Browser & Scraping
Headless browser automation and web scraping tools.
Tool | Category | Segment | Platform / Tool | Plan | Monthly Price USD | Pricing Model | Free Tier / Trial | Included Usage / Limits | Browser / Rendering | Extraction / AI Features | Proxy / Anti-bot | API / SDK / MCP | Data Retention / Storage | Deployment / Hosting | Team / Governance | Best Fit | Main Limits / Caveats |
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No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Managed browser infrastructure | Browserbase | Free | $0 | Included browser/search/fetch usage | ✓ | 3 concurrent browsers; 1 browser hour; 1,000 Search calls; 1,000 Fetch calls; 15 min/session; 7 days data retention; $5 model tokens | Managed real browsers for agents and automation | Search, Fetch, Extract, Stagehand, Model Gateway and browser agent primitives | Proxy allowance not included beyond free defaults; paid plans add proxy GB | REST/API, SDKs, Stagehand, MCP and Browserbase primitives | 7 days data retention | Browserbase hosted infrastructure | Account/project controls; enterprise for custom governance | Prototyping browser agents and lightweight scraping without local browser ops | Only 1 browser hour; production scraping needs paid browser hours/proxies |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Managed browser infrastructure | Browserbase | Developer | $20/mo | Monthly browser-hours plus usage overages | Free plan exists | 25 concurrent browsers; 100 browser hours then $0.12/browser-hr; 1,000 Search calls then $7/1K; 1,000 Fetch calls then $1/1K or higher with proxies/extract; 1GB proxies then $12/GB | Managed real browsers for production testing and scraping tasks | Stagehand, Search/Fetch/Extract, Model Gateway and observability | 1GB proxy allowance, then per-GB proxy overage | REST/API, SDKs, Stagehand, MCP | 7 days data retention | Browserbase hosted infrastructure | Account/project controls | Small teams building browser agents or data extraction workflows | Search/fetch/proxy/model overages can dominate sticker price |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Managed browser infrastructure | Browserbase | Startup | $99/mo | Monthly browser-hours plus usage overages | Free plan exists | 100 concurrent browsers; 500 browser hours then $0.10/browser-hr; paid search/fetch/proxy overages apply | Managed browser fleet at higher concurrency | Stagehand, runtime, identity, observability, Search/Fetch/Extract | Proxy and model gateway usage billed separately | REST/API, SDKs, Stagehand, MCP | Plan data retention higher than free/developer per pricing table | Browserbase hosted infrastructure | Team/account controls; enterprise for custom agreements | Production browser-agent teams needing higher concurrency | Still usage-metered; cap budgets for search, fetch, proxy and model calls |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | AI browser automation framework | Stagehand | Open source | $0 software | MIT open-source SDK; model/browser infra costs separate | ✓ | No framework meter when run locally; pay LLM provider and optional Browserbase/cloud browser costs | Local Chromium or Browserbase cloud browsers | Natural-language act/extract/observe/agent primitives with schema extraction | No built-in proxy network in OSS; use local/proxy/browser provider setup | TypeScript and Python SDK; works with Vercel AI SDK model providers | Local data unless connected to hosted Browserbase/model providers | Local, CI, or Browserbase hosted browsers | Governance depends on your deployment/provider | Developers needing resilient AI-assisted browser scripts without black-box agents | Natural-language browser steps add model cost and can be less deterministic than raw Playwright for stable pages |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Managed browser infrastructure | Browserless | Free | $0 | Unit-based browser plan | ✓ | 1K units/month; 2 max concurrent browsers; 1 min max session time/reconnects; 1 day session/log storage; captcha solving and residential proxies consume units | Hosted Chrome/WebKit/Firefox browser connections | BrowserQL language/editor, screenshots, PDFs and browser automation APIs | Residential proxies consume 6 units/MB; captcha solves consume 10 units | Puppeteer/Playwright/CDP plus Browserless APIs | 1 day persisted sessions and logs | Browserless cloud endpoints | Account-level controls; enterprise for SSO/private deployments | Trying hosted browser automation with minimal setup | Free sessions are very short and small unit pool burns quickly with