Context.dev vs Make

Context.dev

Pros

• Every credit comes from one pool, so scraping, search, brand and extraction don't need four subscriptions to reason about
• The free tier is usable rather than decorative — 500 credits, 50 brand retrievals and no card
• Overage rates fall as the plan grows, from $15 to $7 per 10K credits
• Make, Zapier, Sheets and Excel integrations put it in reach of people who won't be writing a client

Cons

• Credit-metered across six different products, so forecasting a month's spend takes more arithmetic than a flat seat price
• The free plan simply stops at 500 credits rather than degrading, which is honest but abrupt mid-build
• SSO, custom limits and the 99.9% SLA are Enterprise-only

Make

Pros

• The visual canvas makes complex, branching logic far easier to follow than a linear builder
• Credit-based pricing is generally cheaper than task-based pricing at moderate volume
• Deep customization via HTTP modules and a custom-app framework when the app catalogue falls short

Cons

• The canvas has a steeper learning curve than simpler linear automation tools
• Smaller integration catalogue than Zapier for less common apps
• Debugging a large scenario with many branches can get visually cluttered

Context.dev is the better fit for:

• Feeding an agent clean page text without maintaining a scraping fleet
• Building a RAG index from a documentation site in one crawl
• Pulling logos and brand colours for a directory, CRM or partner page
• Enriching a lead list with industry codes from nothing but a domain
• Watching competitor pricing pages and reacting when they change
• Replacing a stack of single-purpose API subscriptions with one credit pool

Make is the better fit for:

• Building a multi-branch workflow that's easier to read as a diagram than a step list
• Automating data transformations across a chain of apps with conditional logic
• Orchestrating an AI step, such as summarizing or classifying, as part of a larger workflow
• Calling an API that has no ready-made connector
• Running a scheduled job that remembers what it did on the previous run
• Handing a colleague a workflow they can read and change without your notes