We use n8n every single day. Not for demos. Not for toy workflows.
For real client automations that break if something goes wrong.

Over the last year, our agency built and maintained hundreds of n8n workflows across SEO, lead generation, customer support, data sync, and AI pipelines. Like most people, we started with the excitement of self-hosting and quickly learned that running n8n in production is less about workflows and more about infrastructure discipline.

This is a short, honest guide on what actually worked for us.