I Replaced a €2000/month Marketing Stack with 10 Free n8n Workflows

My client was paying: Mailchimp: €299/month HubSpot: €890/month Zapier: €199/month Buffer: €120/month Hotjar: €79/month Various one-off tools: ~€400/month Total: ~€1,987/month for marketing automation. I replaced ALL of it with self-hosted n8n + a few free APIs. Total cost: €5/month for the VPS. The Migration Email Marketing (Mailchimp → n8n + Resend) Resend gives you 3,000 free emails/month. Combined with n8n workflows for segmentation, drip sequences, and A/B testing, you get 90% of Mailchimp's functionality. CRM (HubSpot → n8n + PostgreSQL) A simple PostgreSQL database with n8n workflows for lead scoring, pipeline management, and automated follow-ups. Built custom dashboards with Next.js. Automation (Zapier → n8n) This one's obvious. n8n is self-hosted Zapier with more power and zero per-task costs. Social Media (Buffer → n8n + API) Direct API posting to Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. Scheduled via n8n cron triggers. Analytics (Hotjar → n8n + Plausible) Plausible for privacy-frie