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  • Fluent Support

    Fluent Support

    Fluent Support is a WordPress-native helpdesk and customer support ticket system that runs entirely within your WordPress installation. Unlike SaaS helpdesk tools like Zendesk or Freshdesk that charge per-agent monthly fees, Fluent Support is a one-time purchase plugin that stores all your support data in your own WordPress database. For businesses already running WordPress, this means your support system lives alongside your website without adding another monthly subscription to the stack. The plugin handles ticket management, agent assignment, customer communication, saved replies, and basic reporting. It integrates with other popular WordPress plugins like WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, and FluentCRM, so you can see a customer’s purchase history and profile data directly within their support ticket. This context helps your support team resolve issues faster without switching between tabs to piece together customer information. From an automation perspective, Fluent Support’s WordPress-native architecture means you can extend it with hooks, REST API calls, and connections to workflow tools like n8n. Common automations include routing tickets based on keywords or customer segments, escalating overdue tickets, syncing support data with external CRMs, and triggering AI-powered response suggestions for repetitive enquiries. These automations turn a basic ticket system into an intelligent support operation. We have worked with businesses that grew from a shared inbox to a proper helpdesk system and saw immediate improvements in response times and customer satisfaction. If you are running a WordPress-based business and your support process currently relies on email or a plugin that has outgrown its usefulness, Fluent Support combined with proper automation workflows gives you a capable helpdesk without the ongoing SaaS costs. For teams that need deeper system integrations, the WordPress REST API makes Fluent Support data accessible to any external tool.
    Fluent Support consultants
  • VivifyScrum

    VivifyScrum

    VivifyScrum is a project management tool that supports Scrum and Kanban methodologies with boards, sprints, backlogs, and time tracking built in. It is aimed at development teams and agencies that want agile project management without the overhead and cost of tools like Jira. If your team needs structured sprint planning alongside a visual board view, VivifyScrum covers both without requiring a dedicated Scrum Master to configure it. What makes VivifyScrum worth considering for automation is its combination of project tracking with built-in invoicing and time logging. For agencies and consultancies, this means project data, time entries, and billing information all live in one place. When you connect VivifyScrum to your accounting software, CRM, or reporting tools through system integrations, you can automate the flow of project data into invoices, client reports, and team performance dashboards without exporting CSVs. The platform exposes an API that allows external tools to create tasks, update board items, and pull project metrics programmatically. This makes it possible to build workflows where, for example, a new deal closing in your CRM automatically creates a project board in VivifyScrum, or completed sprints trigger client update emails and invoice drafts. These kinds of business automation workflows save agencies hours of admin work each week. For teams already using n8n or similar workflow automation tools, VivifyScrum fits in as a lightweight project management node. If your current setup involves manually copying task information between systems or chasing team members for time entries, connecting VivifyScrum to the rest of your stack through workflow automation is a practical next step.
    VivifyScrum consultants
  • Giphy

    Giphy

    Giphy is the largest library of animated GIFs and stickers on the internet, and more importantly for business use, it provides a well-documented API that lets you search, retrieve, and embed GIFs programmatically. While Giphy might seem like a consumer entertainment product, its API is widely used in marketing automation, customer engagement platforms, and internal communication tools where visual content needs to be served dynamically. The practical business application of Giphy comes down to content enrichment at scale. If you are running automated email campaigns, chatbot interactions, or social media workflows, the Giphy API lets you pull relevant visual content based on keywords and embed it directly into your outputs. This is particularly useful for sales automation and marketing teams that need to produce engaging content without manually sourcing images for every touchpoint. Giphy also offers branded content tools and analytics for businesses that create their own GIFs. If your marketing team produces branded animations, Giphy provides distribution and tracking that tells you how many times your content has been viewed and shared across platforms. Connecting these analytics to your broader marketing reporting through data processing workflows gives you visibility into a content channel most businesses overlook. For teams building chatbots, internal Slack bots, or customer-facing messaging experiences, the Giphy API adds personality to automated interactions. We have seen businesses use it in AI agent builds where a well-placed GIF makes the difference between a bot response that feels robotic and one that feels human. The API is straightforward to integrate through n8n or any HTTP-capable automation tool, making it a low-effort addition to existing workflows.
    Giphy consultants
  • TRIGGERcmd

    TRIGGERcmd

    TRIGGERcmd is a cloud-based tool that lets you run commands on your computers remotely via API calls, voice assistants, or automation platforms. It acts as a bridge between cloud services and local machines, which is genuinely useful if you need to trigger scripts, restart services, or execute system-level tasks without direct access to the device. For businesses managing on-premise infrastructure alongside cloud tools, TRIGGERcmd solves a specific and common pain point: getting cloud-based workflows to interact with local systems. Think of scenarios like triggering a backup script on a local server when a CRM deal closes, or restarting a service when a monitoring alert fires. These are the kinds of jobs that typically require someone to manually SSH in or RDP to a machine, which is exactly what business automation should eliminate. The tool pairs well with n8n and other workflow automation platforms because it exposes simple API endpoints for each registered command. You define what commands are available on each machine, and then any system that can make an HTTP request can trigger them. This makes it straightforward to include local server tasks in broader automated workflows without building custom VPN tunnels or SSH relay infrastructure. Where TRIGGERcmd gets particularly valuable is in IT operations and DevOps contexts where you need to bridge the gap between cloud orchestration and on-premise execution. If your team is spending time on repetitive local tasks that could be triggered remotely, this is a practical tool to evaluate as part of a wider systems integration effort.
    TRIGGERcmd consultants
  • Karbon

