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n8n System Requirements: 5 Real Tests and Where It Crashes
Tested by M. Aziz, backend engineer at Selfhost.dev · n8n 2.40.7 (Node.js 26.7.0 in the image) on Selfhost.dev servers in …
ClickHouse Kafka Engine: Secure Setup and 5 Silent Failures
Tested in November 2026 on ClickHouse 26.8 LTS and Kafka 3.9.1 (AutoMQ 1.7.4), AWS us-east-1 · A ClickHouse Kafka engine …
Kafka Replication Factor: We Stopped Brokers at 1, 2 and 3
Set the Kafka replication factor too low and one lost disk takes your data with it. Set it too high …
Kafka Alternatives: Drop-In Replacements vs Full Rewrites
Pick the wrong Kafka alternative and you rewrite every producer and consumer you own. Pick a drop-in replacement and you …
Best Managed Database Services 2026: Postgres + Redis Costs
The bill that surprises teams on even the best managed database services isn’t for Postgres. It’s the second one, which …
Open Source Intercom Alternatives in 2026: What They Cost Your Team to Run
Chatwoot is the closest open source Intercom alternative for most teams: five Intercom seats cost $145 a month on annual …
n8n vs Zapier in 2026: What Your Workflows Really Cost, and the Catch Nobody Prices
The n8n vs Zapier choice comes down to who builds your automations and how often they run. Zapier fits non-technical …
How to Self Host GitLab in 2026 (and Keep It Running)
GitLab self hosted, which GitLab calls GitLab Self-Managed, means running GitLab (Community or Enterprise Edition) on a server you control…
Vaultwarden vs Bitwarden (2026): $15 Server or $6/User
If you’re comparing Vaultwarden vs Bitwarden, the confusing part is that they can feel like the same password manager. You …
Best n8n Hosting Providers in 2026: 9 Hosts Ranked on What Breaks n8n
The best n8n hosting provider in 2026 is Selfhost.dev, at $15.18 a month for a 2 vCPU, 4 GB server …
n8n Pricing 2026: n8n Is Free, Running It Isn’t
n8n pricing starts at €0, and most people find the catch on day 9. That’s when a single workflow running …
AWS Redis Pricing: ElastiCache Bills Memory, Not Traffic
“Serverless” sounds like you pay for traffic. On ElastiCache, you mostly don’t. Keeping 1 GB of data costs $61.32 a …