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What is Apify
Apify is a cloud platform for building, running, and scheduling web scraping and browser automation workflows, exposed through APIs and a hosted marketplace of reusable “Actors.” It is used by data teams, growth teams, and developers to extract structured data from websites, monitor changes, and automate repeatable web-based tasks. The product combines an execution environment, orchestration features (schedules, webhooks), storage, and integrations, with optional proxy and anti-blocking capabilities. It is typically adopted when organizations need custom or semi-custom data collection rather than a fixed B2B contact database.
Flexible automation via Actors
Apify supports custom automation components (“Actors”) that can be built in JavaScript/TypeScript or run from prebuilt templates in the Apify Store. This enables teams to tailor extraction logic to specific sites and workflows rather than relying on a fixed dataset. It also supports headless browser automation for dynamic pages where simple HTTP scraping is insufficient.
Operational tooling for scraping
The platform includes scheduling, retries, logs, webhooks, and run history to operate scraping jobs in production. It provides built-in datasets/key-value stores and API access to outputs, which simplifies downstream consumption. These features reduce the amount of infrastructure engineering required compared with running scrapers solely on self-managed servers.
Proxy and anti-blocking options
Apify offers proxy capabilities (including rotation) designed for web data collection use cases. This can help reduce blocking risk and improve stability for higher-volume extraction jobs. Having proxy management integrated with the execution platform can simplify configuration compared with stitching together separate proxy and automation tools.
Not a contact database
Apify primarily provides tooling to collect data from the web rather than a curated, compliant B2B contact dataset. Teams seeking ready-to-use company and contact records for outbound sales may need additional providers or internal enrichment processes. Data quality and coverage depend on the target sources and the Actor implementation.
Ongoing maintenance required
Scrapers can break when websites change layouts, add bot defenses, or alter access patterns. Maintaining Actors often requires developer time for updates, monitoring, and exception handling. This can be a meaningful operational cost compared with products that deliver standardized datasets via a managed pipeline.
Compliance and policy burden
Using web automation and proxies does not remove the need to comply with website terms, robots policies, and applicable privacy laws. Organizations must implement governance around what is collected, how it is stored, and how it is used for lead generation or market intelligence. Some use cases may be restricted by internal security or legal policies, especially when handling personal data.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $5 prepaid credits to spend in Apify Store or on your own Actors; Compute units (CU) $0.30 per CU (1 GB RAM / hour); Actor RAM: 8 GB; Max concurrent runs: 25; Community support; No Apify Store discount; No credit card required. |
| Starter | $29 / month + pay as you go | $29 prepaid credits to spend in Apify Store or on platform usage; CU $0.30 per CU; Actor RAM: 32 GB; Max concurrent runs: 32; Chat support; Bronze Apify Store discount. |
| Scale | $199 / month + pay as you go | $199 prepaid credits; CU $0.25 per CU; Actor RAM: 128 GB; Max concurrent runs: 128; Priority chat support; Silver Apify Store discount. |
| Business | $999 / month + pay as you go | $999 prepaid credits; CU $0.20 per CU; Actor RAM: 256 GB; Max concurrent runs: 256; Account manager; Gold Apify Store discount; Custom/enterprise options available. |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing | Custom prepaid usage, compute-unit pricing, Actor RAM, concurrent runs, SLAs, dedicated team — contact sales for quote. |
Additional official add-ons and usage fees (from Apify pricing page):
- Concurrent runs add-on: $5 / run.
- Actor RAM add-on: $2 / GB.
- Datacenter proxy add-on: from $0.6 / IP (plan includes a number of IPs before overage: Free 5 IPs included; Starter 30 IPs then $1/IP; Scale 200 IPs then $0.8/IP; Business 500 IPs then $0.6/IP).
- Residential proxies: $8 / GB (Free/Starter), $7.5 / GB (Scale), $7 / GB (Business).
- SERPs proxy: $2.5 / 1,000 SERPs (Free/Starter), $2 / 1,000 SERPs (Scale), $1.7 / 1,000 SERPs (Business).
- Storage, request queue, key-value store, and data transfer have per-unit fees (see official pricing table for per-1,000 or per-GB pricing).
Seller details
Apify Technologies s.r.o.
Prague, Czech Republic
2015
Private
https://apify.com/
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