Editorial note: API pricing, credits, model access, compute rates, and product limits change frequently. Verify current details directly before deploying or purchasing.
Overview
Apify is a cloud platform for building, running, scheduling, and sharing web-scraping and browser-automation jobs through reusable Actors, APIs, datasets, and integrations.
Best for
Developers, researchers, agencies, and businesses that need scalable web scraping, browser automation, and recurring data collection
Key features
- Reusable Actors
- Web scraping
- Browser automation
- Scheduling
- Proxy services
- Datasets and API access
Pricing
Apify offers free and paid plans with platform credits and compute usage. Actor pricing, proxies, storage, and enterprise services may be separate. Verify current details directly.
Check current official pricing
Pros
- Large Actor marketplace
- Strong scheduling and automation
- Scales to many use cases
- Good developer tooling
Cons and cautions
- Usage costs require monitoring
- Some Actors have separate fees
- Scraping compliance is the user’s responsibility
- Complex jobs require engineering
Frequently asked questions
What is an Apify Actor?
An Actor is a reusable cloud program for scraping, automation, or data-processing tasks.
Does Apify offer a free plan?
Yes, with limited platform credits and resources.
Can Apify run scheduled jobs?
Yes. Actors can be scheduled and triggered through APIs and integrations.
Before you choose
- Verify current API and compute pricing
- Review data-retention and privacy terms
- Test reliability on a representative workload
- Monitor usage, rate limits, and failure handling
- Compare at least one alternative
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