n8n Pricing for a Small Business: Plans, Limits, Real Costs
n8n pricing from the official page, checked 18 October 2026: Starter, Pro, Business, Enterprise and the free self-hosted edition, and which one fits.
Lidia Sorokina
AI Implementation & Operations Consultant, Elivance Tmi
I am Lidia Sorokina. I set things up the way I once ran my own company: so the work does not depend on one person.
I founded and ran a B2B services company with heavy paperwork and strict rules. I started it alone and did the sales, marketing, customer service, operations and finance myself. Over the years I moved the work that depended on me into processes the team ran, because a company that needs its owner for every answer stops growing at the size of that owner's day.
What I automated in my own company: a CRM that collected lead data on its own, reporting, automatic updates for customers, and reminders for invoices and payments.
AI consulting is my main work. My own business runs on AI agents that do research, documents, reports and first drafts, and I approve the templates, rules and company knowledge they work from and check samples of what goes out. For clients I work at a fixed price with a written scope, and I set things up on your accounts, so you keep them.
Elivance Tmi is my Finnish sole trader business, business ID 2503638-4, registered in Lappeenranta, Finland. I work with businesses in the US, the UK and the EU. Calls are in English or Finnish.
Articles by Lidia Sorokina
What Does an AI Consultant Do, and When You Don't Need One
What an AI consultant does for a 10-100 person business, what you should get at the end, and five situations where you do not need one at all.
Speed to Lead: How Fast to Answer an Enquiry, and How
Speed to lead for a small business: what the often-quoted studies measured, a realistic response target, and how to make the first reply automatic.
Lead Follow-Up Automation That Does Not Annoy People
How to build a lead follow-up system for a small business: instant confirmation, a task for a person, useful follow-ups, clear stop rules and consent.
How to Implement AI in a Small Business: a 30-Day Plan
A 30-day plan to implement AI in a small business: measure first, pick one process, set rules for data, test with your team, then decide on numbers.
CRM Setup Checklist: Steps, Decisions and Costs
A CRM setup checklist for a 10-100 person business: what to decide before setup, the steps in order, what to test, and what drives the cost.
AI Email Replies for Customer Service: Drafts You Approve
How to set up AI email replies for customer service so AI drafts the answer and a person sends it: which emails to start with, rules, and risks.
AI Consultant Costs: Fixed Prices, Hourly Billing and Scope
What an AI consultant costs: hourly, fixed-price and retainer models, what drives the price, what to get in writing, and our own published prices.
AI Agents for Small Businesses: Where to Keep a Person
What AI agents for small businesses do, where they help (enquiries, follow-ups, reports), where they go wrong, and where a person must say yes.
AI Acceptable Use Policy: a Short Template for Your Team
A one-page AI acceptable use policy template for a small business: approved tools, data that never goes in, human checks, ownership. Not legal advice.
A sample AI roadmap: what you get after a consultation
A written plan for a fictional 32-person cleaning company, labelled as a sample: how each task is described, what it saves, what it needs and what it risks.