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B2B Automation · Built in the EU

From "we do it
manually" to
"it just runs."

You describe it Monday. It runs Friday.

I build custom automation systems for logistics, HR and real estate teams — fixed price, 3–12 days, your data on EU servers.

Prefer async? Message me direct — WhatsApp · See the live build ↓
Your instance. Your code. One fixed price.
EU · GDPR-compliant Self-hosted · you own it
Illustrative preview — not real client data
Live in Bratislava, EU

A real system is already running in production — the Bratislava deployment freed its owner ~22h/week of manual coordination.

Self-hosted (your instance)· Bratislava· Fixed price · €950–1,800· 3–12 day delivery· Hetzner EU hosting included· GDPR compliant· Replies within 3h· EN · UA · SK· Self-hosted (your instance)· Bratislava· Fixed price · €950–1,800· 3–12 day delivery· Hetzner EU hosting included· GDPR compliant· Replies within 3h· EN · UA · SK·
The Problem

Still doing it manually?

Teams like yours lose 60+ hours a month to tasks that should take seconds — roughly €1,500–2,500 in salary, before the cost of errors. Here's what that looks like:

3 hours a day. Just checking statuses.

Your dispatcher calls carriers manually. Every delay triggers a chain of panicked messages. Half the day is asking "where's the shipment?" — not moving it.

80 CVs. One spreadsheet. Zero time.

Your recruiter manually copies data from emails into rows. Good candidates ghost you because you're too slow. The best ones sign elsewhere. You'll never know how many you lost.

Filled the form at 11 PM. Called at 10 AM.

A prospect fills your form late at night. By morning they've already signed with someone else. The lead was yours. Your process lost it.

This is exactly what I fix. In days, not months.

What I Build

Systems that do
the heavy lifting.

Everything connected. Everything automated. Your team focuses on decisions — not data entry.

Example flow
Lead submits form
Email arrives
New listing added
Status change
Dashboard updated
Telegram alert
Auto email
Saved to database

Workflows that do the manual work

Lead intake, CV parsing, shipment updates — handled end to end on your own server. No per-task fees, no babysitting, running 24/7.

Your operations on one live dashboard

Shipments, candidates or leads — whatever you run, see it update in real time. Shareable read-only, no login for your team.

Your data, structured and on your instance

Production-grade storage in the EU. Leads, orders and records in one place — never on a third-party cloud.

Alerts where your team already works

Approvals, status changes and hot-lead pings straight to Telegram or WhatsApp. Nothing new for your team to learn.

Deployed Systems & Blueprints

From chaos to
running on autopilot.

A live system already running in Bratislava — plus three blueprints on the same stack.

Live Deployment — running in production
Architecture Blueprints — same stack, deployable in 3–5 days
Logistics

Shipment Tracking on Autopilot

Pain: Dispatcher spending 3h/day calling carriers for updates. Delays found too late, clients left waiting.
  • Live carrier status pulled in automatically
  • Auto delay alerts → Telegram + email
  • Live color-coded operations dashboard
Projected impact · illustrative estimate
0%
Less manual
tracking time
€2,400
Freed dispatcher
salary/month
Watch the 2-min demo → Or request this build →
HR & Recruiting

CV Pipeline & Candidate Routing

Pain: HR spending 12h/week manually reviewing CVs from 3 platforms. Best candidates sign elsewhere while you're still sorting inboxes.
  • All CVs from email + job boards in one place
  • AI reads skills, experience and salary
  • Auto-routes to correct hiring manager
Projected impact · illustrative estimate
0x
Faster first
response
0h
Saved per recruiter
per week
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Real Estate

Lead Qualification & Instant Response

Pain: Average lead response time 6–24h. Hot leads go cold before first contact — your process is losing signed deals.
  • Every lead form captured instantly
  • AI scores by budget, timeline and type
  • Hot leads → Telegram alert in under 3 min
Projected impact · illustrative estimate
0 min
Response time
(was 6–24h)
0%
More booked
viewings
Request this build → Or ask me about it →

Technical evaluator? Before you commit to anything, I'll share a sanitized workflow JSON and a live demo of the running system — ask for it here.

Want a system like the live one running on your operations?

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Why Me

Not an agency.
Better.

You work directly with me — fixed price, your instance, your code, one person responsible for all of it. No account managers, no handoffs, no bloat.

AgencyBILAK.MK
Who builds itAccount manager + junior devMe — personally
Price€5,000–€25,000+€950
Timeline2–4 months3–12 days
Data storageTheir cloud, their rulesYour instance, GDPR-compliant
Pricing model"Let's scope it"Fixed. Written. Agreed first.
PlatformZapier ($/task fees)n8n (open-source, free to run)
CommunicationVia account managerDirect — replies within 3h

Agency figures reflect typical EU automation & system-integration project pricing and timelines — public market ranges, not numbers picked to look good.

Skip the agency overhead — work directly with the person who builds it.

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The Process

From your message
to a system that runs.

