The best alternative to PhantomBuster
Can PhantomBuster's data extraction tools compete with Apify's versatile Actors? Here's why Apify wins hands down.
When we say free, we mean it
PhantomBuster's free trial lasts 14 days and gives you 2 hours of execution time for their scrapers. You can export only 10 rows of data in CSV. Apify offers a free forever trial that gives you $5 of monthly credit, access to all areas of the Apify platform, and no export limitations. Get data in CSV, JSON, XML, RSS, Excel, and HTML.
Get more for less on a paid plan
PhantomBuster's monthly billing starts from $69. On this plan, you can run their scrapers (Phantoms) for only 20 hours per month. Apify's lowest pricing plan is $49 per month. You have access to all the platform's features and can run any scrapers (Actors) without limitation beyond your credit consumption.
Integrate Actors with your favorite apps
With Apify, you can schedule jobs to run automatically and integrate your workflows with Gmail, Airtable, Make, Zapier, Google Drive, GitHub, Keboola, and more. Connect your Apify tasks with cloud services and web apps and take your automation game to another level.
Combine Actors into workflows
You can achieve your end goal with a single Actor, called a bundle. Instead of having one Actor scraping, another automating, and finally integrating third-party solutions, you can have one Actor do it all. This saves time and resources on cleaning, aggregating, and enhancing data.
Flexibility is part of our code
Web scraping is rarely a one-size-fits-all solution. Apify Actors are inherently customizable. You can adapt them to a wide range of applications, from data acquisition to web automation. We make your life easier with ready-made Actors, but the Apify platform also gives you the power to create and adapt tools to your use case.
Apify
Unlimited free trial
Extract data from any website
Schedule crawling jobs
Store and manage data in the cloud
Library of pre-built web scrapers
2,000 +
Datacenter and residential proxies
Customizable solutions
Ready for enterprise
Developer community
Unlimited free trial
Extract data from any website
Schedule crawling jobs
Store and manage data in the cloud
Library of pre-built web scrapers
Datacenter and residential proxies
Customizable solutions
Ready for enterprise
Developer community
Apify
2,000 +
PhantomBuster
Limited
Note
This evaluation is based on our understanding of information available to us as of November 2024. 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.
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 hundreds of ready-made 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.
ScalableProcess millions of records, integrate Apify into your tech stack, and get the data you need.
ReliableData cleansing, Service Level Agreement & support team ensures clean data on time, every time
TrustworthyWith 7+ years of experience supporting enterprise customers, our team ensures project success.