proxies/captchas |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Managed browser infrastructure | Browserless | Prototyping | $25/mo billed annually | Unit-based browser plan | Free plan exists | 20K units/month; 10 max concurrent browsers; 15 min max session time; $0.002/unit overage; 7 day session/log storage | Hosted Chrome/WebKit/Firefox browsers | BrowserQL, screenshots, PDFs, streaming pages and browser automation | External proxies; residential proxy/captcha unit consumption applies | Puppeteer/Playwright/CDP plus APIs | 7 days persisted sessions/logs | Browserless cloud | Basic email/chat support | Low-volume browser automation and test/scrape workflows | Annual billing price; unit model needs workload testing |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Managed browser infrastructure | Browserless | Starter | $140/mo billed annually | Unit-based browser plan | Free plan exists | 180K units/month; 40 max concurrent browsers; 30 min max session time; $0.0017/unit overage; 30 day session/log storage | Hosted browsers for larger automation workloads | BrowserQL, screen recording, browser automation and API features | External proxies and Browserless proxy/captcha features | Puppeteer/Playwright/CDP plus APIs | 30 days persisted sessions/logs | Browserless cloud | Email/chat/video support | Production browser automation with higher concurrency than entry plans | Overage and proxy/captcha units can make cost less intuitive than browser-hour plans |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Managed browser infrastructure | Hyperbrowser | Usage-based | $0.10/browser-hour | Browser-hour pricing; API calls free | Pricing page exposes usage-based entry | Pricing page states $0.10/browser hour and all API calls free | Managed browsers for scraping and automation | Browser sessions, scraping/extraction workflows and agent browser infrastructure | Proxy/anti-bot features depend on account configuration | API and SDK usage; API calls listed as free | Platform retention not captured in pricing snippet | Hyperbrowser cloud | Team controls depend on plan/account | Teams that want simple per-browser-hour pricing for browser automation | Free allowance and enterprise controls require account/pricing verification |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Browser agent cloud | Browser Use Cloud | Pay as you go | Usage-based | Per agent step/session/skill/proxy usage | No static free tier captured; open-source local package exists | Docs list AI Agent Tasks at $0.01 init plus per-step, Browser Sessions at $0.06/hour, Skill Creation $2/skill, Skill Execution $0.02/call, Proxy Data $10/GB on PAYG | Managed browser sessions for autonomous browser-use agents | Browser-use agent tasks, skills and structured outputs | Proxy data billed per GB; business plans discount proxy/session rates | Cloud API/SDK plus open-source browser-use ecosystem | Session/file handling per Browser Use cloud docs | Browser Use cloud | Business/Scaleup discounts and account controls | Autonomous UI navigation where agent step pricing is acceptable | Agent-step pricing can become expensive versus scripted scraping for repetitive tasks |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Scraping/browser API | Firecrawl | Free | $0 | Credit-based web context API | ✓ | 1,000 credits/month; scrape 1,000 pages; 2 concurrent requests; low rate limits | No full browser session control in basic scrape, but Interact uses browser minutes | Scrape, Crawl, Map, Search, Extract, Monitor, Interact, Agent preview | Managed extraction/crawling; not a raw proxy product | REST API, SDKs, MCP/tool integrations and agent onboarding | Credit data/outputs via Firecrawl account/API | Firecrawl hosted API; OSS project also exists | Account support/governance by plan; SOC 2 listed | Turning websites into LLM-ready markdown/JSON with minimal infra | Credits do not roll over; advanced formats/features cost extra credits |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Scraping/browser API | Firecrawl | Hobby | $16/mo billed yearly | Credit-based web context API | Free plan exists | 5,000 credits/pages per month; 5 concurrent requests; basic support | Interact costs 2 credits per browser minute; normal scrape/crawl/map/monitor cost 1 credit per page | Scrape, Crawl, Map, Search, Extract, Monitor and Agent preview | Managed extraction/crawling and browser interaction credits | REST API, SDKs, integrations | Hosted Firecrawl account/API | Firecrawl hosted API | Basic support | Side projects and low-volume AI data pipelines | No pay-per-use