n8n Automation Agency for Self-Hosted Workflows and AI Agents
Your CRM, ERP and support desk each hold part of the picture, and the Zapier chains between them bill per step and fail without telling anyone. As an n8n Select Partner, we design, build and run n8n workflows and AI agents inside your own cloud, with error handling, logging and a named owner for every one.
Support ticket triage · workflowSample · self-hosted n8n
One ticket, start to finish
Read by an agent, checked against a threshold, answered or handed to a person, and logged either way.
Executions · last hour
14:02SuccessReply posted in 2.1s
14:05HumanScore 0.62, sent to Slack
14:09RetriedCRM timeout, passed on retry 1
14:11SuccessReply posted in 1.7s
Queue mode
MainTriggers
Redis4 queued
Workers3 running
n8n Select Partner
Part of n8n's official partner program
Your cloud
AWS, Google Cloud or your own servers
Every run logged
Inputs, outputs, retries and errors per execution
Yours to run
Documented workflows your team can extend
Ovidius clients include
What Our n8n Agency Builds
Most engagements start with one workflow and grow from there. These are the four kinds of work we take on.
AI agents on your dataAgents that read a ticket, email or document, look up context in your CRM or knowledge base, then act or hand off to a person. Our enterprise AI chatbot is built this way.
CRM and ERP integrationsWorkflows that move records between Salesforce, HubSpot, SAP, Odoo and your internal APIs, with retries and a log of every write. See AI invoice automation and our n8n and SAP guide.
Migrations from Zapier and MakeWe rebuild your zaps and scenarios in n8n, add error handling, and run old and new side by side before anything is switched off. An AI Audit inventories a large stack first.
Run and maintainMonitoring, alerts on failed executions, n8n upgrades and fixes when an upstream API changes, through AI managed services.
Self-Hosted n8n, Inside Your Own Cloud
Self-hosting keeps the n8n editor, your credentials and every execution log on infrastructure you control. For production we run it in queue mode, so one slow workflow does not hold up the rest.
Your cloud account
n8n main
Editor and triggers
Receives webhooks, schedules and app events
Redis
Execution queue
Holds each run until a worker is free
Workers
Run in parallel
Add workers as volume grows
Your systems
CRMERPDatabasesInternal APIs
Postgres
Workflows, credentials, execution history
Backed up, with retention you set
Model providers you approve
Claude, OpenAI or a model you host
Prompts leave your cloud only under agreements you hold, or not at all with a hosted model.
If you handle patient or financial data, self-hosting lets n8n run under the access controls and business associate agreement you already hold with your cloud provider. Our AI agents in healthcare page shows that data boundary in detail, and enterprise AI governance covers the controls around it.
n8n vs Zapier and Make at Production Volume
Zapier bills per task and Make per operation, so every step inside a workflow is metered. n8n counts one execution per run however many steps it has, and the self-hosted edition carries no execution fee.
One workflow, 10 action steps, run 10,000 times a month
What each platform counts, using its own billing unit
Zapier or MakeBilled per step
100,000+tasks or operations
n8n CloudBilled per run
10,000executions
Self-hosted n8nNo execution fee
0 meteredyou pay for the server
Plan prices change and vary by tier, so we price your own volume on the discovery call.
Ovidius n8n build
Zapier or Make
Custom code
Billing
OvidiusServer cost, flat as volume grows
Zapier or MakePer task or operation
Custom codeEngineering time for every change
Where data runs
OvidiusYour cloud account
Zapier or MakeThe vendor's cloud
Custom codeYour cloud account
AI agents
OvidiusAgents with tools, memory and approval steps
Zapier or MakeAI steps on the vendor's platform
Custom codeBuilt from scratch
Failures
OvidiusRetries, an error workflow and an alert on every workflow
Zapier or MakeDepends on how each zap was built
Custom codeWhatever the team wrote
Making changes
OvidiusA visual editor your team can read, with code where needed
Zapier or MakeQuick for simple flows
Custom codeNeeds a developer
Who owns it
OvidiusYou, with documentation for every workflow
Zapier or MakeThe vendor's platform
Custom codeWhoever wrote it
Moving off Zapier or Make?
Bring your list of zaps or scenarios and we will map which to rebuild first.