    Karbon

    Karbon is a practice management platform designed specifically for accounting firms, bookkeepers, and financial services teams. It combines workflow management, client communication, document handling, and team collaboration into a single system purpose-built for how accounting practices actually operate. If your firm is juggling client work across email threads, spreadsheets, and shared drives, Karbon consolidates that into structured workflows with clear ownership and deadlines. The platform is particularly strong in Australia and New Zealand, where it was originally built. It integrates natively with Xero and other local accounting tools, which makes it a natural fit for firms already operating in that ecosystem. The core value is turning recurring client work, like BAS lodgements, year-end accounts, and monthly reporting, into repeatable workflows that the whole team can follow consistently. Where Karbon becomes even more powerful is when you connect it to the rest of your tech stack through automation. Using tools like n8n, you can build workflows that automatically create Karbon work items when a client signs an engagement letter, sync client documents from cloud storage, or notify your team in Slack when a deadline is approaching. This kind of business automation turns Karbon from a project management tool into the central nervous system of your practice. We have helped accounting firms connect Karbon to their CRM, document management, and data processing pipelines so that client information flows through the practice without manual re-keying. If your firm is growing and the current workflow is held together by tribal knowledge and email chains, integrating Karbon properly is one of the highest-impact improvements you can make.
    Karbon consultants
  • Let’s Enhance

    Let’s Enhance

    Let’s Enhance is an AI-powered image upscaling and enhancement platform that uses neural networks to increase image resolution, remove noise, and improve visual quality without the artefacts you’d get from traditional resizing. It’s used by e-commerce businesses, real estate agencies, and marketing teams that need high-quality visuals from less-than-ideal source material. The business case for Let’s Enhance is straightforward: you have images that aren’t good enough for their intended use — product photos that are too small for your website, property images that are grainy, or archived graphics that need refreshing. Rather than reshooting or hiring a designer, AI upscaling can get you production-ready results in seconds. This is where it connects to broader automated data processing workflows. When integrated into an automation pipeline using n8n, Let’s Enhance becomes part of a hands-free image processing system. Images uploaded to your CMS or received from suppliers can automatically pass through enhancement before being published. For businesses handling hundreds or thousands of product images, this removes a significant manual bottleneck from the content pipeline. Our AI consulting team has worked with Australian businesses on similar image processing challenges — from property inspection workflows to product catalogue management. The pattern is consistent: automating the image pipeline saves hours of manual work per week while improving output consistency.
    Let’s Enhance consultants
  • Project Bubble (ProProfs Project)

    Project Bubble (ProProfs Project)

    Project Bubble (now ProProfs Project) is a project management platform designed for teams that need straightforward task tracking, Gantt charts, and team collaboration without the complexity of enterprise tools like Jira or Monday.com. It’s particularly suited to small and mid-sized businesses that want clear project visibility without spending weeks on setup and training. Where Project Bubble becomes more powerful is when it’s connected to the rest of your tech stack. Most teams use project management in isolation — tasks live in one system while client data sits in the CRM, files live in cloud storage, and communication happens in Slack or email. Integrating these systems through n8n means project tasks can be created, updated, and closed automatically based on events happening elsewhere in your business. For example, when a new deal closes in your CRM, an onboarding project can be automatically created in Project Bubble with the right tasks, assignees, and deadlines already populated. When a task is marked complete, notifications can flow to the right people and downstream tasks can be triggered. This kind of business automation eliminates the manual overhead of keeping project management in sync with reality. Our consulting team helps Australian businesses design these connected workflows — ensuring your project management tool works as part of a broader system rather than another silo that needs manual feeding. The goal is always less time managing tools and more time doing actual work.
    Project Bubble (ProProfs Project) consultants
  • TinyURL

    TinyURL

    TinyURL is one of the original URL shortening services, turning long web addresses into compact links that are easier to share, track, and manage. While URL shortening might seem simple on the surface, it plays a surprisingly important role in marketing analytics, campaign tracking, and automated communication workflows. For businesses running multi-channel marketing campaigns, TinyURL’s API enables automated link generation with built-in tracking. Rather than manually creating short links for each campaign, email, or SMS message, you can integrate TinyURL into your automation workflows so that every outbound communication includes properly shortened, trackable links — generated on the fly without anyone thinking about it. The integration value becomes clear in scenarios like automated outreach sequences. When your CRM triggers an email or SMS through n8n, the workflow can dynamically generate a TinyURL for each recipient-specific link, embed it in the message, and later pull click data back into your analytics. This gives you campaign-level attribution without the manual overhead of creating and managing hundreds of individual tracking links. Our integration team builds these link management workflows as part of broader marketing and sales automation systems. Whether you’re sending personalised outreach, distributing content across channels, or tracking engagement across offline and online touchpoints, automated URL shortening removes one more manual step from the process.
    TinyURL consultants
  • Headless Testing