plan; choose a monthly tier and watch credit rollover rules |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Scraping/browser API | Firecrawl | Standard / Growth | $83/mo Standard; $333/mo Growth billed yearly | Credit-based monthly plans | Free plan exists | Standard: 100K pages/credits and 50 concurrent requests; Growth: 500K pages/credits and 100 concurrent requests | Interact browser minutes and Agent preview have separate/dynamic credit behavior | Higher-volume scrape/crawl/search/extract/monitor workloads | Managed anti-bot/extraction rather than bring-your-own proxy network | REST API and SDKs | Hosted Firecrawl account/API | Firecrawl hosted API | Standard or priority support by tier | Scaling LLM-ready crawl/scrape pipelines without maintaining crawlers | Credit burn varies by endpoint and enhanced features; failed FIRE-1 agent requests are billed |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Actor marketplace and scraping platform | Apify | Free | $0 | Monthly prepaid usage plus platform services | ✓ | $5/month to spend in Apify Store or on own Actors; $0.20/compute unit; 25 max concurrent runs; 8GB Actor RAM; datacenter proxies included only inside platform | Actors can use headless browsers, Crawlee, Playwright, Puppeteer and other runtimes | 35K+ Store Actors, AI/data extraction workflows, MCP and API access | Residential proxies $8/GB on Free/Starter; SERPs proxy $2.5/1K SERPs; datacenter proxies included with limits | API, SDK, CLI, MCP server and web console | Dataset/key-value/request queue storage is metered after included free usage | Apify hosted Actors/serverless platform | Community support on Free; paid plans add support/governance | Testing ready-made scrapers and custom Actors with monthly free credits | Free plan blocks when credits are exhausted; Store Actor rental may cost extra |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Actor marketplace and scraping platform | Apify | Starter / Scale | $29/mo Starter; $199/mo Scale | Monthly prepaid usage plus pay-as-you-go overage | Free plan exists | Starter includes $29 prepaid usage, $0.20/CU, 32 concurrent runs, 32GB Actor RAM; Scale includes $199 prepaid usage, $0.16/CU, 128 concurrent runs, 128GB Actor RAM | Hosted Actors with browser automation support | Store Actors, custom crawlers, data extraction, MCP and integrations | Residential proxy $8/GB Starter, $7.5/GB Scale; datacenter IPs and SERPs proxy priced separately | API, SDK, CLI, MCP, integrations | Storage/read/write/data-transfer charges vary by service | Apify cloud platform | Chat/Priority chat support depending tier | Production web scraping where ready-made Actors reduce build time | Real cost depends on Actor resource use, proxy usage, retries, and Store Actor fees |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | AI search/extract API | Tavily | Free | $0 | Credit-based API for agents | ✓ | 1,000 free API credits/month; no credit card; basic search costs 1 credit, advanced search 2; basic extract 1 credit per 5 successful URLs | No browser rendering product; API search/extract/crawl/map/research | Search, Extract, Map, Crawl and Research endpoints optimized for AI agents | No proxy browser infra exposed; Tavily handles web retrieval/search | REST API, SDKs and agent integrations | API response data; no long-term storage positioned as core feature | Tavily hosted API | Enterprise custom support/security | Giving agents current web search and extracted page context cheaply | Not a full browser automation service; Research endpoint can consume 4-250 credits/request |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | AI search/extract API | Tavily | Project / Growth | $30/mo Project; $500/mo Growth | Monthly API credit subscription plus PAYG option | Free plan exists | Project: 4K credits at $30; Bootstrap 15K at $100; Startup 38K at $220; Growth 100K at $500; PAYG $0.008/credit | No browser session control | Search, Extract, Map, Crawl and Research | No user-managed proxy controls | REST API and SDKs | Hosted API; no scraper storage feature emphasized | Tavily cloud API | Email support on self-serve; enterprise custom | AI agents needing predictable web search/extract credits | Credit costs vary by endpoint depth and Research mode |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | AI search/content API | Exa | Free / Search | $0 free; $7/1K Search requests | Per-request API pricing | ✓ | Free tier runs up to 1,000 requests/month; Search base price $7/1K requests with up to 10 results included; Contents $1/1K pages per content type | No browser