Four phases with one accountable team. How long each takes depends on what you are building, so we tell you before you commit.
ScopeOne call, then a written plan We map the workflow, the systems it touches and what it should save, and tell you what the build will take. Larger programs start with an AI Audit that ranks use cases first.
BuildAgainst a staging copy of your stack We build the workflows and agents in n8n on test data, with retries, an error workflow and logging in the first version.
ShipAlongside the process it replaces The new workflow runs next to the old one until the outputs match, then takes over. Your team gets documentation and access to everything we built.
RunMonitored after launch We watch executions, handle n8n upgrades and upstream API changes, and report what the workflow saves. How we work covers each phase in full.
n8n Agents Already in Production
GoKickflip's content pipeline runs on n8n. About 33 agent executions across more than six AI models take one keyword to a publish-ready article.
GoKickflip · E-commerce / SaaS · Content pipeline
A keyword goes in, and a publish-ready SEO article comes out 29 minutes later
In
Keyword
Stage 1 · 14 min
Research
Stage 2 · 5 min
Brief
Stage 3 · 10 min
Content
Out
Article
Publish-ready, $1.79 in AI costs
98%
Lower cost per article, from $700 to $12
10×
Output, from 4 or 5 to 43 articles a month
$358K
Annual savings at equal volume
33
Agent executions per article, on average
From day one, the Ovidius team moved fast, thought big, and executed with precision. Together, we built something truly cutting-edge that will be a major unlock for our business and change how we operate and grow.
Leads the audit, then delivery and everything after launch.
A Dedicated n8n Instance per Client, With Forge AI
Agencies and MSPs that deliver n8n workflows to their own clients run them on Forge AI, our platform that gives each client a dedicated n8n instance and tools database under your brand. The GoKickflip pipeline runs on the same infrastructure.
Forge AI applicationYour logo, your colors, your domain
n8n Cloud is the fastest way to start, because n8n runs the infrastructure and you pay per execution. Self-hosting suits teams that need data to stay in their own cloud, run high volumes, or need network access to internal systems.
We set up and maintain self-hosted n8n in queue mode with a Postgres database, so your team carries none of the DevOps work. Workflows export as JSON, so starting on Cloud and moving later is straightforward.
How long does a migration from Zapier or Make take?
It depends on how many zaps or scenarios you run and how many custom integrations sit inside them, so we inventory them before quoting. A handful of workflows is usually a matter of weeks. A stack with dozens of interdependent flows takes longer, and the scoping call tells you how much.
We rebuild each workflow with error handling and logging, then run old and new in parallel until the outputs match. For reference, the GoKickflip build went from kickoff to production in 30 days.
What is an AI agent in n8n?
An agent is a workflow step where a language model (Claude, GPT or a model you host) decides what to do next, using tools you give it: a CRM lookup, a database query, a knowledge base search or an API call. Standard n8n automation follows fixed rules, and an agent handles the ticket or email those rules do not cover.
Wherever an agent's action has consequences, we add an approval step so a person signs off before anything is sent or written. Our enterprise context layer is how agents get your business rules.
Is n8n HIPAA compliant?
HIPAA compliance depends on how n8n is deployed. Self-hosted n8n inside your own AWS or Google Cloud account runs under the business associate agreement you hold with that provider, and n8n can be set to prune execution data or skip saving it, so patient data does not pile up in logs.
Model calls need the most care. They go only to providers you have approved under an agreement, or to a model you host. Our AI agents in healthcare page covers the setup.
Do you maintain workflows after launch?
Yes, through AI managed services: alerts on failed executions, n8n version upgrades, fixes when an upstream API changes, and new workflows as your needs grow. Jason, our COO, is accountable for everything after launch.
Can n8n connect to SAP, Salesforce or our own systems?
n8n ships with hundreds of built-in integrations, and anything with an API can be reached through its HTTP node or a custom node. Our n8n and SAP Joule Studio guide walks through an SAP build, and our AI solutions page shows other workflows built this way.
Bring One Workflow to a Discovery Call
Tell us the process that eats the most hours, or the zap that breaks most often. On the call we sketch the n8n workflow that would replace it, what it connects to and what the build would take. If n8n is one part of a wider AI program, our AI consulting team scopes the rest.
