Scheduling
Set extractions to run on schedule and process recurring jobs programmatically.
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Apify vs. Zyte
Struggling with broken spiders and dirty data? Make the switch to Apify, the world’s most popular open-source library for web scraping and browser automation.
What does Apify do?
Apify is an open software platform that makes it easy to develop and run data extraction, web automation, and web integration tools at scale.
What does Zyte do?
Formerly named Scrapinghub, Zyte is a data extraction company offering data extraction services, proxies, and cloud hosting for the Splash headless browser.
| Comparison table | Apify | Zyte (Splash) |
|---|---|---|
| Build and test scrapers using intuitive code editor | ✅ | ❌ |
| Run, monitor, and audit scraper performance from user interface | ✅ | ❌ |
| Track usage and resource consumption | ✅ | ❌ |
| Program Headless Chrome browsers in Python or JavaScript | ✅ | Program using Lua |
| Schedule crawling jobs | ✅ | ❌ |
| Scale up using proxies | ✅ | ✅ |
| Export data in multiple formats | CSV, Excel, JSON + more | ❌ |
| API access | ✅ | ✅ |
| Store and manage data in the cloud | ✅ | ❌ |
| Library of pre-built web scrapers | ✅ | ❌ |
| Developer community | Join here | ❌ |
We use Apify platform on a daily basis not only across our commercial projects, but across investment opportunities and internal projects as well. Some team members even use it for a simplification of their daily tasks. Basically, whenever we need to gather and work further with data, we reach out to Apify.
Lea Petrášová
CEO at TopMonks
Apify benefits
Build, test & deploy on the Apify platform
From concept to production, experience a web data extraction platform that allows you to build, test and deploy in record time.
Web scraping with the power of RPA
More than a web scraper, use the power of Apify’s Robotic Process Automation to clean, pipe and transform your data.
World-class developer ecosystem
Take your project to production faster with the full support of the Apify community, project templates and guides.
The scalable solution
Need millions of data records, custom integrations and guaranteed performance? Leverage our enterprise team for project success.
Why data teams love Apify
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 you 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.
Built 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 as you grow.
Reliable
Monitoring, maintenance & Service Level Agreement in place to ensure clean data on time, every time.
Trustworthy
With 7+ years of experience supporting enterprise customers, our team ensures project success.
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