automation; AI-native search and content retrieval | Search, Deep Search, Contents, Monitors, Answer and Agent APIs | No proxy/anti-bot browser stack for arbitrary sites | REST API/docs and agent use cases | Enterprise offers Zero Data Retention per pricing page | Exa hosted API | Enterprise support, SLAs, custom index/rate limits | Grounding agents with web search, page contents and citations | Search API is not a general browser renderer; extra results/summaries add cost |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | AI search/content API | Exa | Agent / Deep Search | $0.025-$2/request Agent; $12-$15/1K Deep Search | Per-request and compute-unit pricing | Free requests available for basic API start | Agent fixed effort modes: Low $0.025, Medium $0.10, High $0.50, X-high $2/request; Search tool calls $0.007/search; contact enrichment billed separately | No browser automation runtime | Deep research, structured outputs, citations, monitors and enrichment | No managed proxy/browser controls | API endpoints for search/deep/agent/content | Enterprise ZDR/custom terms | Exa hosted API | Enterprise custom terms | Research agents, list building and enrichment workflows | Can be expensive for broad crawls; use fixed effort modes for predictable cost |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Reader/search foundation API | Jina AI Reader/Search | Free | $0 | Token/rate-limited API tier | ✓ | API docs table lists Free tier with 1M tokens and lower rate/concurrency limits; Search Foundation API exposes search/reader-style endpoints for agents | No browser automation; API retrieves/reads web content | Reader, Search Foundation API and LLM-friendly content retrieval | No user-managed proxy/browser controls in pricing docs | REST API and docs; API key from Jina dashboard | Hosted API; token/rate limits by tier | Jina hosted API | Paid tiers increase tokens/rate limits | Cheap reader/search context for agents and RAG pipelines | Pricing docs are token/rate-limit oriented; verify dashboard for exact current tier limits |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | SERP/search API | SerpApi | Free / Starter | $0 free; $25/mo Starter | Monthly search bucket | ✓ | Free: 250 searches/month and 50 throughput/hour; Starter: 1,000 searches/month and 200 throughput/hour | No browser session control; SERP scraping API | Google and many other search engine/result APIs with structured JSON | SerpApi handles search scraping infrastructure | REST API, SDKs and integrations | Hosted API; no crawler storage focus | SerpApi hosted API | Higher plans add throughput/search volume; enterprise custom | SERP/result scraping when structured search data is required | Tiny free tier; not for full-page crawling or arbitrary browser tasks |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | SERP/search API | SerpApi | Developer / Production | $75/mo Developer; $150/mo Production | Monthly search bucket | Free plan exists | Developer: 5,000 searches/month and 1,000 throughput/hour; Production: 15,000 searches/month and 3,000 throughput/hour | Search scraping API, not browser automation | Search engine and marketplace result parsing | Provider-managed SERP scraping | REST API/SDKs | Hosted API | SerpApi cloud | Higher plans add volume and throughput | Apps that need reliable search result JSON without maintaining parsers | Search volume can become expensive versus generic web search APIs for agent loops |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Scraping API | ScraperAPI | 7-day trial | $0 trial | API credit trial then paid monthly plans | ✓ | 7-day trial includes 5,000 API credits; no credit card required | Hosted scraping API with JS rendering options | HTML scraping, parsing/structured data APIs, DataPipeline and crawler access on paid plans | Premium residential/mobile IPs and advanced bypassing on paid plans | REST API and integrations | Analytics history by paid plan | ScraperAPI hosted API | Support by paid tier | Testing scraping endpoints before committing to a monthly plan | Trial is time-limited; ongoing usage requires paid monthly bucket |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Scraping API | ScraperAPI | Hobby / Business | $49/mo Hobby; $299/mo Business | Monthly API credit plan | 7-day trial | Hobby: 100K API credits and 20 concurrent threads; Startup: 1M credits; Business: 3M credits and 100 concurrent threads | Hosted scraping API with JS rendering support | Crawler access, structured APIs, DataPipeline and advanced bypassing | Premium residential/mobile IPs included by plan; geo