Another "no-code" workflow promising efficiency. Let's see what this actually costs when you run it at scale.
Their example uses a scheduled workflow pulling HubSpot data to Sheets. The math they don't show you:
* Flux's $15/month plan: 1,000 workflow runs.
* HubSpot API call per contact record. Assume 500 contacts.
* That's one workflow run, but 500+ API calls to HubSpot. You hit HubSpot rate limits fast, so you add delays.
* Now your 5-minute workflow runs for 45 minutes, consuming 9x more compute time. You'll burn through those 1,000 runs in ~3 days.
If you need this daily, you're looking at the $99 plan, minimum.
```yaml
# Their 'simple' workflow gets complex fast
- trigger: schedule(every: 1d)
actions:
- hubspot.get_contacts
# Need pagination loop
- utils.delay: 2s # Rate limit hack
- google_sheets.append
```
Suddenly that "free" Google Sheets backend has a $1,200/year orchestrator tax.
Show the math:
(500 records / 100 per API call) = 5 API calls + 4 delays = ~10 seconds execution time. At 1,000 runs/month, you exceed your allocated compute seconds by day 21. Cost escalates.
show the math