    Headless Testing

    Headless Testing refers to tools and services that run automated browser tests without rendering a visible browser window. Instead of opening Chrome on screen, headless testing executes interactions — clicking buttons, filling forms, navigating pages — in the background. This makes tests faster, more reliable, and practical to run in CI/CD pipelines and automated workflows. For development teams, headless testing is essential for maintaining software quality without slowing releases. Every code change can trigger a test suite verifying critical user journeys. For businesses relying on web applications — e-commerce checkouts, customer portals, booking systems — this catches bugs before customers encounter them. Beyond QA, headless browser tools are used for automated data processing tasks like web scraping, screenshot generation, and form submission automation. When a website lacks an API, a headless browser interacts with it programmatically as a human would, extracting data or completing actions as part of a larger workflow. At Osher, we use headless browser capabilities in both testing and automation contexts. Our RPA workflows frequently involve headless browsers interacting with legacy web applications that lack modern APIs. As we demonstrated in our BOM weather data pipeline project, browser automation is a practical solution when clean API access is not available.
    Headless Testing consultants
  • Zoho Desk

    Zoho Desk

    Zoho Desk is a customer support ticketing platform that organises enquiries from email, chat, phone, social media, and web forms into a single help desk. For businesses whose support team is juggling multiple inboxes and losing track of issues, Zoho Desk brings structure to the chaos. Tickets get tracked, assigned, prioritised, and resolved with full visibility for managers and agents. What makes Zoho Desk practical for growing businesses is its tiered pricing and deep integration with the broader Zoho ecosystem. If you already use Zoho CRM or Zoho Analytics, data flows between them natively. Support agents see customer purchase history and previous interactions without switching tools. For businesses outside the Zoho ecosystem, it works well standalone with solid API access for external connections. Automation capabilities handle common support workflows — ticket assignment based on topic, SLA escalation rules, automated responses for routine enquiries, and satisfaction survey triggers after resolution. For teams needing more sophisticated automation spanning multiple systems, our business automation team connects Zoho Desk to external workflow platforms. At Osher, we have helped support teams reduce response times by properly configuring Zoho Desk and connecting it to business systems. The pattern we see most often is businesses using Zoho Desk at a fraction of its capability. Getting the configuration and integrations right turns it from a ticket inbox into a genuine support operations platform.
    Zoho Desk consultants
  • Gitea

    Gitea

    Gitea is a self-hosted Git service that provides repository management, code review, issue tracking, and CI/CD pipelines — a lightweight alternative to GitHub or GitLab that you run on your own infrastructure. For organisations that need source code on-premises for security, compliance, or sovereignty reasons, Gitea delivers collaboration features without sending code to a third-party cloud provider. Gitea is written in Go and runs with minimal resources, making it practical to deploy on modest hardware. Despite being lightweight, it covers what development teams need daily: pull requests with code review, issue boards, wiki documentation, webhooks, and a REST API for integration. For teams migrating from GitHub, the interface is familiar enough that transition is straightforward. Where Gitea fits into a broader automation strategy is through its webhook and API capabilities. Code pushes, pull request events, and issue updates trigger external workflows — CI/CD pipelines, deployment scripts, or automated processes that respond to code changes. For businesses running n8n, Gitea events become triggers for any downstream action. At Osher, we work with businesses that self-host development infrastructure for data sovereignty. Our custom development team helps clients set up Gitea instances integrated with CI/CD pipelines and deployment infrastructure. For teams using n8n, connecting Gitea webhooks to automation workflows is a natural fit our n8n consulting team handles regularly.
    Gitea consultants
  • Bitrix24

    Bitrix24

    Bitrix24 is an all-in-one business platform that bundles CRM, project management, team communication, HR tools, and document management into a single workspace. For businesses tired of juggling separate subscriptions for their CRM, chat tool, task manager, and file storage, Bitrix24 consolidates those functions. It is popular with small to mid-sized businesses that want a unified system without the price tag of enterprise platforms like Salesforce or HubSpot. The CRM module tracks leads, deals, and customer interactions with built-in pipeline management. The project management side handles tasks, Kanban boards, Gantt charts, and time tracking. Communication features include group chat, video calls, and a social intranet. On the HR side, it covers leave management, employee directories, and basic recruitment workflows. The trade-off is that individual modules are not as deep as best-of-breed alternatives. Where Bitrix24 benefits most from integration work is when businesses need data flowing between Bitrix24 and external systems — accounting software, marketing tools, or industry-specific applications. Our system integration team regularly connects Bitrix24 to other platforms via its REST API, enabling automated data sync that eliminates double-entry. At Osher, we have worked with businesses that outgrow Bitrix24s native automation. Connecting it to a workflow platform like n8n lets you build more sophisticated processes — like automated lead scoring, multi-step approvals, or triggered notifications that Bitrix24 alone cannot handle.
    Bitrix24 consultants
  • ShipStation

