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Other tools we tested charged us for time, and some of their tools were not that efficient. Apify is much faster and more cost-effective.

Juliano Nassar

Product Owner

With Apify, in 30 seconds, I had the data that I’d been trying to get for weeks.

Ashley Copp

Founder

We looked at several providers both open source and paid solutions, and Apify was the most complete, reliable solution we found. It was miles ahead of everything else we reviewed.

Pranav Singh

Engineering Manager

Apify has helped our organization in building some of the best tools for our customers. Apify services allow for consistency - prior we ran everything on our own infrastructure and it was a nightmare. Thanks to Apify - all of our crawlers run smoothly and we don’t have to worry about the infrastructure or the proxies.

Steven Pignataro

Founder and CTO

We selected Apify because of their vast experience with web data collection. The project has been delivered on a short schedule, and our sales teams are now empowered with fresh, unique leads that drive targeted campaigns and strategic outreach.

Filip Popovic

CCO

Why choose Apify?

Tens of thousands of tools ready to run

Apify Store starts you off with a vast library of tools, each with a defined input and structured output. Connect the MCP server, and your agent can search the Store and call any Actor without pre-configuring it.

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Your code on our infrastructure

Build, test, and deploy from your own machine and preferred IDE, or start coding in the browser in Apify Console. First-class support for JavaScript/TypeScript and Python, plus the open-source Crawlee framework, and you can run any containerized code as an Actor.

Unblocking on every plan

Apify Actors handle proxy rotation, fingerprinting, and retries. Residential proxies at $8/GB and Unblocker at $1.5/1,000 requests.

Fits the pipeline you already have

Plug into CrewAI, LangChain, or LlamaIndex, or call Apify from your own code. Export as JSON, JSONL, CSV, Excel, XML, HTML, or RSS. Schedule on cron, trigger from webhooks, chain Actors, and push results to Google Drive, Slack, GitHub, Make, Zapier, or n8n. Full REST API on every plan.

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Scale without managing services

Agent traffic is hard to predict, so sizing your own servers means paying for a peak you rarely hit. But Actors are serverless: each run takes the memory you assign it and costs you only while it runs. Nothing to provision, nothing to pay in the quiet hours.

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Apify and Import.io compared

Tools ready to run

Yes

85,000+ Actors on Apify Store, accessible in all plan tiers

MCP server

Yes

Agents can search the Store and call any Actor without pre-configuring it

Host your own code

Yes

JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or any containerized code

Proxies and anti-bot handling

Yes

JavaScript rendering

Yes

Export formats

JSON, JSONL, HTML, XML, CSV, RSS, Excel

API access

Yes

Integrations

Yes

CrewAI, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Drive, Gmail, Slack, GitHub, Make, Zapier, n8n, webhooks

Scheduling

Yes

Enterprise plans

Yes

Pricing

From $19/month plus usage

Tools ready to run

MCP server

Host your own code

Proxies and anti-bot handling

JavaScript rendering

Export formats

API access

Integrations

Scheduling

Enterprise plans

Pricing

Yes

85,000+ Actors on Apify Store, accessible in all plan tiers

Yes

Agents can search the Store and call any Actor without pre-configuring it

Yes

JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or any containerized code

Yes

JSON, JSONL, HTML, XML, CSV, RSS, Excel

Yes

CrewAI, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Drive, Gmail, Slack, GitHub, Make, Zapier, n8n, webhooks

Yes

From $19/month plus usage

No pre-built library. Each extractor is configured per site, with AI-proposed schema detection

Yes

Hosted MCP server with its own tools

Visual builder, plus SDKs to run extractors

Yes

CSV, JSON, Parquet

Yes

50 with setup guides, mostly via webhooks, API, or MCP

Yes

From $199/month billed annually

Note

This evaluation is based on our understanding of information available to us as of October 2026. Readers should conduct their own research for detailed comparisons. Product names, logos, and brands are used for identification only and remain the property of their respective owners. Their use does not imply affiliation or endorsement.

Apify benefits

Scheduling

Set extractions to run on schedule and process recurring jobs programmatically.

Storage

Store datasets from web extractions in cloud storage. Search for data, images, and text, and export to multiple file formats.

Apify Store

Access thousands of Actors to kickstart your data extraction or automation project.

Proxies

Monitor web scraper health, set a custom geolocation, and monitor traffic across IP addresses.

Complete API

Run, stop, and manage web extractions using a full-featured API. Export data from extractions and integrate into your tech stack.

Ready for scale

The Apify platform automatically scales up resources to run as many Actors as you want. Forget about managing physical servers.

Ready for enterprise

Get a complete end-to-end solution built by Apify for all your web scraping, data extraction, and web automation needs.

Scalable

Process millions of records, integrate Apify into your tech stack, and get the data you need.

Reliable

Data cleansing, Service Level Agreement & support team ensures clean data on time, every time.

Trustworthy

With 10+ years of experience supporting enterprise customers, our team ensures project success.

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