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Fantastic to see more people getting into this space, and even better to be able to inspect the source code! Who's your target demographic here? I work at a pl

by d4mi3n 7y ago

Fantastic to see more people getting into this space, and even better to be able to inspect the source code! Who's your target demographic here? I work at a place that was considering using Zapier, but couldn't because the security story around that service didn't really meet requirements we had around legal compliance/regulations (SOC, PCI, etc). Having freely available source to audit + a good security story could make n8n very appealing for back-office enterprise workflows.

janober 7y ago
Thanks! Really great to hear! It is actually one of my target audiences. Thought n8n has something to offer for kind of everybody. The three groups I had in mind were: 1. Private people and small Startups which care about the price 2. Medium-sized companies for which it is important to integrate their inhouse tools 3. Large companies/banks/government which care about their data
- elliekelly 7y ago
  > 3. Large companies/banks/government which care about their data As someone who left this space just two years ago and is now selling software into it I've been shocked by my users' appetite (appetites?) for self-hosted solutions. It makes me wonder whether SaaS will be short-lived and we'll see highly-regulated industries like finance and healthcare insisting data doesn't leave their servers unless absolutely necessary.
  - d4mi3n 7y ago
    Depends on the org. Highly regulated places like self hosting because keeping data within your own network removes a lot of the legwork for corporate acquisitions processes. If you run a SASS and a regulated business wants to use you, they need to process a whole slew of items: 1. Compliance - are you PCI/SOC/HIPPA compliant? When was your last audit? What were the results? 2. Legal - contracts, business continuity clauses, indemnity, liability around data, etc 3. Security - when was your last penetration test? Do you have a security team? What is your security posture? The list goes on and there is overlap between different corporate concerns. Keeping things on-prem removes many requirements in exchange for taking on the maintainable burden of a product.
  - toomuchtodo 7y ago
    If you're a SaaS company that can't implement controls and governance systems to satisfy HIPPA, SOC2, etc, enterprises subject to regulation have no choice but to self-host. Disclaimer: Worked at a SaaS company, now work in highly regulated financial services.

by d4mi3n 7y ago

janober 7y ago

Thanks! Really great to hear! It is actually one of my target audiences. Thought n8n has something to offer for kind of everybody. The three groups I had in mind were: 1. Private people and small Startups which care about the price 2. Medium-sized companies for which it is important to integrate their inhouse tools 3. Large companies/banks/government which care about their data

elliekelly 7y ago
> 3. Large companies/banks/government which care about their data As someone who left this space just two years ago and is now selling software into it I've been shocked by my users' appetite (appetites?) for self-hosted solutions. It makes me wonder whether SaaS will be short-lived and we'll see highly-regulated industries like finance and healthcare insisting data doesn't leave their servers unless absolutely necessary.
- d4mi3n 7y ago
  Depends on the org. Highly regulated places like self hosting because keeping data within your own network removes a lot of the legwork for corporate acquisitions processes. If you run a SASS and a regulated business wants to use you, they need to process a whole slew of items: 1. Compliance - are you PCI/SOC/HIPPA compliant? When was your last audit? What were the results? 2. Legal - contracts, business continuity clauses, indemnity, liability around data, etc 3. Security - when was your last penetration test? Do you have a security team? What is your security posture? The list goes on and there is overlap between different corporate concerns. Keeping things on-prem removes many requirements in exchange for taking on the maintainable burden of a product.
- toomuchtodo 7y ago
  If you're a SaaS company that can't implement controls and governance systems to satisfy HIPPA, SOC2, etc, enterprises subject to regulation have no choice but to self-host. Disclaimer: Worked at a SaaS company, now work in highly regulated financial services.