Web scraping platform with 21,000+ pre-built Actors for extracting data from websites without coding scrapers from scratch.
Web scraping platform where you pick from 21,000+ pre-built Actors instead of coding scrapers. Handles JavaScript rendering, CAPTCHAs, and anti-bot detection automatically.
Apify solves a specific problem: you need data from websites but don't want to build and maintain scrapers. Instead of fighting with Puppeteer, Scrapy, Beautiful Soup, or Selenium, you browse their marketplace of 21,000+ ready-made Actors, click run, and get structured data back.
Each Actor handles a specific site or task. Need Instagram profile data? There's an Actor. Amazon product listings? A different one. Google Maps businesses? Another. The platform handles JavaScript rendering, CAPTCHA solving, and anti-bot detection, which are the parts that break most DIY scrapers within weeks.
Pricing runs on compute units (CUs). Simple scraping costs roughly $0.20-0.30 per CU. The free tier includes $5/month in credits, enough to test a few Actors on small datasets. Starter at $29/month includes $50 in credits. Scale at $199/month gives $500 in credits. Business at $999/month gets $2,500 in credits plus dedicated support and SLAs.
The cost math matters here. If you're scraping 10,000 pages monthly from a JavaScript-heavy site, expect to burn through $30-50 in compute. That's cheaper than hiring a developer to build and maintain a custom scraper, but more expensive than a self-hosted Scrapy or Beautiful Soup setup for simple sites. Compared to Octoparse or ParseHub, Apify offers more flexibility but with steeper learning curves for custom solutions.
Actors break when target websites change their HTML structure. Popular Actors for major sites get fixed quickly by the community. Niche Actors sometimes go months without updates. You can build custom Actors using their SDK with Puppeteer or Playwright, but the learning curve is steeper than using pre-built ones.
For teams doing regular data extraction (price monitoring, lead generation, market research), Apify removes the maintenance burden that kills most scraping projects. For one-off scrapes of simple sites, it's overkill compared to simpler tools like Beautiful Soup or basic Selenium scripts.
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21,000+ pre-built scrapers covering major websites and common extraction tasks
Use Case:
Extract data without writing code
Full browser automation handles dynamic content and single-page applications
Use Case:
Scrape modern websites that load content via JavaScript
Built-in CAPTCHA solving and detection evasion with proxy rotation
Use Case:
Scrape protected sites without getting blocked
Datacenter and residential proxy pools with automatic IP rotation
Use Case:
Scale scraping operations without IP bans
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$29/month
$199/month
$999/month
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Roughly $30-50 depending on site complexity. JavaScript-heavy sites cost more compute units than simple HTML pages. The free tier's $5/month credits cover small test runs.
Popular Actors for major sites get community fixes quickly. Niche Actors may stay broken for weeks or months. You can build custom Actors using their SDK if reliability matters.
Yes, using Puppeteer, Playwright, or their Crawlee SDK. But most users find existing Actors sufficient and never write custom code.
Apify costs more per page but eliminates maintenance. Scrapy is free but requires developer time for proxy management, CAPTCHA solving, and infrastructure. Apify wins on convenience, Scrapy wins on cost at scale.
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