No lengthy intake forms — just a few quick fields. Three clear steps, and you know the fixed price before step two ends.

01
Same-day reply

Fill the Form

You describe your business and problem and leave your WhatsApp or email. I get back to you the same day with a concept built around your exact case — not a generic template.

02
Days 1–2

Scope & Fixed Price

I map your process async — chat by default, an optional short video sync only if you want one. Within 24h you get a scope doc: what I'll build, how it works, and the exact fixed price. You approve — work starts.

03
Days 3–12

Build & Launch

I build with Loom video updates at milestones. We test together, then flip the switch. You get full docs, all credentials, Loom walkthrough. Guarantee starts now.

Fixed price locked at Step 02. Zero scope creep. Zero surprises.
Bratislava · GDPR · your instance

You own everything from day one — code, workflows and every credential. One system already live on the same stack you'd get.

Pricing

Productized.
Not "contact us."

Three clear packages. Fixed scope. Fixed price. You know exactly what you get before paying a cent.

ROI Calculation — Quick Win Package (€950)
≈€1,300
Typical waste/mo
12h/wk × €25/hr × 4.33 wks
22 days
Full payback
€950 ÷ ≈€1,300/mo
+35%
ROI Month 1
(≈€1,300 − €950) ÷ €950

Full System (€1,800) at 30h/week → payback in 17 days · saves €3,200+/mo after that.

STARTER
Quick Win
€950
3–5 days
Rush (1–2 days): +30% → €1,235

One focused automation — eliminate the single biggest time-waster.

  • 1 automation / workflow
  • Telegram bot or WhatsApp integration
  • Organized data storage (Airtable or database)
  • Error handling
  • EU hosting (Hetzner, DE) — included
  • Loom walkthrough video
  • 14 days free fixes
RETAINER
Support
€250/mo
Ongoing — cancel anytime

Your system just works. No thinking, no downtime.

  • Hetzner EU hosting — included
  • Automated monitoring + alerts catch issues before you do — checked daily
  • Fixes if something breaks on my side
  • Updates if Telegram / WA change API
  • Minor changes up to 3h/month
  • Replies within 3h
  • Monthly system report

Fixed price, agreed in writing before any work starts. No surprises, no scope creep — and you own the code and the server, not me.

For technical evaluators — n8n vs SaaS, real 12-month cost

n8n vs SaaS — Real Cost Over 12 Months

10,000 workflow runs/month · 5 steps each · typical EU SMB scale

n8n (Hetzner)Make (Pro)Zapier (Professional)
License cost / year€0 (Community Edition)~€150–300~€3,600
Infrastructure / year€120–240 (EU VPS)Cloud onlyCloud only
Dev cost (one-time)€950from €1,500from €1,200
Total year 1 (TCO)~€1,190~€1,800~€4,800
Per-task fees at scaleNone — fixed infrastructureYes, per moduleYes — steep
GDPR complianceAbsolute (data stays in DE/EU)Partial (cloud routing)US servers
You own the codeYes — export anytimeNoNo

Read it right: the build is a one-time cost on every option here — the real gap is recurring. n8n on your own server means €0 in license fees, no per-task charges as volume grows, and you keep the code. That's where the 12-month numbers diverge — not the build price.

Not sure which plan fits? Fill the form — I'll tell you what you actually need.

"It Just Works" Guarantee

If your automation breaks within the guarantee period — I fix it for free. No questions. Quick Win: 14 days. Full System: 30 days.

Always included regardless of plan
EU hosting (Hetzner) Replies within 3h Loom walkthrough after delivery Your data always yours
Terms at a glance
Payment50% upfront, 50% on delivery
Rush+30% to any project, agreed before start
Guarantee coversWorkflow logic bugs, crashes on my side, code errors
Not coveredNew features, client-side changes, third-party API changes (that's what Support covers)
New features laterSeparate project, or from the 3h/mo Support allocation if small
Want to leave14 days to export your data — I'll help with everything that's yours
ServerHetzner, Germany — data in EU, GDPR compliant
Maxim Bilak — automation engineer, Bratislava
Online
About

One person.
All of it.

I'm Maxim Bilak — an automation engineer based in Bratislava, Slovakia.

I got tired of watching businesses waste thousands of hours per year on work that a 4-node n8n workflow handles in milliseconds. So I started building those workflows.

I work exclusively with n8n — self-hosted on your instance, zero per-task fees, your data never touches a third-party cloud. You pay once for the build. Not every month for every task.

I handle communication and architecture directly — no management layers, no handoffs. When you message me, you talk to the person building your system.

You own everything from day one — the workflows, the code, the docs and every credential. Full JSON export, your own server, your own accounts. If I'm ever out, your system keeps running and any n8n developer can take over.

Everything I ship runs on production infrastructure I run myself — Hetzner (Germany), Docker, Nginx Proxy Manager — not no-code demos. One client system is already live on that exact stack; the three blueprints above run on the same one.

