Apify Actor Comparison Report

Compare two or more Apify Actors side by side on usage, ratings, pricing, and freshness.

What it does

• Takes a list of Actors (by username/name or ID), or a search term with a limit.
• Returns one normalized dataset item per Actor with the same flat set of fields.
• Names the winner per metric in the run OUTPUT: most users, top rated, cheapest, most runs, freshest.
• Uses the public Apify API. No API key needed to run it here.

Example input

Compare specific Actors:

{
  "actors": [
    "apify/instagram-scraper",
    "apify/instagram-profile-scraper",
    "clockworks/tiktok-scraper"
  ]
}

Compare the top matches for a search:

{
  "search": "tiktok",
  "limit": 5,
  "enrich": true
}

Input

Field	Type	Description
actors	array	Actors to compare, each as username/name or an Actor ID. Provide this or search.
search	string	Search term. When set and no actors list is given, the top Store matches are compared.
limit	integer	How many top matches to compare when using search. Default 5, max 100.
enrich	boolean	Add each Actor's last modified date. Default true.

If both actors and search are given, actors wins.

Output

Each dataset item is one Actor:

{
  "fullName": "apify/instagram-scraper",
  "title": "Instagram Scraper",
  "totalUsers": 318106,
  "totalRuns": 154178225,
  "reviewRating": 4.74,
  "reviewCount": 477,
  "pricingModel": "PAY_PER_EVENT",
  "priceUsd": 0.0027,
  "successRate30DaysPct": 99.6,
  "lastModified": "2026-07-04T14:41:00.207Z",
  "bookmarks": 4057
}

The run's OUTPUT record in the default key-value store names the winner per metric:

{
  "input": {
    "actors": [
      "apify/instagram-scraper",
      "clockworks/tiktok-scraper"
    ],
    "search": null,
    "limit": 5,
    "enrich": true
  },
  "compared": 2,
  "winners": {
    "mostUsers": "apify/instagram-scraper",
    "topRated": "clockworks/tiktok-scraper",
    "cheapest": "apify/instagram-scraper",
    "mostRuns": "apify/instagram-scraper",
    "freshest": "apify/instagram-scraper"
  },
  "generatedFrom": "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts"
}

How it works

For an actors list, the Actor fetches each Actor's detail endpoint, which carries stats, pricing, and the last modified date. For a search, it queries the Store search endpoint, which returns stats and pricing inline, then takes the top limit matches and (when enrich is true) fetches the last modified date for each. All records are normalized to the same fields, the winner per metric is chosen, and both the dataset and the OUTPUT summary are written. It uses the run's APIFY_TOKEN for higher rate limits, with no configuration needed.

MIT licensed.