Does adding a scan agent let me run more scans at once?

The short version

Yes. Each enrolled, online agent adds to your organisation's limit for scans running at once, because it brings its own capacity. An offline agent does not add anything.

How it works in Cyberlop

The Plan & usage tab shows Scans at once. That number is the plan's limit on how many scans can run together in the cloud. A scan agent runs jobs on your own machine, so Cyberlop adds it to your limit.

Two details decide whether you feel the extra room. Both matter.

• Your agent has to be online. Pending and offline agents add nothing.
• Scans use the agent only when their profile has Scan location set to that agent. Any profile left on Cyberlop cloud keep running in the cloud, under the normal limit.

Revoking an agent stops its key at once, and any profile pinned to it goes back to the Cyberlop cloud.

The exact numbers depend on your plan, and the plan card shows your own limit. Your own machine also needs enough power for the scans you send to it.

What to do next

Add an agent, wait for online, then set Scan location on the profiles you want to move. Then start a few scans together and watch them run side by side on the cloud and on your agent, which is the point of the extra capacity.

Added an agent and still cannot run more? Read why an agent adds no extra capacity and why scans still run in the cloud. Start with adding a scan agent.

Related questions

• I added a scan agent but still can't run more scans at once. Why?
• My scan agent is online, but scans still run in the Cyberlop cloud. Why?
• How do I add a self-hosted scan agent?
• What do pending, online and offline mean for a scan agent?
• What is a self-hosted scan agent, and when do I need one?

Full tutorial

Cyberlop self-hosted scan agents: scan private apps from inside your network

Step-by-step, with annotated screenshots.

Updated 8 October 2026 · Back to the help centre