--- title: How To Self-Host n8n (VPS vs Your Computer) | daily.dev description: Compares two approaches for self-hosting n8n workflow automation software: running it locally on your computer versus using a VPS cloud server. Local hosting... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-self-host-n8n-vps-vs-your-computer--jaq6frb9a twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How To Self-Host n8n (VPS vs Your Computer) | daily.dev og:description: Compares two approaches for self-hosting n8n workflow automation software: running it locally on your computer versus using a VPS cloud server. Local hosting... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-self-host-n8n-vps-vs-your-computer--jaq6frb9a og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/jAQ6Frb9A.png og:image:alt: How To Self-Host n8n (VPS vs Your Computer) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How To Self-Host n8n (VPS vs Your Computer) **[ByteGrad](https://daily.dev/sources/bytegrad)** · 11 min read · 126 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Compares two approaches for self-hosting n8n workflow automation software: running it locally on your computer versus using a VPS cloud server. Local hosting offers cost savings, data privacy, and lower latency for local integrations, but VPS hosting provides better uptime, easier collaboration, webhook support, and simpler backup management. Includes step-by-step setup instructions for both methods, with practical demonstrations of installing n8n locally using npx and deploying it on a Hostinger VPS using their pre-configured template. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@israchido** · 1 upvotes > n8n seems interesting, I seriously need to dig and learn about it since I've seen a friend use Make at work but honestly the cost efectiveness (and honestly this also looks more fun) is making me want to learn it, do you have any resources to start getting into automation/n8n? **@duynq2197** · 0 upvotes > Anyone use n8n to create API ? i know it can do that but i wanna ask about how to implement it with Load balance. I target use a Linux sys run instance and maybe a window to have UI config. 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