    ShipStation

    ShipStation is a shipping and order fulfilment platform that connects to your e-commerce stores, marketplaces, and shopping carts to centralise order management. If your business sells online through Shopify, WooCommerce, Amazon, eBay, or any combination of channels, ShipStation pulls all those orders into one dashboard where you can batch-process shipments, print labels, and manage carrier rates. It removes the manual work of logging into multiple platforms to fulfil orders. For businesses scaling their online sales, the manual approach breaks quickly. ShipStation supports automation rules that assign carriers, apply shipping presets, and tag orders based on criteria you define — weight, destination, product type, or order value. Combine this with business automation workflows that sync order status back to your CRM and accounting systems, and your fulfilment process largely runs itself. The platform integrates with major Australian carriers including Australia Post, Sendle, and StarTrack, alongside international options like DHL and FedEx. Rate comparison across carriers is built in, helping businesses find the cheapest or fastest option without checking multiple carrier portals. At Osher, we work with e-commerce businesses that need shipping data flowing into other systems — inventory management, customer notifications, financial reporting. Our integration work connects ShipStation to the rest of the business so fulfilment data does not sit in a silo. We also automate post-shipment workflows like review requests triggered by delivery confirmation.
    ShipStation consultants
  • Docupilot

    Docupilot

    Docupilot is a document automation platform that generates PDFs, Word documents, spreadsheets, and presentations from templates populated with dynamic data. If your business regularly produces proposals, contracts, invoices, or reports that follow a standard format with variable content, Docupilot eliminates the manual copy-paste work. Set up a template once, connect your data source, and the platform generates finished documents automatically. The platform connects to CRMs, form builders, spreadsheets, and other data sources through native integrations and API access. When a deal closes in your CRM, Docupilot generates the contract. When a form is submitted, it produces a personalised PDF. For businesses creating dozens of documents weekly, this saves significant time and reduces errors from manual data entry. Docupilot supports merge fields, conditional content blocks, tables that expand based on data rows, and image insertion. Generated documents can be delivered via email, saved to cloud storage, or pushed to document management systems as part of an automated data processing pipeline. Our team at Osher has built document automation workflows for businesses spending hours each week on manual document creation. A common pattern is connecting Docupilot to a CRM and accounting system so proposals, contracts, and invoices generate at the right stage of the sales process. Combined with RPA workflows, you can automate the entire document lifecycle from creation through approval and delivery.
    Docupilot consultants
  • Studio by AI21 Labs

    Studio by AI21 Labs

    AI21 Studio is a developer platform from AI21 Labs that provides access to large language models (LLMs) through APIs. It offers text generation, summarisation, paraphrasing, and custom language model fine-tuning, giving businesses the building blocks to add AI-powered text capabilities to their products and workflows. What makes AI21 Studio useful for businesses is the range of purpose-built models it offers beyond basic text generation. The Jurassic and Jamba model families handle tasks like text completion, summarisation, and contextual answers, while specialised endpoints handle paraphrasing, grammar correction, and text segmentation. This means you can pick the right model for each specific task rather than using one general-purpose model for everything. At Osher, we help businesses integrate AI21 Studio models into their operations through our custom AI development services. Whether you need automated report summarisation, intelligent document processing, or AI-powered content tools, we build the pipelines that connect AI21 models to your business systems using n8n and custom integrations. See our medical document classification case study for an example of how we deploy language models in production workflows. AI21 Studio supports model fine-tuning on your own data, which means you can train the models to understand your industry terminology and writing style. For Australian businesses looking to add language AI capabilities without building models from scratch, it provides a practical middle ground between off-the-shelf chatbots and custom model training.
    Studio by AI21 Labs consultants
  • SmartSuite

    SmartSuite

    SmartSuite is a work management platform that combines project management, task tracking, CRM, and workflow automation in a single tool. Think of it as a more structured alternative to Airtable or Monday.com, with built-in views for grids, Kanban boards, calendars, timelines, and dashboards all connected to the same underlying data. What makes SmartSuite stand out for business teams is its solution templates and automation engine. Rather than building your project management setup from scratch, you can start with pre-built templates for specific use cases — sales pipelines, project tracking, HR onboarding, client management — and customise from there. The built-in automations handle routine tasks like status updates, notifications, and record creation without needing external tools. At Osher, we help businesses integrate SmartSuite into their broader tech stack and build advanced automations that go beyond what the built-in features offer. Using n8n, we connect SmartSuite to your accounting software, CRM, communication tools, and custom systems so that data flows automatically between platforms. Our business automation services turn SmartSuite from a standalone work management tool into the operational backbone of your business. See our talent marketplace case study for an example of connected work management. SmartSuite includes team collaboration features, document storage, time tracking, and reporting dashboards. For Australian businesses looking for a single platform to manage projects, clients, and internal processes without juggling multiple subscriptions, it provides genuine depth at a competitive price point.
    SmartSuite consultants
  • Daffy

    Daffy

    Daffy is a donor-advised fund (DAF) platform that makes charitable giving easier for individuals and businesses. It lets users set aside money for donations in a tax-advantaged account and then distribute grants to their chosen charities over time, all from a single app. For businesses, Daffy is useful as part of corporate giving programs, employee donation matching, and community engagement initiatives. The platform handles the tax receipts, grant processing, and charity verification, which removes a lot of the administrative overhead that usually comes with structured giving programs. At Osher, we help organisations integrate Daffy into their broader workflows using automation tools like n8n. This might mean syncing donation data with your accounting software, automating employee matching contributions, or building reporting dashboards that track giving across your organisation. Our system integration approach ensures Daffy fits into your existing tech stack rather than adding another disconnected tool. Daffy supports recurring contributions, portfolio-based investment of donated funds, and a clean interface for discovering and giving to charities. For organisations that want to make charitable giving part of their operations without the admin headache, it provides a practical solution backed by solid data processing capabilities.
    Daffy consultants
  • Zoho WorkDrive

