Apify
ExternalApify is a leading platform for web scraping, browser automation, and supplying AI systems with high-quality web data through its vast marketplace of over 10,000 ready-made Actors. Developers can leverage powerful tools like Playwright and Puppeteer in JavaScript or Python to build custom scrapers, while pre-built solutions handle tasks like extracting TikTok videos, Google Maps businesses, or Instagram posts effortlessly. With enterprise-grade scalability, integrations with Zapier and Google Sheets, and opportunities to monetize Actors, Apify empowers technical teams in marketing, research, and AI to automate data pipelines reliably and cost-effectively.
Description
Apify is a leading platform for web scraping, browser automation, and supplying AI systems with high-quality web data through its vast marketplace of over 10,000 ready-made Actors. Developers can leverage powerful tools like Playwright and Puppeteer in JavaScript or Python to build custom scrapers, while pre-built solutions handle tasks like extracting TikTok videos, Google Maps businesses, or Instagram posts effortlessly. With enterprise-grade scalability, integrations with Zapier and Google Sheets, and opportunities to monetize Actors, Apify empowers technical teams in marketing, research, and AI to automate data pipelines reliably and cost-effectively.
Key capabilities
- Web scraping and data extraction
- Browser automation
- AI data feeding with Actors
- Actor marketplace for ready-made scrapers
- SDKs for JavaScript and Python
- Support for Playwright, Puppeteer, Crawlee
Core use cases
- 1.Social media scraping (TikTok, Instagram, Facebook)
- 2.Google Maps business data extraction
- 3.Amazon product and review scraping
- 4.Website content crawling for LLMs and RAG
- 5.Lead generation and competitor intelligence
- 6.Marketing research and automation
Is Apify Right for You?
Best for
- Developers and technical teams needing scalable scraping
- Marketing and research teams for lead gen and intel
Not ideal for
- Complete beginners or no-code users
- Small-scale or occasional simple scraping
Standout features
- 10,000+ pre-built Actors
- Scalable cloud infrastructure with proxies and monitoring
- Integrations with Zapier, GitHub, Google Sheets, Slack
- Scheduling, API access, and exports to JSON/CSV/Excel
- Enterprise features: 99.95% uptime, SOC2/GDPR compliance
- Monetization platform for publishing Actors
Pricing
Free
Starter
Scale
Business
Enterprise
Reviews
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User Feedback Highlights
Most Praised
- Handles millions of pages scalably
- Pre-built Actors save significant time
- Reliable support with high ratings (4.8/5 on Capterra)
- Cost-effective pricing at scale
- Strong integrations for automation pipelines
Common Complaints
- Steep learning curve for beginners
- Opaque compute units pricing can lead to surprises
- Actors may break on site changes
- Complex UI requiring API knowledge for setup