Side-by-side comparison · Automation & Workflows
Browse AI vs Make vs Parabola
Everything that matters when choosing between them, in one place: our rating, what each can do, what they cost, and the trade-offs.
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At a glance
Pick it if: Ecommerce, marketing and sales teams that need data from other websites without writing code.
Pick it if: Marketers and operators who've outgrown simple automations and want to see what their workflows are doing.
Pick it if: Operations and finance teams at ecommerce and logistics businesses who live in spreadsheets.
Overview
| Attribute | Browse AI | Make | Parabola |
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| In one line | Scrape data from websites and track changes, set up by pointing and clicking. | Draw automations as a flowchart, with branches and loops, for less than Zapier charges. | Automates messy operations data jobs like reconciliations, reports and invoice audits. |
| Pricing model | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| Starting price | $19/mo | From $9/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Works with Claude Code | Yes | Yes | No |
Rating breakdown
Our scores out of 5. The higher bar in each row is highlighted.
| Attribute | Browse AI | Make | Parabola |
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| Overall rating | 3.9 | 4.3Winner | 4.0 |
| Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it. | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.5 |
| FeaturesHow completely it covers its own job, and how well the pieces fit together. | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them. | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Value for moneyWhat you get for the price, including the free plan. | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| Speed & reliabilityHow fast it is and how often it falls over. | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Feature comparison
A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.
| Attribute | Browse AI | Make | Parabola |
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| Access & platform | |||
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app | – | – | – |
| Desktop app | – | No | – |
| Browser extension | Yes | Yes | – |
| API access | Yes | Yes | – |
| Teams & business | |||
| Team workspace | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise plan or SSO | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Connects to other apps | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open source or self-hosted | No | No | No |
| AI abilities | |||
| Works with your files | – | Yes | Yes |
| Understands images | – | – | – |
| Makes images | No | No | No |
| Makes video | No | No | No |
| Writes code | No | No | – |
| Runs agents or automations | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Learns your brand or style | – | No | – |
| Works in many languages | – | Yes | – |
| Capabilities score | 7/ 17 | 9/ 17 | 6/ 17 |
Pricing
Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.
| Attribute | Browse AI | Make | Parabola |
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| Plans | Free Free Testing a robot or two. | Free Free Learning the canvas and running a couple of light scenarios. | BasicOur pick Free One person automating their own reports. |
Personal $19/mo billed yearly, or $48 monthly One person monitoring a few sites. | CoreOur pick From $9/mo billed yearly One person automating a small business. | Business Custom Operations and finance teams. | |
ProfessionalOur pick $69/mo billed yearly, or $87 monthly Teams scraping several sites regularly. | Pro From $16/mo billed yearly Anyone whose automations have become business-critical. | ||
Premium From $500/mo billed yearly High-volume or protected sites. | Teams From $29/mo billed yearly A team sharing scenarios and connections. | ||
Enterprise Custom Companies that need SSO, audit logs and an uptime guarantee. | |||
| Which plan to pick | Test on Free first to make sure your target sites work. Professional suits most business use because of the site and user limits; pay yearly if you are sure, as monthly costs much more. | Core is enough for most small businesses, and 10,000 credits goes a long way when routers and error handlers are free. Move to Pro if a failed run costs you money and you want priority execution and better logs. | Start on the free Basic plan to rebuild one report you do every week. If the team needs to share and govern Flows, ask for a Business proof of concept, which is free if it doesn't prove value. |
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Questions people ask
Which is better, Browse AI, Make or Parabola?
Make scores highest overall in our ratings (Browse AI 3.9/5, Make 4.3/5 and Parabola 4.0/5). Browse AI is best for competitor price monitoring and pulling listings into a spreadsheet. Make is best for multi-step marketing workflows and branching logic and filters. Parabola is best for inventory and order reconciliation and shipping and parcel invoice audits.
Which is cheaper, Browse AI, Make or Parabola?
Browse AI: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $19/mo. Make: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at From $9/mo. Parabola: It's free to use.
Which is easier to use, Browse AI, Make or Parabola?
Browse AI rates highest for ease of use in our scores. Ecommerce, marketing and sales teams that need data from other websites without writing code.
How we compare
Ratings are our own, from using each tool, across ease of use, features, output quality, value for money, speed & reliability.
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