About SelfHostFlow
Independent, cost-math-first automation comparison.
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SelfHostFlow is an independent comparison site for automation tools. We exist because the “best Zapier alternative” lists are mostly written by the vendors themselves, and almost none of them do the one thing that actually decides your bill: the real cost-at-scale math — VPS cost plus execution count plus the maintenance hours self-hosting really takes. We aren’t owned by Zapier, Make, or n8n.
Written by Ivar Berg. We quote pricing straight from vendor pages with the date we checked, model the true monthly cost at 5,000 / 50,000 / 500,000 tasks, and tell you when to self-host and when to just pay for Make. See our methodology and disclosure.