References available on request — past clients and partners happy to vouch.

Bratislava n8n specialist Logistics · HR · Real Estate EU companies

Languages: English · Ukrainian · Slovak

FAQ

Frequently asked.

Everything listed in the scope document I send you before work starts. The n8n workflow, integrations, database or bot if included, error handling, EU hosting (Hetzner), Loom video walkthrough, and the free-fix guarantee period. No surprise invoices. If something takes longer than estimated on my end — that's my cost, not yours.

Fair question for a solo operator — so here's the honest answer. You own everything from day one: the n8n workflow JSON, the code, the database and all server access. Nothing is locked to me. Your system runs on your own server without my involvement, every build ships with documentation and a handover, and any n8n developer can maintain it. You're never dependent on me to keep things running.

If it involves moving, transforming, or triggering data between digital tools — almost certainly yes. Common examples: lead intake from forms or email → CRM + Telegram alert, CV parsing + candidate routing, shipment status → alerts + dashboard, invoice processing, onboarding workflows, report generation. If you're not sure — fill the form and describe it. I'll tell you what's possible and what it would cost.

Yes — that's one of the most common starting points. I rebuild your existing automations on self-hosted n8n and run the new setup in parallel with your current one, so nothing stops while we test. Once it's verified, we cut over. You keep full exports the whole way — no lock-in, no downtime. Most people switch to kill per-task fees and get their data back onto EU servers they actually control.

None. You describe the process in plain language ("every morning our manager copies orders from email into a spreadsheet") — I translate that into automation logic. After delivery you get a Loom video walkthrough and written docs in plain language. You don't need to touch the code or n8n interface at all.

Small tweaks within the guarantee period (14 or 30 days) are free. For changes after that: minor ones (under 3h) are covered by the Support plan (€250/mo). Larger changes or new features are quoted as a separate project — usually much cheaper than the original since the infrastructure is already there.

n8n supports 400+ integrations natively. Most common in my work: Telegram, WhatsApp Business API, Gmail/Outlook, Google Sheets, Airtable, PostgreSQL, Notion, Slack, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Typeform, Calendly, and most REST APIs. If a tool has an API — it can be connected. If you need something specific, ask.

Yes. You get all credentials, the n8n workflow JSON export, database access, and server access (if hosted for you). Everything that's yours, you take. If you ever want to move to a different provider or run it yourself — I'll help with that. 14-day data export guaranteed if you decide to leave.

With the Support plan (€250/mo): I fix it, usually same day. Without Support: I quote a fix on a per-issue basis — typically €50–150 depending on the issue. Third-party API changes (e.g. Telegram or WhatsApp updating their API) are covered by the Support plan since they're outside my control but I handle them anyway.

Everything runs on Hetzner servers in Germany (EU). n8n is self-hosted — your data never passes through Zapier's, Make's, or any other third-party cloud. Most US-based tools route your data through American infrastructure (subject to laws like FISA 702); here it never leaves the EU. This is a core reason I use n8n instead of SaaS tools. GDPR-compliant by design. A Data Processing Agreement (DPA) is available on request, and the full setup is laid out in the Security & Data section below.

Everything runs async — WhatsApp or Telegram. I respond within 3 hours — weekdays and weekends. No mandatory calls ever. If a short video sync helps during scoping, I'll suggest it — but it's optional. Most projects complete with zero calls.

Three reasons: (1) Your data stays on your instance — Zapier and Make route everything through their cloud. (2) Zero per-task fees — Zapier charges per automation run, costs grow with volume. (3) You own the code — export it, move it, run it yourself anytime. Self-hosted n8n on EU infrastructure is the only setup that's GDPR-by-design and cost-stable at scale.

Security & Data

Where your data lives,
and who can touch it.

For HR and lead data especially, "GDPR-compliant" shouldn't be a sticker. Here's the actual setup behind it.

EU servers only

Everything runs on Hetzner in Germany. Your data physically stays in the EU — it never routes through Zapier's, Make's, or any US cloud.

Daily backups

Automated, encrypted daily backups. A bad deploy or a hardware fault never turns into lost orders, CVs or leads.

Encrypted in transit & at rest

TLS everywhere, encryption at rest. API keys and credentials are stored encrypted — never sitting in plain text.

Controlled, revocable access

During the build I'm the only one with access, and it's revocable. After handover, every key and login is yours — I step out, unless you're on a retainer.

Self-hosted, not shared

Your stack runs on your own instance — not a multi-tenant SaaS box where your data sits next to a thousand other companies'.

Exportable, no lock-in

Full export any time, in a readable format. If you ever leave, you take the workflows, the database and the code — all of it.

Need paperwork for procurement? A Data Processing Agreement (DPA) is available on request — just ask.

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Describe your process — and get a personalized automation concept back, same day. Not a generic template.

Without
Response delay
6–24h
Manual work
12h/week
Lost leads
~30%
After
Response time
≤ 3 min
Manual work
≈0h
Lost leads
≈0

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