    Zoho WorkDrive

    Zoho WorkDrive is a cloud-based file storage and document management platform built for teams. It provides shared workspaces, real-time document collaboration, and granular access controls, making it a practical choice for businesses that need more structure than a basic file-sharing tool offers. What sets Zoho WorkDrive apart from generic cloud storage is its team-oriented design. Shared team folders, admin controls, and built-in content management features mean your files stay organised as your team grows. It also integrates tightly with the rest of the Zoho ecosystem — Zoho CRM, Zoho Projects, Zoho Mail — which is valuable if your business already runs on Zoho apps. At Osher, we help businesses connect Zoho WorkDrive to their wider tech stack using workflow automation. Whether you need documents automatically filed from email attachments, reports generated and stored on a schedule, or files synced between WorkDrive and external systems, we build the automations that keep your document management running without constant manual effort. See our automated data processing services for more on how we handle document workflows. Zoho WorkDrive includes version history, offline access, and file-level analytics so you can track who accessed what and when. For Australian businesses looking for a well-priced alternative to SharePoint or Google Drive with stronger team management features, it is worth a serious look.
    Zoho WorkDrive consultants
  • Cloud Convert

    Cloud Convert

    CloudConvert is a file conversion API and web tool that supports over 200 file formats. It converts documents, images, videos, audio, spreadsheets, presentations, and ebooks between formats, making it a go-to tool for businesses that deal with files from multiple sources in different formats. The real power of CloudConvert is in its API. Rather than manually converting files one at a time through the web interface, you can build automated workflows that convert files as they arrive — turning uploaded PDFs into editable Word documents, compressing images for web use, or converting video files for different platforms. For businesses processing high volumes of files, this automation eliminates hours of repetitive work. At Osher, we integrate CloudConvert into automated document pipelines using n8n. Whether you need incoming client documents converted to a standard format, image files optimised before storage, or reports generated in multiple output formats, we build the workflows that handle file conversion without manual intervention. See our automated data processing services and our insurance tech data pipeline case study for real examples of how we handle document processing at scale. CloudConvert runs entirely in the cloud, supports batch processing, and offers file merging and watermarking features. For Australian businesses dealing with document-heavy processes, it is a practical tool that slots into larger automation workflows to keep files in the right format without anyone needing to think about it.
    Cloud Convert consultants
  • Papyrs

    Papyrs

    Papyrs is an online wiki and intranet platform that gives teams a simple way to create internal knowledge bases, documentation, and collaborative workspaces. It combines the ease of a drag-and-drop page builder with wiki-style linking and organisation, making it accessible to non-technical team members who need to document processes, policies, and project information. For Australian businesses that struggle with scattered documentation — information buried in shared drives, email threads, or individual hard drives — Papyrs provides a centralised, searchable home for internal knowledge. Teams can create pages for standard operating procedures, onboarding guides, meeting notes, and project documentation without needing IT support. Papyrs supports page templates, file attachments, forms, comments, and granular access permissions. This means you can control who sees what, collect structured input through embedded forms, and maintain version history for compliance-sensitive documents — all within a single platform. If your team needs a knowledge management system that integrates with your existing tools, our integration specialists can connect Papyrs to your project management, CRM, and business automation workflows so documentation stays current as your processes evolve.
    Papyrs consultants
  • Nozbe Teams

    Nozbe Teams

    Nozbe Teams is a task and project management platform designed for teams that want to get things done without endless meetings and status updates. Built on productivity principles inspired by Getting Things Done (GTD), Nozbe Teams focuses on asynchronous communication — meaning your team collaborates through structured tasks and comments rather than constant real-time interruptions. For Australian businesses with distributed or hybrid teams, Nozbe Teams offers a practical way to keep projects moving without everyone being online at the same time. Each project has its own task list, and team members can add comments, attachments, and due dates to tasks, creating a clear record of decisions and progress. The platform supports recurring tasks, delegation, priority levels, and calendar integration, making it suitable for teams managing ongoing operations alongside one-off projects. It also works across desktop and mobile, so your team stays connected whether they are in the office, on-site, or working remotely. If your team struggles with task visibility or spends too much time in meetings discussing who is doing what, our business automation team can help you implement Nozbe Teams alongside integrated workflows that connect your task management to the rest of your business tools.
    Nozbe Teams consultants
  • Canvas

    Canvas

    Canvas by Instructure is a learning management system (LMS) used by educational institutions and businesses to deliver online courses, training programmes, and professional development content. It provides a structured environment for creating course materials, managing assignments, tracking learner progress, and facilitating discussions — all through a web-based platform accessible from any device. For Australian organisations running training programmes — whether for employees, students, or external audiences — Canvas offers a mature, reliable platform with strong analytics. You can see exactly who has completed which modules, where learners are struggling, and how course content performs over time. Canvas supports integration with video conferencing tools, content libraries, plagiarism detection services, and student information systems. Its open API makes it possible to connect Canvas with your existing business tools, pulling enrolment data from your HR system or pushing completion records to your compliance database. If you need to integrate Canvas with your internal systems or automate aspects of your training workflow, our integration team can build connections between Canvas and your HR, compliance, or data processing platforms to keep learner records synchronised and reporting automated.
    Canvas consultants
  • Nusii Proposals

