Voice Expenses Tracker - n8n AI Automation
AI-powered expense tracker using n8n, Telegram, and Google Sheets. You’ll be able to send your expenses through Telegram — either as a text message or a voice note — and have them automatically logged into a Google Sheet.
Description
This workflow is designed to streamline expense management through Telegram and Google Sheet integration. This workflow allows users to create, and manage tasks via Telegram messages, leveraging AI capabilities to enhance user interaction. The expected outcome is a seamless experience where users can manage their expenses efficiently without needing to switch between applications.
About n8n
n8n.io is an open-source (fair-code) workflow automation platform that combines a visual drag‑and‑drop builder with custom code support, connecting 400+ apps and services (github.com) (github.com). It’s a flexible, self-hostable alternative to proprietary tools like Zapier or Make, so you can run it on your own servers (or in n8n’s cloud) and retain complete control over your data (github.com) (medium.com). You can get started quickly (for example via npx n8n or Docker) (github.com) and then use hundreds of pre-built nodes, webhooks and templates to automate anything from simple alerts to complex business workflows. Real-world examples include automating IT and security tasks (onboarding accounts, enriching incident tickets), DevOps processes (turning natural‑language commands into API calls), sales/marketing workflows (aggregating customer data, triggering follow-ups) and even chatbots and data analysis (n8n.io) (n8n.io).
n8n’s licensing is very cost‑effective: the core software is free to self-host (you only pay for your server), with optional paid cloud plans (starting around $20–$24/month) if you want a managed service (pixeljets.com) (pixeljets.com). Unlike Zapier or Make, which charge per action or “operation,” n8n charges per workflow execution (blog.n8n.io) – so you can run multi‑step flows without paying per-step fees. n8n also has a native AI Agent node (built on LangChain) so you can plug large‑language models into workflows – for example to build AI‑powered chatbots, summarizers or retrieval‑augmented generators using your own data (github.com) (blog.n8n.io). Finally, data security and privacy are built‑in: you can run n8n air‑gapped or anywhere you choose, and n8n Cloud keeps data in the EU (n8n.io) (medium.com). In short, n8n provides a professional yet user‑friendly automation platform – open‑source, highly extensible, AI‑ready and secure – making it a compelling alternative to proprietary workflow tools (github.com) (blog.n8n.io).
Sources: Official n8n documentation, blog posts and user guides (github.com) (medium.com) (n8n.io) (n8n.io) (pixeljets.com) (pixeljets.com) (blog.n8n.io) (blog.n8n.io) (n8n.io).