Leaving Zapier
3 routes out, priced honestly — including the hours it would cost you.
We have priced 3 alternatives to Zapier across its Team and Professional plans. 1 of them come out ahead at $50 an hour; 2 do not.
Worth leaving for
The figure is what your hour would have to be worth before staying wins.
Not worth leaving for
Running these yourself costs more than the subscription once your hours are counted.
- n8n Professional, 1 seat · $422/yr self-hosted · $3.70/mo managed $13.64stay
- Windmill Team, 1 seat · $692/yr self-hosted $42.87stay
Unless somebody else runs it
One of those changes answer if you pay a managed host instead of running a server: n8n from $3.70 a month. That removes the upkeep hours entirely, which is what made the arithmetic fail.
The short version
- Cheapest to run: n8n at $422 a year, against $240 for Zapier Professional at 1 seat.
- Tolerates the most expensive hour: Activepieces, worth doing unless your time is worth more than $67.06 an hour.
- Every figure assumes 36 months and a $50 hour. Each comparison lets you set both, and your team size.