    Nusii Proposals

    Nusii Proposals is a proposal creation and management tool built specifically for agencies and freelancers who need to send professional proposals quickly. It streamlines the entire process from writing to signing — letting you create branded proposals with reusable sections, track when clients open and read them, and collect electronic signatures without leaving the platform. For Australian agencies and consultancies, Nusii addresses a common bottleneck: the time spent writing, formatting, and chasing proposals. Instead of starting from scratch each time or wrestling with Word documents and PDFs, Nusii gives you a template-based system where your best-performing proposal sections are saved and reusable. The platform includes real-time notifications when a client views your proposal, analytics on which sections they spend the most time reading, and built-in e-signatures so you can close deals without switching to a separate signing tool. This visibility into client behaviour helps you follow up at the right moment rather than guessing. If proposals are a bottleneck in your sales process, our sales automation team can help integrate Nusii with your CRM and invoicing tools so that accepted proposals automatically trigger project creation, client onboarding, and invoice generation through automated business workflows.
    Nusii Proposals consultants
  • Confluence

    Confluence

    Confluence is Atlassian’s team workspace and documentation platform, used by businesses of all sizes to create, organise, and collaborate on internal knowledge bases, project documentation, meeting notes, and process guides. If your team’s knowledge lives in scattered Google Docs, Slack messages, and people’s heads, Confluence gives it a structured home. The platform works particularly well alongside Jira for software development teams, but its use extends far beyond engineering. Marketing teams maintain campaign playbooks. Operations teams document standard procedures. Sales teams build proposal templates and competitive intelligence libraries. The value compounds as more of your organisation’s knowledge moves into a searchable, version-controlled system. Where businesses struggle is keeping Confluence connected to their other tools. Project updates from Jira should surface automatically in Confluence. Customer feedback from support tickets should feed into product documentation. Onboarding checklists should trigger when new employees are added to your HR system. Without these integrations, Confluence becomes yet another silo that people forget to update. Osher Digital integrates Confluence into your business workflows using automation and system integrations. We connect it with your project management tools, CRM, HR systems, and communication platforms so documentation stays current without your team manually copying information between tools.
    Confluence consultants
  • SuiteDash

    SuiteDash

    SuiteDash is an all-in-one business management platform that combines client portals, project management, CRM, invoicing, file sharing, and team collaboration into a single white-label solution. Instead of juggling separate subscriptions for each function, SuiteDash consolidates everything behind one login — for both your team and your clients. For service-based businesses in Australia, SuiteDash is particularly appealing because it replaces the patchwork of tools that typically includes a CRM, a project manager, a file-sharing service, and an invoicing system. The white-label capability means you can brand the entire portal with your own domain and logo, presenting a seamless professional experience to clients. The platform handles client onboarding workflows, automated appointment scheduling, recurring billing, and secure document exchange. This makes it well suited for agencies, consultancies, law firms, and accounting practices that need structured client communication alongside internal project tracking. If you are looking to streamline your business operations and reduce tool sprawl, our business automation team can help you migrate to SuiteDash and integrate it with your existing systems through custom system integrations.
    SuiteDash consultants
  • Kanban Tool

    Kanban Tool

    Kanban Tool is a visual project management platform that helps teams track work using the kanban methodology—cards moving across columns from “to do” through “in progress” to “done.” Kanban Tool provides boards, swimlanes, work-in-progress limits, time tracking, and analytics to help teams manage workflows without the complexity of heavier project management platforms. The kanban approach works particularly well for teams managing ongoing work rather than discrete projects—support teams, marketing departments, operations groups, and development teams using continuous delivery. By visualising work in progress and limiting how much lands on each person’s plate simultaneously, teams spot bottlenecks earlier and deliver more consistently. Kanban Tool becomes more powerful when it connects to the rest of your business stack through workflow automation. New customer requests can automatically create cards, status changes can trigger notifications in Slack or Teams, completed tasks can update CRM records, and board metrics can feed into management dashboards. Our integration team builds these connections so your kanban boards reflect reality in real time rather than requiring manual updates. If your team manages work through email threads, shared spreadsheets, or a project tool that has become more overhead than help, Kanban Tool integrated into automated workflows gives you visibility into what is happening without adding administrative burden to the people doing the work.
    Kanban Tool consultants
  • Sifter

    Sifter

    Sifter is a straightforward bug and issue tracking tool designed for development teams that want to manage defects and feature requests without the overhead of heavyweight project management platforms. Sifter focuses on simplicity—you create issues, assign them, track their status, and close them when they are resolved. No Gantt charts, no sprint planning, no complexity you did not ask for. For small to mid-size development teams, agencies, and businesses managing software projects, Sifter fills the gap between a shared spreadsheet and enterprise tools like Jira. It is fast to set up, easy for non-technical stakeholders to use for reporting bugs, and does not require a project management certification to navigate. Sifter becomes more valuable when it connects to the rest of your development and business workflow. Integrated with communication tools, version control, and workflow automation, new issues can trigger notifications in Slack, link to code commits, update project dashboards, and escalate critical bugs to senior developers automatically. Our integration team builds these connections so your bug tracking feeds into—rather than sits apart from—your development process. If your team needs issue tracking that stays out of the way and lets developers focus on fixing things rather than managing a tool, Sifter integrated into an automated development workflow is a practical choice.
    Sifter consultants
  • Mem

