimumCPU/RAM, $5 incl.Price verified on official pageVisit

n8n Cloud above 50,000 executions/month is Enterprise/custom, with no list price.

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