These are easy to deploy and work with many existing stages. That is, they can be cost effective in that they can be picked up and then used to retrofit an existing piece of equipment like the mirror mount above.

Uses piezoelectric static/dynamic friction motors. The New Focus 8095 would probably be my choice for fine positioning, roll, pitch, and z in particular. These stages are low profile, very stable, and very precise. Some disadvantages are that they have relatively short lives compared to conventional motors and that they might be more expensive due to more limited availability compared to more conventional motors. As of 2012 at auction they go for about $100 for a used 1“ travel unit. Controllers appear much less often but go from $50-200 for both “network” (computer controlled) and regular varieties.

Yaw might be usable depending on how much correction is needed. I imagine X/Y would be too slow and high precision for scanning.

Somewhat large DC actuator. I got a few for $35 each. They got rejected for use on the CNC microscope because they are too big and get in the way of hte objectives.

Makes some actuators that look to be a little smaller than the Newport 860A. Maybe stepper motors? Haven't arrived yet. I got a few for $40 each.