    Mem

    Mem is an AI-powered note-taking and knowledge management platform that helps teams capture, organise, and retrieve information without the usual friction of traditional tools. Rather than forcing you into rigid folder structures, Mem uses machine learning to surface relevant notes, tag content automatically, and connect related ideas across your workspace. For businesses drowning in scattered documents across Slack threads, email chains, and shared drives, Mem offers a genuine solution. It pulls your knowledge into one searchable layer where context follows you rather than getting lost in silos. Teams using Mem typically find they spend less time hunting for information and more time actually using it. Where Mem gets particularly useful is when it connects to the rest of your tech stack. Paired with workflow automation through tools like n8n, Mem can automatically capture meeting notes, route insights to the right people, and feed into reporting workflows. Our AI consulting team has helped organisations build knowledge management systems where Mem acts as the central brain, connected to CRMs, project management tools, and communication platforms. If your team keeps reinventing the wheel because institutional knowledge lives in people’s heads rather than in an accessible system, Mem integrated into a broader automation stack is worth serious consideration.
    Mem consultants
  • Microsoft Entra ID (Azure Active Directory)

    Microsoft Entra ID (Azure Active Directory)

    Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) is the identity and access management platform that underpins most enterprise Microsoft environments. The n8n Entra ID node lets you automate user provisioning, group management, licence assignments, and access control workflows — replacing manual admin tasks that eat into IT team capacity every single day. Managing identities at scale is one of those problems that grows quietly until it becomes unmanageable. New starters need accounts created across multiple systems. Leavers need access revoked promptly for security compliance. Group memberships change as people move between teams. Doing this manually is slow, error-prone, and a genuine security risk when offboarding gets delayed. With n8n and the Entra ID node, you can build workflows that trigger on HR system events — like a new hire record in BambooHR or a termination in your HRIS — and automatically create, update, or disable Entra ID accounts. Combine it with nodes for Slack, Google Workspace, or Jira to handle the full onboarding and offboarding chain in one automated sequence. Osher Digital helps Australian businesses automate identity management and system integrations using n8n. If your IT team is drowning in manual user provisioning or you need tighter offboarding controls for compliance, our business automation team can build it properly.
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  • OpenAI Assistant

    OpenAI Assistant

    The OpenAI Assistant node in n8n connects your workflows to OpenAI’s Assistants API, giving you access to persistent, stateful AI assistants that can use tools, retrieve files, and maintain conversation context across interactions. Unlike a simple ChatGPT API call that processes one message at a time, Assistants remember previous messages in a thread, can search through uploaded documents, and execute code — all managed by OpenAI’s infrastructure. This changes what you can build with n8n significantly. Instead of stitching together memory management, document retrieval, and tool calling manually across dozens of nodes, the OpenAI Assistant handles that complexity as a single managed service. You upload your documents, define the assistant’s instructions and tools, and the API handles context windows, retrieval ranking, and conversation threading automatically. For businesses building AI agents that need to reference company documents, answer questions from knowledge bases, or perform multi-step reasoning tasks, this node offers a streamlined path. Customer support agents that search policy documents, internal assistants that answer HR questions from handbooks, and research tools that analyse uploaded reports are all practical applications. Our team built a similar document-aware assistant when developing an AI medical document classification system that needed to process and reason about clinical documents accurately. If you are evaluating whether to build your own agent framework or use OpenAI’s managed Assistants API, our AI development team can help you assess the trade-offs for your specific use case — including cost, control, latency, and data privacy considerations.
    OpenAI Assistant consultants
  • Npm

    Npm

    Npm is an n8n node that lets you install and use any npm (Node Package Manager) package directly inside your workflow. This unlocks the entire JavaScript ecosystem from within n8n — date formatting libraries, CSV parsers, encryption utilities, data validation tools, and thousands of other packages that solve specific problems without you writing everything from scratch. The practical value is straightforward: when n8n built-in nodes do not cover a specific data transformation, calculation, or formatting requirement, you reach for an npm package instead of building a custom integration. Need to generate PDFs? Parse complex XML? Validate Australian Business Numbers? Calculate business days excluding public holidays? There is almost certainly an npm package that handles it, and this node lets you use it without leaving your workflow. This node is designed for teams with some JavaScript comfort — you write a short code snippet that imports the package and processes your data. For businesses that want to extend n8n beyond its built-in capabilities without maintaining separate microservices, it bridges the gap between low-code automation and full developer flexibility. Our n8n consultants use it regularly to solve edge cases that standard nodes cannot handle, from custom data transformations in data processing pipelines to specialised integrations that connect niche business systems.
    Npm consultants
  • Window Buffer Memory (easiest)

    Window Buffer Memory (easiest)