targeting expands by tier | REST API and dashboard | Analytics dashboard up to 30 days on lower tiers, unlimited on Business+ | ScraperAPI hosted API | Priority support at higher tiers | General-purpose scraping API with enough credits for recurring jobs | Credit cost varies by feature/domain; annual pricing differs from monthly |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Scraping API | ScrapingBee | Free trial credits | $0 trial | Signup credit allowance then paid plans | ✓ | 1,000 free API credits with no credit card required | Hosted scraping API with JavaScript rendering support | HTML API, Google/Amazon/Walmart/Fast Search/ChatGPT/YouTube APIs and AI query add-on | Classic, Premium and Stealth proxies consume different credits | REST API and language integrations | Dashboard/request builder shows credit cost | ScrapingBee hosted API | Paid plans scale concurrency/support | Quickly testing scrape/render/proxy quality on real URLs | Credits are consumed differently by API and proxy mode; test exact target cost in dashboard |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Scraping API | ScrapingBee | Business | $249.99/mo in help center | Monthly API credit plan | Free credits exist | Help center lists Business: 3M API credits and 100 concurrent requests for $249.99/month; enterprise-sized plans above that | Hosted scraping/rendering API | HTML/API endpoints plus AI query add-on | Classic/Premium/Stealth proxies with credit multipliers; Google HTML costs 20 or 75 credits depending proxy | REST API and SDK examples | Dashboard/account storage | ScrapingBee hosted API | Business and Enterprise support/concurrency | Teams needing higher credit/concurrency scraping API without maintaining browsers | Official pricing page may change; help center plan table was updated 2025-10-17 |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Smart proxy and extraction API | Zyte API | Standard PAYG | Usage-based | Per-successful-response pricing | ✓ | $5 free credit in first billing month; 3,000 RPM standard limit; browser-rendered requests priced by target tier from $0.75 to $12 per 1,000 requests on pricing page | Browser requests, HTTP requests and screenshots | Automatic extraction, custom attributes and AI extraction options | Zyte manages ban avoidance, browser automation and network costs | REST API, Scrapy plugin and SDK integrations | Hosted API account; usage/spending limits | Zyte hosted scraping API | Enterprise custom support/SLA/compliance | Scrapy teams or scraping projects needing managed unblock/render/extract | Per-target tiering requires cost estimator; free credit expires after first billing month |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Enterprise scraping browser/proxy | Bright Data Scraping Browser | Pay as you go | $8/GB | Bandwidth-based scraping browser pricing | Free trial available | Pay-as-you-go $8/GB; monthly commitments include $499 for 71GB at $7/GB, $999 for 166GB at $6/GB, $1,999 for 399GB at $5/GB | GUI/headless scraping browser on Bright Data infrastructure | Browser API, scraping browser and broader data collection platform | Autonomous unlocking and Bright Data proxy network | Browser API and integrations | Bright Data account data/logs per platform settings | Bright Data cloud | Enterprise support/SLA/account manager on larger plans | Protected, large-scale scraping where proxy quality/unlocking matter more than lowest price | Bandwidth pricing can be expensive; enterprise-oriented and legally sensitive workloads need review |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Serverless browser rendering | Cloudflare Browser Run | Workers Free | $0 | Included browser minutes on Workers Free | ✓ | 10 minutes/day browser usage; 3 concurrent browsers on Workers Free | Headless Chrome on Cloudflare network; REST API and Workers bindings | Screenshots, markdown/content, crawl endpoint, Playwright/CDP and AI-agent browser use cases | No proxy-unlocking product; runs through Cloudflare infrastructure | REST API, Workers bindings, Playwright API, CDP and MCP examples | Cloudflare dashboard usage metrics; app controls storage | Cloudflare edge/serverless runtime | Cloudflare account controls | Cheap screenshots, rendering, crawl and browser tasks inside Cloudflare ecosystem | Free plan has 10 min/day; REST API rate limit and Workers limits can constrain heavy crawls |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Serverless browser rendering | Cloudflare Browser Run | Workers Paid | Usage-based after included 10 hours/mo | Browser-hour and concurrent browser