Solo dev dilemma: self-hosted n8n or FastAPI on Cloud Run for LLM automations?
Mysterious_Profit696 · reddit · 2026-10-11
A soon-to-be solo automation/LLM engineer at a small GCP company asks whether to self-host n8n or build with FastAPI on Cloud Run + Cloud Tasks + Postgres + Grafana. Typical workload: invoices in a shared inbox, LLM field extraction, accounting tool sync, Slack approvals — mostly glue code with light AI. He weighs n8n's free UI against versioning/testing pain, versus full control but DIY retries, run history and dashboards, and is open to Prefect, Temporal or Windmill alternatives.
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