Bitmaker Cloud (BMC) is our fully managed, multi-tenant instance of Estela: register, deploy your spider, and pay only for what you use. No Kubernetes, no DevOps, nothing to own.
Kubernetes, Kafka, MongoDB, and the rest of the multi-tenant stack are entirely Bitmaker's responsibility — you write and deploy the spider, we keep the platform it runs on.
The same Kubernetes-based infrastructure runs one occasional job and a sustained high-volume workload side by side, with no migration between tiers as you grow — unlike platforms where scaling means jumping to a bigger predefined plan.
estela set-token, estela create project, and estela deploy handle setup and deployment — and the CLI also creates and schedules jobs directly, so your whole daily operation can run without touching the dashboard.
Pay by card with an automatic monthly charge, or prepay credits that never expire — whichever fits your team. No subscription and no commitment either way; cancel anytime from the dashboard.
Scrapy is fully supported today. Support for other scraping frameworks, including dynamic sites via Playwright, is being finalized with our Platform team — ask us before committing a non-Scrapy project.
Most teams are deployed in under 30 minutes, with no code changes required beyond what your spider already does — this is exactly what happens on cloud.bitmaker.dev.
Sign up at cloud.bitmaker.dev. You get $5 in free credits automatically — no credit card needed. Your dashboard is ready immediately.
Run pip install estela, point it at Bitmaker Cloud with estela set-host, then create an API key with estela create-api-token and save it with estela set-token. No password is ever stored on your machine.
Run estela init in your existing Scrapy project root. This links your local project to BMC and generates the estela.yaml config. No code changes needed.
Run estela deploy. BMC containerizes your code automatically and allocates resources on demand. Your spider appears in the dashboard instantly.
Set a cron schedule, trigger via API, or run manually from the dashboard. Your scraper executes exactly when you need it to — no extra configuration.
Live logs, execution metrics, and itemized cost breakdown per scraper. Download extracted data as CSV directly from the Items tab — no extra tooling needed.
Invite your whole team without handing everyone the same level of access — add as many Viewers, Developers, and Admins as you need, at no extra cost.
Sees every project, spider, job, and log, and can download extracted data and stats. Can't launch jobs or change anything.
Everything a Viewer can do, plus deploys code, launches and stops jobs, and creates or edits scheduled jobs.
Everything a Developer can do, plus manages who's on the account — adding, removing, or changing members.
Full control over the account, including billing. Ownership itself can only be transferred by the Bitmaker team, never by another role.
No subscription, no minimum, no contract. Charged automatically by card each month, or deducted in real time from prepaid credits that never expire.
If a job runs out of credits mid-way, it finishes safely and nothing is deleted — the queue simply resumes once you top up, and you keep access to every dataset you've already generated.
The platform is down or severely affected — no job in your account can run.
The platform works but is degraded — scheduled jobs running significantly late, data missing after completion.
A specific job type fails consistently, or there's a visual bug in the dashboard — normal operation continues.
Non-urgent questions about usage, documentation, or cosmetic issues.
Bitmaker Cloud is for execution, not development — if your spider doesn't exist yet, or needs fixing, that's a different service.
Need your spiders built, fixed, or maintained — even if they'll run on BMC?
View Professional ServicesNeed a dashboard or tool on top of your data, not just a place to run spiders?
View Custom Apps & ToolsWant to own your infrastructure, on-premise or in your own cloud account?
View Estela Commercial SupportJust want the finished dataset, with no platform or spider to operate?
View Data as a ServiceThe things most teams ask before running their first job on Bitmaker Cloud.
Tell us about your use case — volume, framework, or a BMC Enterprise support plan. Our team replies within one business day.