How to Install and Deploy n8n on a $6 VPS with Docker Compose (2026 Benchmarks)
Measured on a live n8n 2.37.10 deployment limited to 1 vCPU: 11.4 executions per second, a 402 MB idle footprint, 16.9 second cold start, and 3,563 bytes of database growth per execution. Complete Compose file, nginx reverse proxy, queue mode, and five documented failure modes.