The best alternative to ScrapeHero

ScrapeHero is a managed web scraping service that provides data extraction and ready-made APIs through ScrapeHero Cloud. Apify is a full-stack platform that lets you tailor web scraping processes to your specific needs, making it a more flexible and adaptable choice.

If Apify disappeared, I’d have to build my own scrapers and handle server hosting myself. Apify’s handling of these aspects is invaluable.

Tom Hall

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

Co-CEO

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

SVP Transformation & Product & HR

The developer's swiss army knife. What I absolutely love about Apify is the community and ecosystem around it. Apify Store is a treasure trove of pre-built Actors that save you a ton of time. It's like having a team of experts contributing to your project.

Jiri Novak

Engineer

Why choose Apify over ScrapeHero Cloud?

Get more for less

ScrapeHero Cloud's Starter Plan is $50/month for basic services without API integrations and $100/month for the Standard Plan. For $49/month, Apify provides full access to all features and unlimited use of its Actor library within credit limits. A free forever plan that includes $5 worth of credits monthly lets you explore all features without upfront costs.

Access a much bigger marketplace

While ScrapeHero Cloud offers 20+ pre-built scrapers, Apify Store features over 2,000. This community-driven marketplace allows you to use or rent any Actor to scrape a variety of websites for a wide range of use cases. Almost any website you need is likely covered. That means you don't need to build every single scraper.

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Build your own Actors

Apify empowers you by offering full control over the creation, deployment, and monitoring of your own web scraping solutions. With any Apify plan, you can code, host, and run your own custom solutions on Apify servers, beyond the Actors available on Apify Store.

Integrate tasks with your favorite apps

Automate scheduling, export data to CSV, HTML, JSON, XML, or RSS feed, and integrate your workflows with services like Gmail, Airtable, Make, Zapier, Google Drive, GitHub, Keboola, and more. Connect your Apify tasks with cloud services and web apps to enhance your automation capabilities.

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Apify and ScrapeHero Cloud compared

Apify

Unlimited free plan

$5 worth of platform credits per month

Library of ready-to-use APIs

More than 2k Actors available

Web IDE

Available data export formats

JSON, CSV, HTML, XML, RSS, Excel

Scrape dynamic web pages (JavaScript rendering)

General Scraper API (for any web page)

Local development support (SDK, CLI)

High-scale enterprise plans

Integrations

20+ including GDrive, GMail, Slack, Airtable, Zapier, Make, Telegram, and Webhooks

Proxy rotation, browser emulation, CAPTCHA bypass

Schedule one-off or repeating extractions

Pricing

Plans start at $49/month and give you access to all features of the platform, with no restrictions on which tools you can use. Your credits are charged based on your platform usage and specific rates defined by the Actors you are using

Unlimited free plan

Library of ready-to-use APIs

Web IDE

Available data export formats

Scrape dynamic web pages (JavaScript rendering)

General Scraper API (for any web page)

Local development support (SDK, CLI)

High-scale enterprise plans

Integrations

Proxy rotation, browser emulation, CAPTCHA bypass

Schedule one-off or repeating extractions

Pricing

Apify

$5 worth of platform credits per month

More than 2k Actors available

JSON, CSV, HTML, XML, RSS, Excel

20+ including GDrive, GMail, Slack, Airtable, Zapier, Make, Telegram, and Webhooks

Plans start at $49/month and give you access to all features of the platform, with no restrictions on which tools you can use. Your credits are charged based on your platform usage and specific rates defined by the Actors you are using

ScrapeHero

One-time use of 400 credits + no integrations or API access

20+ pre-built scrapers

JSON, CSV, Excel

DropBox, AmazonS3, Google Drive

From $5/month (no API access) to $750/month (all features)

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

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Our free plan will allow you to try our web scraping tools without the need for a credit card.