I’m curious where everyone actually is right now — beyond the demos and experiments. Have AI automations directly made you money yet?Client work, internal savings, anything real. Vote honestly. No judgment — this helps ground the conversation.

🤖 Google Workspace Studio vs. n8n: Is This the Beginning of the End, or a Wake-Up Call? After diving deep into Google's newly released Workspace Studio (studio.workspace.google.com), I wanted to share my honest assessment as someone deeply embedded in the n8n automation community. Spoiler: It's complicated. What Google Just Built Google Workspace Studio represents a significant shift in automation philosophy. Powered by Gemini 3, it enables users to create "AI agents" using plain language: "Every Friday, ping me to update my tracker""Monitor my inbox for unhappy customers, draft a reply based on our refund policy, and log the issue in Sheets." No nodes. No triggers configured. No webhook setup. Just describe the outcome you want, and the AI figures out the "how." This is agentic automation — a fundamentally different paradigm from the deterministic, trigger-action workflows we build in n8n. Where Google Workspace Studio Shines Let's be honest about what Google got right: 🔹 Zero friction entry point — Already included in Business and Enterprise Workspace plans (no additional cost) 🔹 Native context awareness — It lives inside your Gmail, Docs, and Sheets, eliminating API authentication headaches 🔹 AI-first reasoning — Handles sentiment analysis, intelligent prioritization, and smart approvals without complex logic trees 🔹 Deep ecosystem integration — Salesforce, Asana, Jira, and Mailchimp connectors already available 🔹 Democratization — A marketing manager can now build automations in 5 minutes without touching a single node For organizations already living in Google Workspace, this is genuinely disruptive. The economic argument is compelling: why pay for external automation tooling when your existing subscription handles 80% of use cases? Where n8n Remains Irreplaceable Here's where I push back and I'm biased, I'll admit it. But my bias comes from real-world production experience: 🔸 Self-hosting & data sovereignty — In regulated industries (food safety compliance, anyone?), keeping data on your own infrastructure isn't optional. Google can't match this.