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Gaffa meters everything in credits. Plans start at $29 per month for 9,000 credits, and credits do not roll over. Starter allows 1 concurrent request and 1 minute of runtime, which slows bulk jobs. Proxy bandwidth costs 750 credits per GB, so scraping heavy pages needs a bandwidth estimate before you commit. The $29 entry is also higher than hobby tools.
n8n is a workflow automation platform for technical teams, cloud-hosted or self-hosted, with a free tier. Self-hosting lets you run your own flows without per-credit billing, though you take on the setup, and its starting price is not stated in our verified data. Make is a visual builder with a free tier and Core at $9 per month (priced for 10k credits a month). Both orchestrate apps and APIs, so they can call a scraping service, but they are not real-browser scraping APIs like Gaffa; expect to bring your own scraper or browser step.
"Better suited" below is based on documented features and pricing from our verified profiles, not on a head-to-head test. Prices are USD as published by each vendor.
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Taken from the documented limitations in our Gaffa profile.
| Tool | Starting price | Free tier | Platforms | Main limitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaffa (this page) | $20 (Pay-as-you-go credits) | Yes | API | Credits do not roll over, Starter allows only 1 concurrent request and 1 minute runtime, and proxy bandwidth is billed at 750 credits per GB. |
| n8n | Not published | Yes | Web, API | Cloud plans capped by monthly executions (e.g. 2.5K on Starter); Business plan self-hosted only. |
| Make | $9/mo (Core) | Yes | Web, API | Every module action consumes a credit, so complex scenarios use credits quickly |
Workflow automation platform for technical teams to build AI agents and integrations, cloud-hosted or self-hosted.
Free stops at: Unlimited workflow executions, Unlimited concurrent executions (depends on server hardware)
Pricing US price unconfirmed
Visual no-code platform for building automated workflows and AI agents that connect thousands of apps.
Free stops at: 1,000 credits/month, 2 active scenarios
Free · paid from $9/mo US · checked Sep 29
Open-source terminal AI agent from Google bringing Gemini to the command line; site notes unpaid and Google One users moved to Antigravity CLI.
Free stops at: Verify current availability
Verified geminicli.com (opens Gemini CLI website in a new tab)
Pricing US price unconfirmed
OpenAI's coding agent for the CLI, IDE extension, desktop app, web and iOS, included in ChatGPT plans or billed by API.
Free stops at: Desktop app only listed, Usage limits apply
Verified developers.openai.com (opens OpenAI Codex website in a new tab)
Free · paid from $8/mo US · checked Sep 29
Anthropic's agentic coding tool that reads your codebase, edits files and runs commands from the terminal, IDEs, desktop app or browser.
Watch out: Not included in the Free Claude plan, and usage on subscriptions is capped by plan limits.
Verified code.claude.com (opens Claude Code website in a new tab)
From $20/mo US · checked Sep 29
Private inference endpoint for open-weight models, built for coding agents, with zero request retention.
Watch out: Monthly plans cover estimated token totals, not fixed allowances, and agent tool calls (web search, fetch) ar…
Verified zro.moonmath.ai (opens Zro (by MoonMath) website in a new tab)
From $20/mo US · checked Sep 29
Full-stack design-to-code platform for building and deploying software with AI agents and real-time team collaboration.
Watch out: No pricing is published and access is through an early-access waitlist.
Pricing US price unconfirmed
E-commerce purchasing API that lets developers and AI agents search, buy, track and return products across thousands of retailers.
Free stops at: Search on the agent flow is described as free; agent sandbox with test keys.
From $1/order US · checked Sep 29
Gaffa gives 500 free credits on signup with no card. n8n and Make both list free tiers in our catalog, but they are automation tools rather than scraping APIs.
Credits do not roll over, Starter allows 1 concurrent request and 1 minute runtime, and proxy bandwidth is billed at 750 credits per GB.
Make Core is $9 per month. n8n's starting price is not stated in our verified data. Gaffa Starter is $29 per month.
Two: n8n and Make.
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