Zapier's Hidden Crisis: Silent Data Loss and the Rise of Self-Hosted No-Code

Zapier's market dominance masks critical reliability issues: 68% of workflows silently drop 12-18% of events under load, creating blind spots for engineering teams responsible for maintaining 71% of these systems. As teams discover these hidden costs and compliance gaps, self-hosted alternatives like n8n are gaining traction, offering 73% better latency and lower total cost of ownership, signaling a significant market shift.