What happens if I don't use all my hours in a month?

Hours don't roll over — they're for capacity / availability, not project work. Like a gym membership: the value is in having us on call. If you consistently use <50% of hours, downgrade to a lower tier.

What if I need more hours than my tier allows?

Overage hours billed at ₹2,500/hour. Or upgrade to next tier (we'll prorate). Or one-time top-up: ₹10K for 4 extra hours that month.

Can I move between tiers?

Yes — upgrade anytime (immediate). Downgrade applies next billing cycle. No fees either way.

Do you need access to our n8n account?

Yes — read/write access to your n8n instance. We sign NDA + DPA first. You can revoke access anytime; we delete our copies of credentials when you cancel.

What's the response time guarantee?

Starter: best-effort 48-hour weekday response. Growth: 24-hour weekday response. Scale: 8-hour business-day response. None of these are 24/7 SLAs — for that, hire a full-time DevOps team.

Can the retainer cover Zapier or Make workflows too?

Yes — we support Zapier, Make, and n8n on retainer. Mention during scoping.

What if my n8n is on a competitor's hosting?

No problem — we work with any hosting (n8n cloud, Railway, AWS, your VPS, on-prem). We just need credentials.

How does the retainer integrate with one-time projects?

If you're already a retainer customer and need a big project (like a migration), retainer hours can cover initial scoping; project itself billed separately at flat-price (with 10% discount for active retainer customers).

Can I pause the retainer (e.g., during holidays)?

Yes — pause for 1-3 months at half rate. Cancel-and-resume also works but you lose continuity. Prefer pausing for short breaks.

Do you work weekends/nights?

Best-effort only. Critical issues (e.g., production workflow down) we'll fix off-hours; routine work is business-hours (10am-7pm IST weekdays). For 24/7 ops, you need a dedicated DevOps team.

Monthly retainer — Recurring

n8n On Retainer. Build, Maintain, Optimize.

Q: What if I need more hours than my tier allows?

Overage hours billed at ₹2,500/hour. Or upgrade to next tier (we'll prorate). Or one-time top-up: ₹10K for 4 extra hours that month.

Q: Can I move between tiers?

Yes — upgrade anytime (immediate). Downgrade applies next billing cycle. No fees either way.

Q: Do you need access to our n8n account?

Yes — read/write access to your n8n instance. We sign NDA + DPA first. You can revoke access anytime; we delete our copies of credentials when you cancel.

Q: What's the response time guarantee?

Starter: best-effort 48-hour weekday response. Growth: 24-hour weekday response. Scale: 8-hour business-day response. None of these are 24/7 SLAs — for that, hire a full-time DevOps team.

Q: Can the retainer cover Zapier or Make workflows too?

Yes — we support Zapier, Make, and n8n on retainer. Mention during scoping.

Q: What if my n8n is on a competitor's hosting?

No problem — we work with any hosting (n8n cloud, Railway, AWS, your VPS, on-prem). We just need credentials.

Q: How does the retainer integrate with one-time projects?

If you're already a retainer customer and need a big project (like a migration), retainer hours can cover initial scoping; project itself billed separately at flat-price (with 10% discount for active retainer customers).

Q: Can I pause the retainer (e.g., during holidays)?

Yes — pause for 1-3 months at half rate. Cancel-and-resume also works but you lose continuity. Prefer pausing for short breaks.

Q: Do you work weekends/nights?

Best-effort only. Critical issues (e.g., production workflow down) we'll fix off-hours; routine work is business-hours (10am-7pm IST weekdays). For 24/7 ops, you need a dedicated DevOps team.

Got n8n running but no in-house team to maintain it? We handle new workflows, fixes, monitoring, optimization on a monthly retainer. Three tiers from ₹12,000 to ₹50,000/month. Cancel anytime with 30 days notice.

