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Done for you automation vs Zapier, Make and n8n

Zapier, Make and n8n are builders: you connect your apps and design each workflow yourself. We are a team that designs, builds and looks after the workflow for you. They are different things, and plenty of businesses are right to pick the builder.

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QuestionNextGen SoftwareZapier, Make or n8n
What it isA service. We design and build the automation around how your business already works.Software. You get a workflow builder and connect the steps yourself.
Who builds itWe do, from a written plan you approve first.You or someone on your team.
Who fixes it when an app changesWe do, if you take the care plan option. Otherwise the handover notes tell your team how.You do.
How you payA fixed quote per build, agreed before any work starts.A subscription to the platform, with usage limits that depend on the plan. n8n can also be hosted on your own server.
How you startA free 15 minute call, then an AI audit from £495 that comes off the build if you go ahead within 60 days.Sign up and start building the same day.
Judgement callsAI agents read, sort and draft, and a person approves anything that leaves the building.Whatever you design. All three offer AI steps you can add to a workflow.

Pick a builder when

  • Someone on your team enjoys building workflows and has the hours to look after them.
  • The job is a simple hand off between two or three apps.
  • You want to try an idea this afternoon before spending anything on it.

Pick us when

  • Nobody has the time to build it, or the last attempt was abandoned half finished.
  • The work needs reading and judgement: enquiries, documents, calls, follow ups.
  • You want one fixed price and one team answerable for it working.

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A free 15 minute call is enough to tell you which route fits. If it is not us, we will say so.