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migration / Checked 2026-10-18

Move bursty browser workers from Tilion to Notte

A migration plan for bursty browser workers: retain the business check, replace Tilion's provider-owned resources, and prove the Notte workflow before cutover.

Decide whether this move earns its cost

A queue receives more browser jobs than the account can run at once. Workers must wait for capacity and recover slots after failed jobs.

The reviewed Tilion homepage offers a waitlist and contact route. Arena's tested integration is useful evidence about a run, but a purchasing or migration decision still needs a documented access, state and execution contract; those unknowns must remain visible beside Notte's public docs.

Notte is a candidate when its published concurrency tiers fit the queue and the team wants browser and Python execution resources in one platform. Capacity must be checked separately from the hourly rate.

An existing pool or queue integration can outweigh a rate difference when it already handles the burst reliably. A single-session latency result does not establish fleet behavior for any provider.

Keep the result contract stable

A fixed burst of jobs, the account's documented concurrency entitlement and a bounded application queue.

The queue drains without exceeding the entitlement; every allocated browser is associated with one job and eventually released.

Preserve the evidence contract across the move: Queue arrival and start times, allocated sessions, completion counts and recovered capacity.

Map the workflow's resources

RequirementTilionNotte
Browser controlArena integrationDocumented
Saved browser stateNot establishedDocumented
Live viewNot establishedDocumented
Deployment choiceNot establishedEnterprise options

Sources: tilion.com [1] ↗docs.notte.cc [2] ↗docs.notte.cc [3] ↗docs.notte.cc [4] ↗docs.notte.cc [5] ↗

Capacity and limits

Tilion: Arena's observed test concurrency is a test configuration, not an account entitlement. Obtain the production concurrency and session creation limits for your access tier before sizing a fleet.

Notte: The public plans list 5, 25 and 100 concurrent browser sessions, with custom limits on Enterprise. Session duration and concurrent capacity are separate plan limits; a larger technical API limit does not override the plan.

Sources: tilion.com [1] ↗notte.cc [2] ↗

Browser control

Tilion: BrowserArena includes a Tilion session integration. The reviewed public Tilion homepage does not publish the full session API contract; obtain the supported connection and lifecycle instructions through its access flow.

Notte: Create an owned browser session, connect Playwright or Puppeteer over CDP, and stop the session when the work finishes. Browser lifecycle management remains necessary even when the control socket disconnects.

Sources: tilion.com [1] ↗docs.notte.cc [2] ↗

Deployment ownership

Tilion: The public access path currently points to a waitlist and contact. A production integration needs an agreed API contract, service access and ownership of the browser lifecycle.

Notte: Use a remote browser from your existing process or deploy the browser automation as a Notte Function. These choices put lifecycle, scheduling and monitoring responsibilities in different places.

Sources: tilion.com [1] ↗docs.notte.cc [2] ↗

Pricing model

Tilion: Arena provides an estimated usage rate for its test. The reviewed public homepage does not establish a self-serve production plan, allowances or overage terms. Obtain those terms before quoting a monthly bill.

Notte: The public usage rates are $0.01 per browser-hour, $0.05 per Function-hour and $10 per GB of managed proxy traffic. Paid plans return their price as usage credits. Price the relevant meters and plan eligibility for the workload.

Sources: tilion.com [1] ↗notte.cc [2] ↗

Cut over one responsibility at a time

For this Tilion-to-Notte migration, keep the business assertion outside provider resource management. Source profile, connection, file and execution IDs are not valid target IDs; use a documented transfer path or establish the corresponding resource in Notte.

Retain source job history and a rollback route until the target pilot passes. A migration checklist is not evidence that saved state or runtime behavior is automatically portable.

  • Keep admission control in place while introducing the target provider.
  • Move one queue partition and record allocation failures separately from task failures.
  • Compare drained jobs, leaked slots and cost per completed job before raising concurrency.

Sources: tilion.com [1] ↗notte.cc [2] ↗docs.notte.cc [3] ↗

A proposed acceptance case

This is an evaluation design, not a claim that this workflow has been executed successfully on every provider.

Part of the testRequired observation
Controlled inputA fixed burst of jobs, the account's documented concurrency entitlement and a bounded application queue.
Pass conditionThe queue drains without exceeding the entitlement; every allocated browser is associated with one job and eventually released.
Negative caseFail a job after browser allocation. Verify that the next queued job can acquire the recovered slot and that retries do not create untracked sessions.
Evidence to retainQueue arrival and start times, allocated sessions, completion counts and recovered capacity.

A reason to delay or keep the source

Fail a job after browser allocation. Verify that the next queued job can acquire the recovered slot and that retries do not create untracked sessions.

Tilion: Arena measurements do not establish public availability or feature completeness. Confirm access, API details and plan terms before planning a production migration.

Delay cutover when the target's selected plan, required artifact path or supported website-account flow is not established. Resolve that gap before moving real jobs, even if the rate comparison favors the target.

Sources: tilion.com [1] ↗notte.cc [2] ↗

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