For your own small-scale scraping needs, a headless-browser script genuinely works well and costs nothing — the same 'self-hosted covers personal scale' pattern as this register's Algolia entry. Reliable scraping across thousands of hostile, anti-bot-protected sites at scale is the real infrastructure.
VIBE SCORE 97/100
The parts this build actually needs, each rated on its own — the average is the Vibe Score above.
| Landing page | 99 |
| CRUD database | 95 |
Two real costs, not just "free": the AI agent's own usage, and hosting once it's running. Both are estimated from this app's own effort rating and component list — see the assumptions on the method page.
| AI agent — with a subscription (Claude Pro/Max, Cursor, etc.) | $0 marginal |
| AI agent — pay-per-use API, no subscription | $43–$86 one-time |
| Hosting, once it's running | $0/mo (free tier) |
| Domain name, if you want your own | ~$12/yr |
Apify costs $39/mo. Even paying per-token with no subscription, and accounting for hosting, this build pays for itself in about 3 months.
Don't feel like building it? These are already made, open-source, and free.
Borderline. For your own small-scale scraping needs, a headless-browser script genuinely works well and costs nothing — the same 'self-hosted covers personal scale' pattern as this register's Algolia entry. Reliable scraping across thousands of hostile, anti-bot-protected sites at scale is the real infrastructure.
Apify costs $39/mo (about $468/yr) as of 2026-08. That's what a working rebuild would save you.
Reliably scraping thousands of different sites, many actively trying to block automated access, needs a real, continuously-maintained proxy and anti-detection infrastructure Rotating residential proxies and solving CAPTCHAs at scale is an adversarial, ongoing arms race most individuals shouldn't try to win alone Respecting a site's terms of service and robots.txt matters regardless of scale — this applies to a personal script too
Yes — Playwright are open-source options worth trying before you build your own. Details are in the standard parts section on this page.
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