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n8n hosting on UK infrastructure
Your own container in a UK data centre, with n8n already installed if you want it.
Nothing meters your executions — the ceiling is the CPU and memory on your plan.
- n8n preinstalled
- UK data centres
- Backups included
- executions today
- 1,284
- storage
- 50 GB
finished just now
- Shopify order → Xero618 ms
- Lead enrichment204 ms
- Invoice chase91 ms
- Stock reconcile41 ms
backed up · UK data centre
From £8.99 a month, no minimum term. Prices exclude VAT. No setup fee.
execution 8f2c1a — Shopify order → Xero → Slack
connects to
one run, end to end
878 milliseconds, while nobody was watching
A paid Shopify order arrives at 3am. By the time it finishes, Xero has the invoice, your database has the row, and the sales channel has been told. This is one execution of one workflow — you can run as many as your plan’s resources allow.
- Webhookorder.created—
- Filterpaid orders only—
- Xerocreate invoice—
- Postgreswrite order row—
- Slackpost to #sales—
{
"id": 4471,
"total": 184.00,
"email": "tom@ferrymead.co.uk"
}running…
the options
Three ways to run n8n
n8n is free and open source, so the question is never whether you can run it. It is where it runs and who looks after the box it runs on.
versus n8n Cloud Starter, per year
£0.00 saved
£17/month there against £8.99 here, billed monthly — and nothing metering your executions.
monthly · metered executions
monthly · 2,500 executions
monthly · no execution limit
| compared on | alternativeSelf-host at home | alternativen8n Cloud | recommendedThe Email Shop |
|---|---|---|---|
| Executions | No limit | Metered — Starter includes 2,500/month | No limit; bounded by your plan's CPU and memory |
| Monthly cost | Your hardware and electricity | About £17 Starter, about £43 Pro | From £8.99/month, no minimum term — all in |
| Setup | You install and configure everything | Nothing to install | n8n preinstalled, or an empty container if you prefer |
| Where your data sits | Your own machine | Vendor's regions | UK data centres |
| Backups | Whatever you set up | Managed | Included |
| Community nodes | Yes | Restricted on lower tiers | Yes — it is standard n8n, install any node |
| Root access | Yes | No | Yes |
Executions
- Self-host at home
- No limit
- n8n Cloud
- Metered — Starter includes 2,500/month
- The Email Shop · recommended
- No limit; bounded by your plan's CPU and memory
Monthly cost
- Self-host at home
- Your hardware and electricity
- n8n Cloud
- About £17 Starter, about £43 Pro
- The Email Shop · recommended
- From £8.99/month, no minimum term — all in
Setup
- Self-host at home
- You install and configure everything
- n8n Cloud
- Nothing to install
- The Email Shop · recommended
- n8n preinstalled, or an empty container if you prefer
Where your data sits
- Self-host at home
- Your own machine
- n8n Cloud
- Vendor's regions
- The Email Shop · recommended
- UK data centres
Backups
- Self-host at home
- Whatever you set up
- n8n Cloud
- Managed
- The Email Shop · recommended
- Included
Community nodes
- Self-host at home
- Yes
- n8n Cloud
- Restricted on lower tiers
- The Email Shop · recommended
- Yes — it is standard n8n, install any node
Root access
- Self-host at home
- Yes
- n8n Cloud
- No
- The Email Shop · recommended
- Yes
If you are happy administering a server and run a handful of workflows, self-hosting on a small VPS is cheaper. This is for people who would rather the box was someone else's problem.
what is included
What you get
A container of your own, in a UK data centre, with n8n already on it unless you would rather install it yourself.
n8n already installed
On the two preinstalled plans, n8n is on the container and running when you get it. Nothing to compile, no Docker file to write.
No execution metering
Nothing counts your workflow runs. The limit is the CPU and memory on your plan, not a monthly allowance that resets.
Backups included
Your container is backed up. If something goes wrong, ask us and we will restore it.
Your own container
Root access, and the container is yours — not a shared panel with n8n bolted on. Install what you need alongside it.
UK data centres
Your workflows, execution history and credentials stay on infrastructure in the United Kingdom.
24/7 UK support
A UK team on ticket, email and live chat, at any hour.
what actually goes wrong
Which of the three do you want?
They differ in two ways only: whether n8n is already on the container, and how much CPU and memory it has.
Container — if you would rather install it yourself
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https://old-host:5678/webhook/abc
✕ connection refused — and nothing tells you
An empty container with 2 vCPU, 4 GB of RAM and 50 GB of storage, and root access. Some people want a particular n8n version, a specific database, or other things running alongside it. This is that, without us having made those choices for you first.
Container + n8n — the usual starting point
execution 1 → write
execution 2 → write
✕ SQLITE_BUSY: database is locked
The same 2 vCPU, 4 GB and 50 GB, with n8n already installed and running when you log in. It is standard open-source n8n, so workflows you export from an existing instance import straight into it and community nodes work as they always have.
Container + n8n, larger — when workflows get heavy
+ v1.42 empty field → skip node
− v1.41 empty field → pass through
a year-old workflow quietly stops producing
4 vCPU, 8 GB of RAM and 100 GB of storage. Worth it if your workflows move large files, run many at once, or you have simply outgrown the smaller container. You can start smaller and move up later.
pricing
Straightforward monthly pricing
The same rate year after year — no introductory pricing that jumps on renewal.
Prices are per month, billed monthly. No minimum term — cancel any month.
Container
Bring your own install
2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 50 GB storage · n8n not installed
- An empty container, ready for you to install n8n on
- Root access
- Backups included
- +2 more
Container + n8n
most chosenn8n installed and ready to use
2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 50 GB storage · n8n preinstalled
- n8n already installed and running
- Root access
- Backups included
- +2 more
Container + n8n, larger
More headroom for heavier workflows
4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 100 GB storage · n8n preinstalled
- n8n already installed and running
- Double the CPU and memory of the smaller plan
- Root access
- +2 more
Prices exclude VAT. No setup fee.
Frequently asked questions
Get your n8n container running
Pick a container with n8n already on it, or an empty one to set up yourself. UK data centres, backups included, and a UK team on live chat if you would rather talk it through.