Open-source orchestration, deployed properly.

Where this fits

Three camps in workflow automation

The reader arriving at a workflow automation conversation lands in one of three camps. Knowing which one helps locate n8n.

The choice between these is rarely about the platform alone. It is about which trade-off the organisation is best equipped to carry. We help clients land on the one that fits their architecture, team, and roadmap, then we deploy it.

Outcomes a team can own

What you get when n8n is deployed well

The orchestration layer rarely makes the headline. When it works, it is invisible. When it does not, every system around it inherits the problem.

Architecture

Where n8n sits

n8n sits between systems. Above it: humans and clients that trigger or supervise workflows. Below it: the systems it orchestrates - data stores, APIs, queues, third-party services. At the edges: the node ecosystem and custom code that connect it to anything not yet built in.

Often the connective tissue letting Algho integrate with systems an organisation already has. Often the layer connecting decisioning engines to operational platforms. Often the workflow engine behind a multi-step service journey.

Capabilities

What is inside

Four capabilities matter when you are evaluating an orchestration layer. n8n covers all four, and where it does not, code does.

Visual workflow builder

Node-based workflows assembled in a visual designer. Each node is a step - an API call, a transformation, a conditional, a database write, a custom function. Workflows are stored as JSON, version-controllable in Git, and reviewable by anyone who can read a diagram. The visual layer is what makes workflows owned by the team running the business process, not the developer who built them. For complex flows, a workflow can call sub-workflows; the design scales with the problem.

Self-hosted runtime

n8n runs on your infrastructure. Cloud or on-premise. Single container or scaled across multiple workers. The execution engine handles scheduling, queueing, retry logic, error handling. No per-execution metering, no opaque cloud-side rate limits. We deploy and manage the runtime - hardening it for production, building the observability around it, handling upgrades. The self-hosted choice removes a class of vendor risk; the operational discipline required is where our delivery sits.

Node ecosystem

Hundreds of pre-built nodes for common systems - CRMs, ERPs, databases, AI platforms, messaging services, file stores, HTTP APIs. Most integrations a typical organisation needs already exist. When they do not, the gap is usually a few hours of code, not a six-month vendor procurement. The ecosystem evolves; new nodes appear regularly. We track what is available and what is worth building from scratch.

Code extensibility

For logic that does not fit a pre-built node, n8n exposes a Code node running JavaScript or Python. Custom data transformations, bespoke API contracts, specialised business logic - all live inside the same workflow, with the same versioning and observability as everything else. This is the boundary between low-code convenience and full developer control, sitting in one platform instead of forcing a switch to a different tool. The Code node is where most n8n implementations end up extending what came out of the box.

How we deploy n8n

Open-source is an architectural choice, not a licensing risk

"Open-source" sometimes reads as "unsupported." That is not how this works.

We deploy n8n across our capabilities. We configure it for production - hardening, observability, secrets management, scaling. We integrate it with the systems around it. We manage the runtime. We support it through incidents and through evolution.

What changes versus a proprietary platform is not the support model. It is the architectural posture. The source is available. The runtime is yours. The workflows are yours. There is no vendor that can change pricing, change terms, or sunset the platform out from under you. The trade-off is the operational discipline; that is where we sit.

Capabilities n8n supports

Where this product fits

n8n is the orchestration layer underneath multiple capabilities. Three primary contexts.

Industries where n8n runs

Cross-cutting

Every industry on our roster uses n8n somewhere in the orchestration layer. The systems differ; the integration patterns recur.