Tutorials
n8n tutorials
Short, practical guides for getting templates running in your own n8n. Start with importing, then go deeper as you build.
Guides
- How to import an n8n template Copy the JSON, paste it onto the canvas, connect credentials, test and activate — the whole flow in ~5 minutes. ~5 min →
- Self-hosted n8n: the practical guide Requirements, the one-line Docker setup and Compose steps copied from the official docs, when n8n Cloud is cheaper, and how to import templates into your own instance. ~12 min →
- n8n pricing explained Every plan, what counts as an execution, what one workflow run costs, and how many executions our templates use at each trigger cadence. ~8 min →
n8n in three words
- Nodes
- Each step — a trigger, an app action, a transform — is a node on the canvas.
- Credentials
- Your account connections, stored separately from the workflow. Templates ship without them.
- Executions
- Every run of a workflow. You can inspect each one to debug what happened.
In the works
- Connecting Google, Slack and OpenAI credentials safely
- Webhooks vs polling triggers — which to use
- Error handling and retries for production workflows