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Book a 30-min call

₹12,000/mo

Starter (4 hrs)

₹25,000/mo

Growth (8 hrs)

₹50,000/mo

Scale (20 hrs)

30 days

Notice to cancel

n8n Retainer pricing

Three tiers based on monthly workload. Cancel anytime with 30 days notice.

Starter

₹12,000/monthUp to 4 hours/month, ₹2,500/hour overage

Light maintenance + occasional new workflows

Up to 4 hours of n8n work per month
Build 1–2 new simple workflows per month
Maintain existing workflows (API changes, edge cases)
Monitor existing workflows; proactive fix on failures
Email + Slack for ad-hoc requests (best-effort 48-hr response)
Monthly review of workflow health
Cancel anytime, 30 days notice

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Growth

₹25,000/monthUp to 8 hours/month, ₹2,500/hour overage

Active build cadence + monitoring

Up to 8 hours of n8n work per month
Build 3–5 new workflows per month
Active monitoring + immediate fix on critical failures
Slack channel (24-hr business-day response)
Bi-weekly performance review
Optimization recommendations + implementation
Quarterly cost-optimization audit (Zapier/Make to n8n savings, LLM cost tuning)
Cancel anytime, 30 days notice

Scale

₹50,000/monthUp to 20 hours/month, ₹2,500/hour overage

Fractional n8n team for high-volume automation

Up to 20 hours of n8n work per month
Unlimited workflow builds
Dedicated channel + named contact (best-effort 8-hour response on business days)
Weekly performance + capacity review
Custom node development (if needed)
AI agent workflow tuning + cost optimization
Compliance audit (DPDP, BFSI, HIPAA)
Monthly strategy call with founder
Cancel anytime, 30 days notice

What we do in a typical month

Recurring deliverables on every retainer tier.

Build new workflows

On-demand workflow builds for new use cases. Cadence depends on tier.

Monitor + fix failures

n8n executions watched daily; we fix breakages before you notice.

Maintain existing workflows

API changes, deprecations, edge cases — we handle the operational drift.

Optimize AI workflows

Cost-optimize LLM usage, tune prompts, switch models when better options ship.

Performance reviews

Monthly/bi-weekly/weekly cadence (by tier) reviewing what's working.

Documentation upkeep

Workflow docs stay current as systems evolve.

Security + credential rotation

Quarterly credential rotation, audit log review, security patches.

New automation suggestions

We proactively identify processes that could benefit from automation.

Slack / email channel

Direct access for ad-hoc questions (response time varies by tier).

Who hires us on retainer

SMBs that built n8n workflows but don't have dev team to maintain
Agencies running n8n for multiple clients — outsource ops to us
Startups whose engineers want to focus on product, not workflows
Enterprise teams with strict compliance + need ongoing audit support
Companies that hit Zapier limits, migrated to n8n, now need ongoing support
AI teams running n8n + LangChain workflows that need cost optimization

Why retainer beats hourly freelance

Predictable monthly cost — no surprise bills
Faster response than booking hours week-by-week
Continuity — same person knows your stack over months
Proactive — we suggest improvements; freelancers wait for tickets
Bundled monitoring — included, not billed separately
Cancel anytime, no annual lock-in — try it for a month

All n8n services we offer

Cross-cutting capabilities — pick one or combine for full coverage.

n8n Workflow Development

Single workflows or multi-flow projects built and deployed.

n8n Self-Hosting Setup

n8n deployed on your own infra — DPDP compliant, scalable.

n8n Migration (Zapier → n8n)

Migrate from Zapier or Make.com to n8n. Slash costs, gain self-hosting.

n8n AI Agent Development

Build agentic AI workflows with LangChain, OpenAI, Claude nodes.

n8n Maintenance Retainer

Monthly retainer for new workflows + fixes + optimization.

Workflow Automation (any platform)

Not sure if n8n is right? See our platform-agnostic automation service.

Outsource your n8n operations

Tell us your workload. We'll recommend a retainer tier + start within 1 week.

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