Quickstart
SpliceRun runs your automation app (n8n and related stacks) so you can focus on workflows - not on Docker, certificates and night-time restarts.
1. Choose a lane
The three lanes are not tiers of the same product. Pick on how much of the server you want to own, not on price alone.
| Lane | Best when | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Shared | You want the lowest price and no server to manage | Shared hosting |
| Dedicated | You want a full VPS that only you use, still managed by us | Dedicated server |
| Bring your own server | You already have (or want) a VPS at your own provider | Bring your own server |
Still comparing? Choosing a plan walks through the trade-offs, and What we manage is the exact boundary between our job and yours.
2. Run through the setup
- Create an account at app.splicerun.com.
- Read the setup guide for before pay / after pay per lane - what you need ready before you can deploy, and what happens after.
- Deploy, complete payment, and follow the instance page. Provisioning finishes when the instance page says so; we do not publish a fixed "minutes" promise.
- Open the app and create the first owner user there. We never email you an initial admin password.
- Build a small test workflow, then grow.
3. Before you build anything real
Three things catch most people out in the first week:
- Reaching the outside world. How your workflows call APIs and resolve hostnames: Outbound connections and DNS.
- Backups. What is captured, how often, and how to get it back: Backups and recovery.
- Getting out. You can take a complete copy at any time: Exporting your data.
Already running n8n somewhere else?
Do not rebuild it by hand. Migrating to SpliceRun covers the paid migration service - what it moves, what it cannot move, and what we need from you.