    Window Buffer Memory is the simplest memory node in n8n for giving AI agents conversational context. It stores a rolling window of recent messages — typically the last five to twenty exchanges — so your language model can reference what was said earlier in the conversation. Without it, every message is treated as a brand-new interaction, which makes multi-turn conversations impossible and frustrates users who have to repeat themselves. The “window” approach works by keeping only the most recent N message pairs in memory. Older messages roll off as new ones arrive, which keeps token usage predictable and prevents context windows from overflowing on longer conversations. This makes it ideal for chatbots, internal help desks, and customer support agents where conversations are typically short and recent context is more important than historical recall. If your use case requires remembering information across sessions or storing long-term user preferences, you would pair this with a persistent memory backend like Zep. But for most conversational AI deployments, Window Buffer Memory covers the core requirement: making your AI agent feel like it is actually paying attention. Our AI agent development team configures memory strategies based on the specific conversation patterns your users follow — from quick Q&A exchanges to multi-step guided workflows.
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  • Google PaLM Language Model

    Google PaLM Language Model

    Google PaLM Language Model is an n8n AI node that connects workflows to Google’s PaLM (Pathways Language Model) family via the Google AI API. PaLM models offer strong performance on text generation, summarisation, question answering, and classification tasks — and for organisations already invested in Google Cloud, using PaLM keeps everything within the Google ecosystem. While OpenAI models dominate the conversation, PaLM is a solid alternative for specific use cases. It performs well on structured data tasks, multilingual content, and code generation. For businesses that prefer Google’s infrastructure for compliance, billing, or integration reasons, PaLM provides comparable capabilities without adding another vendor to the mix. At Osher Digital, we evaluate all major model providers when designing AI workflows for clients. Google PaLM is often the right choice when a client already runs on Google Cloud Platform, needs strong multilingual support, or wants to consolidate their AI spending under a single cloud vendor. Our custom AI development team configures the node with the appropriate model variant and parameters. For clients interested in comparing options, we run benchmarks across providers using their actual data to find the best fit — not just the most popular name.
    Google PaLM Language Model consultants
  • Mistral Cloud Chat Model

    Mistral Cloud Chat Model

    Mistral Cloud Chat Model is an n8n AI node that connects workflows to Mistral AI’s hosted language models. Mistral has earned a reputation for producing compact, efficient models that punch above their weight — offering strong performance at lower cost and faster inference speeds than many competitors. The cloud chat model node gives you access to these models via Mistral’s API. For businesses building AI-powered workflows where speed and cost matter, Mistral is worth serious consideration. Models like Mistral Large and Mixtral handle complex reasoning tasks well, while smaller variants like Mistral Small deliver fast, affordable responses for simpler tasks like classification and routing. This flexibility means you can match the model to the job instead of paying for more capability than you need. Our AI agent development team at Osher Digital often uses Mistral models for specific nodes within larger workflows. For example, using Mistral Small for initial email classification (fast and cheap) before routing complex queries to a more capable model for detailed response generation. This multi-model approach keeps costs down without sacrificing quality where it counts. Our AI consulting team helps clients design these tiered architectures based on real performance benchmarks against their actual data.
    Mistral Cloud Chat Model consultants
  • OpenAI Model

    OpenAI Model

    OpenAI Model is an n8n AI node that connects your workflows to OpenAI’s language models — including GPT-4, GPT-4 Turbo, and GPT-3.5 Turbo. It’s the most widely used AI model node in n8n and the starting point for most organisations adding AI capabilities to their automation workflows. The node handles text generation, summarisation, classification, translation, code generation, and conversational AI. You send a prompt (with optional system instructions), and the model returns a response that downstream nodes can parse, route, and act on. Combined with n8n’s workflow builder, it turns manual text-heavy tasks into automated pipelines that run without human intervention. At Osher Digital, we use the OpenAI Model node across a wide range of client projects. It powers the AI components in our talent marketplace application processing system, handles document analysis in medical classification workflows, and drives content generation in marketing automation pipelines. Our AI agent development team has deep experience with prompt engineering, token optimisation, and building reliable production workflows around OpenAI’s API. We also help clients evaluate when OpenAI is the right choice versus alternatives like Mistral, Claude, or self-hosted models.
    OpenAI Model consultants
  • Microsoft OneDrive Trigger

    Microsoft OneDrive Trigger

    Microsoft OneDrive Trigger is an n8n node that starts workflows automatically when files are created or modified in OneDrive. It watches specific folders for changes and fires your automation the moment something new lands — whether that’s an uploaded invoice, a signed contract, or an updated spreadsheet from a team member. For businesses running on Microsoft 365, this node eliminates the manual step of checking shared folders and acting on new files. Instead of someone downloading a report from OneDrive, renaming it, and forwarding it to the right team, the workflow handles it all. Documents get processed, data gets extracted, and notifications get sent without anyone lifting a finger. Our automated data processing team at Osher Digital uses the OneDrive Trigger frequently for document-heavy workflows. A practical example: a property inspection client uploads completed reports to a shared OneDrive folder, and the trigger kicks off a workflow that extracts key data, updates their project management system, and sends a summary to the operations manager. Similar to what we delivered in our property inspection automation project.
    Microsoft OneDrive Trigger consultants