Why not n8n?
Automating tasks ≠ operating AI in production
n8n and Make automate workflows.
O137 operates AI in production, reliably, governed, and maintainable.
1. n8n / Make are not AI-native
They can:
- •Call an AI API
- •Execute a prompt
- •Chain steps together
But:
- •AI is an external component
- •No global state
- •No governance
- •No lifecycle management
👉 AI is treated like a webhook, not like a system.
2. The Real Problem: Production Deployment
With n8n / Make
- •Testing in production
- •Prompts hardcoded in nodes
- •No clear separation: test / staging / prod
- •No AI versioning
- •No rollback
- •No decision observability
👉 It works... until it breaks.
With O137
AI is designed as a production component:
- •Separate environments
- •AI logic versioning
- •Centralized business rules
- •Decision monitoring
- •Rollback possible
- •Model fallback
- •Cost and risk management
👉 Like any critical system.
3. Governance ≠ Technical Logs
n8n / Make
- •Execution logs
- •Success / failure
- •Payloads
O137
- •Why a decision was made
- •Which model was used
- •Which rules were applied
- •Confidence level
- •Which alternative was rejected
👉 Major difference for finance, legal, ops.
4. Evolution Impossible to Maintain in n8n / Make
What Always Happens
- •Prompts copied everywhere
- •Diverging rules
- •Inconsistent behaviors
- •Invisible AI technical debt
O137
- •Central logic
- •Reusable rules
- •Consistent behaviors
- •AI that evolves without breaking everything
5. A Very Concrete Example
Bank Reconciliation
n8n / Make
- •Long workflow
- •Hardcoded rules
- •Occasional AI call
- •Exceptions patched together
👉 Difficult to maintain
👉 Impossible to audit seriously
O137
- •Centralized decision logic
- •Confidence scoring
- •AI / rules / human arbitration
- •Audit-ready
👉 Built to last
n8n / Make vs O137
| n8n / Make | O137 | |
|---|---|---|
| AI Native | ||
| AI Lifecycle | ||
| Production Deployment | Fragile | Industrial |
| AI Governance | ||
| Decision Observability | ||
| AI Logic Versioning | ||
| Model Fallback | ||
| Long-term Maintenance |
"n8n and Make automate.
O137 operates AI in production."
O137 treats AI as a critical system, not as an API.