Who this comparison is for
FlowForge highlights
- Ops-ready: promotion gates, tests, shadow mode
- DLQ with safe replay and correlation IDs
n8n (open source) highlights
- Self-host flexibility and community nodes
Capability matrix
| Capability | FlowForge | n8n (open source) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-host & OSS | managed SaaS / VPC option | self_hosted (OSS) | Different ownership models |
| Approvals & audit | Native | Partial | Custom build in OSS |
| DLQ & replay | Native | Partial | Operators build queues |
| Prometheus & SLOs | Native | Partial | Add-ons or exporters |
| Velaxe-first integrations | Native | None | Tight coupling to workspace apps |
| Long-running flows (wait/timeout) | Full | Partial | Saga pattern built-in |
- Operational posture differs significantly: hosted vs self-host; confirm infra/ops capacity.
Total cost of ownership
OSS lowers license cost but shifts effort to operations, backups, scaling, and observability. FlowForge reduces day-2 toil with built-ins, improving total cost at moderate scale.
Assumptions
- One SRE + one ops owner maintaining the stack
Migration plan
From n8n · Flow export → HTTP/SDK node swaps → gated rollout
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1
Export n8n flows and map to FlowForge nodes
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2
Replace custom HTTP steps with signed/typed HTTP node
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3
Enable tests and approvals; promote via Staging
Security
- RBAC roles; per-connection scopes; IP allowlists
- KMS-backed secrets and rotation reminders
Evidence & sources
| Claim | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| DLQ & replay | Group by error class; requeue safely | product_docs |
| Concurrency & limits | Global/per-connection ceilings | product_docs |
About FlowForge
FlowForge is a no-code/low-code automation studio for the entire Velaxe workspace. Start from events like new tickets, chat handoffs, missed calls, payment failures, file uploads, cron schedules, or signed webhooks. Add conditions, transforms, and iterators, then run actions across Agent Desk, LiveConnect, PulseGate, VoiceLink, Chronicle, ActionDesk, PayStream, SecureStore, InsightLake, ProductCatalog, and popular third‑party apps.
Designed for reliability and safety, FlowForge ships with idempotent execution, retries with backoff, rate limits, approvals for sensitive steps, environments (Dev/Staging/Prod), rollouts, and detailed run logs. Metrics are exposed via Prometheus so SREs can set SLOs and alerts.