pricing | Free tier exists | Workers Paid includes 10 browser hours/month and 10 concurrent browsers averaged monthly; then $0.09/additional browser-hour; Workers bindings add $2/additional concurrent browser | Headless browser API on Cloudflare network | Screenshots, content/markdown, crawl, Playwright/CDP and browser sessions | No residential proxy pool; pair with your own network constraints | REST API, Workers, Playwright/CDP | Usage visible in Cloudflare dashboard/headers | Cloudflare Workers/Browser Run | Cloudflare org/account controls | Cost-efficient browser rendering when anti-bot bypass is not the main problem | Stateful/heavy crawls may need Durable Objects/Workers and separate pricing |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Open-source browser automation | Playwright | Open source | $0 software | Open-source framework; infra/proxy/browser costs separate | ✓ | No software usage meter; run locally/CI/self-hosted browsers | Chromium, Firefox and WebKit automation | Screenshots, scraping, testing, selectors, auto-wait, tracing and browser contexts | No proxy/anti-bot network included; you configure proxies and stealth separately | Node.js, Python, Java and .NET APIs; MCP server exists separately | Local/CI artifacts if configured | Local, CI, Docker, cloud browser providers | Governance depends on CI/cloud provider | Reliable deterministic browser automation and tests | Selectors can break; anti-bot/captcha handling is outside core Playwright |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Open-source browser automation | Puppeteer | Open source | $0 software | Open-source framework; infra/proxy/browser costs separate | ✓ | No software usage meter; run local/CI Chrome/Chromium or connect to remote browsers | Chrome/Chromium-focused browser automation with Firefox support in newer versions | Screenshots, PDF, scraping, Chrome DevTools Protocol automation | No proxy/anti-bot network included | Node.js API and CDP ecosystem | Local/CI artifacts if configured | Local, CI, Docker, managed browser providers | Governance depends on deployment | Chrome-centric automation, screenshots and rendering | Less cross-browser than Playwright; target-site anti-bot handling is separate |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Open-source crawling framework | Scrapy | Open source | $0 software | Open-source Python framework; infra/proxy/rendering costs separate | ✓ | No framework usage meter; run spiders locally, in CI, or on your own/cloud workers | HTTP crawling by default; browser rendering via plugins/services such as Zyte, Playwright or Splash | Spiders, pipelines, item extraction, scheduling, retries and feed exports | No bundled proxy/anti-bot network; supports proxy middleware/services | Python framework, Scrapyd and ecosystem integrations | Storage/export controlled by app | Local/self-hosted/cloud | Governance through your code/deployment | Large structured crawls where browser rendering is not always needed | Modern JS/protected sites usually require rendering/proxy services |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Open-source LLM-friendly crawler | Crawl4AI | Open source | $0 software | Open-source library; model/browser infra costs separate | ✓ | No OSS usage meter; run locally/self-hosted; optional cloud/beta pricing separate | Python crawler/scraper with browser support | LLM-friendly markdown extraction, CSS/XPath/LLM extraction, chunking and structured outputs | No bundled proxy network in OSS; configure browser/proxy stack yourself | Python API and crawler config | Local/app-owned storage | Local/self-hosted | Governance depends on deployment | Open-source AI/RAG scraping pipelines that want markdown/structured extraction | You own ops, rate limiting and anti-bot handling; cloud pricing not stable enough for budgeting row |
No tagline | Browser / Scraping | Open-source crawling library | Crawlee | Open source | $0 software | Open-source library; Apify/cloud/proxy costs separate | ✓ | No library usage meter; can run locally or deploy to Apify/own infrastructure | JavaScript/TypeScript crawlers with Playwright/Puppeteer/HTTP modes | Crawling, request queues, retries, datasets and browser automation helpers | Proxy configuration supported; Apify Proxy or external proxies cost extra | JS/TS API; integrates with Apify Actors | Local or platform datasets/storage | Local/self-hosted/Apify | Governance depends on host | Developers building custom scrapers in the Apify/Crawlee ecosystem | Not a hosted service by itself; anti-bot and scaling depend on infrastructure |