Apify
A cloud web scraping and browser automation platform used for programmatic data extraction from the open web to build proprietary datasets and feed AI diligence pipelines.
apify.com ↗Web scraping, actor-based compute, scheduling, exporting scraped data.
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A cloud platform for web scraping, data extraction, and browser automation, built around reusable programs called "Actors" and a marketplace ("Apify Store").
Run 25,000–35,000+ pre-built Actors (scrapers/automations) or build custom ones with the open-source Crawlee library; managed proxies (datacenter and residential), scheduling, storage/datasets, and a complete data pipeline. Outputs to JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML; access via web UI, REST API, JS/Python SDKs, or webhooks.
Ships an official Apify MCP server (mcp.apify.com) exposing thousands of Store Actors as tools to AI clients (Claude, Cursor, VS Code) via OAuth or token; supports a RAG Web Browser Actor for AI search; experimental agent-native payment flows (x402/USDC, Skyfire). Strong fit for feeding web data into RAG/AI pipelines (LangChain, n8n, Make).
Subscription plus usage. Free ($5 monthly platform credits, no card); Starter ~$29/month ($29 prepaid usage); Scale ~$199/month; Business and Enterprise higher. Billed in Compute Units (1 CU = 1 GB RAM for 1 hour; $0.04/CU on free) plus per-Actor fees, proxies, storage, data transfer. Discounts for students, nonprofits, and startups (30% off Scale).
Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub, Google Sheets/Drive, LangChain, n8n; REST API; official MCP server; webhooks.
SOC 2/GDPR status best confirmed via Apify's trust documentation. Web scraping carries legal/ToS considerations depending on target sites and jurisdictions.
Czech-founded (Prague), developer-focused. By late 2024 the store reportedly held 35,000+ Actors used by 52,000+ customers, with revenue around $13.3M on minimal outside funding. Bootstrapped/lightly funded.
Useful for custom data collection — building proprietary datasets for deal sourcing (e.g., scraping directories, job boards, app stores, review sites, maps), competitive/market mapping, and feeding AI/RAG diligence pipelines. MCP server makes it accessible to AI agents.
Two-layer billing (platform CUs + per-Actor fees) can surprise first-time users; residential-proxy bandwidth can dominate costs; Actor quality varies (vet success rates/recency); legal/compliance considerations around scraping; requires technical comfort for custom work.