You can access the Actor Benchmark programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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MCP

$echo '{
<  "buildNumbers": [
<    "0.3.67",
<    "canary"
<  ],
<  "actorId": "apify/website-content-crawler",
<  "actorInput": {
<    "maxResults": 1,
<    "blockMedia": true,
<    "clickElementsCssSelector": "[aria-expanded=\\"false\\"]",
<    "clientSideMinChangePercentage": 15,
<    "crawlerType": "playwright:adaptive",
<    "proxyConfiguration": {
<      "useApifyProxy": true
<    },
<    "readableTextCharThreshold": 100,
<    "removeElementsCssSelector": "nav, footer, script, style, noscript, svg, img[src^='\''data:'\''],\\n[role=\\"alert\\"],\\n[role=\\"banner\\"],\\n[role=\\"dialog\\"],\\n[role=\\"alertdialog\\"],\\n[role=\\"region\\"][aria-label*=\\"skip\\" i],\\n[aria-modal=\\"true\\"]",
<    "renderingTypeDetectionPercentage": 10,
<    "respectRobotsTxtFile": true,
<    "reuseStoredDetectionResults": false,
<    "signHttpRequests": false,
<    "startUrls": [
<      {
<        "url": "https://docs.apify.com/academy/scraping-basics-javascript"
<      }
<    ],
<    "storeSkippedUrls": false,
<    "useLlmsTxt": false,
<    "useSitemaps": false,
<    "keepUrlFragments": false,
<    "ignoreCanonicalUrl": false,
<    "ignoreHttpsErrors": false,
<    "removeCookieWarnings": true,
<    "expandIframes": true,
<    "aggressivePrune": false,
<    "debugMode": false,
<    "debugLog": false,
<    "saveHtml": false,
<    "saveHtmlAsFile": false,
<    "saveMarkdown": true,
<    "saveFiles": false,
<    "saveScreenshots": false
<  },
<  "extractRunData": "async ({ run, client, utils }) => {\\n    const durationSecs = (new Date(run.finishedAt) - new Date(run.startedAt)) / 1000;\\n\\n    let itemCount = 0;\\n    for await (const _item of client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems()) {\\n        itemCount++;\\n    }\\n\\n    const totalCost = run.usageTotalUsd ?? 0;\\n    return {\\n        durationSecs: utils.round(durationSecs, 2),\\n        itemCount,\\n        totalCost: utils.round(totalCost, 6),\\n        itemsPerSecond: utils.round(durationSecs > 0 ? itemCount / durationSecs : 0, 4),\\n        costPerItem: utils.round(itemCount > 0 ? totalCost / itemCount : 0, 8),\\n    };\\n}\\n",
<  "aggregate": "({ runs, utils }) => {\\n    const average = (field, decimals) => utils.round(utils.mean(runs.map((run) => run[field])), decimals);\\n\\n    return {\\n        durationSecs: average('\''durationSecs'\'', 2),\\n        itemCount: average('\''itemCount'\'', 2),\\n        totalCost: average('\''totalCost'\'', 6),\\n        itemsPerSecond: average('\''itemsPerSecond'\'', 4),\\n        costPerItem: average('\''costPerItem'\'', 8),\\n    };\\n}\\n"
<}' |
<apify call apify/actor-benchmark --silent --output-dataset

Actor Benchmark API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Actor Benchmark locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install Apify CLI

Using installation script (macOS/Linux):

$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash

Using installation script (Windows):

$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex

Using Homebrew:

$brew install apify-cli

Using npm:

$npm install -g apify-cli

Other API clients include:

Actor Benchmark API in Python

Actor Benchmark API in JavaScript

Actor Benchmark OpenAPI definition

Actor Benchmark API

OpenRouter

apify/openrouter

You can use any AI LLM model without accounts in AI providers. Use this Actor as a proxy for all requests. Use pay-per-event pricing to pay only for the real credit used.

Apify

13K

4.9

(10)

Cheerio Scraper

apify/cheerio-scraper

Crawls websites using raw HTTP requests, parses the HTML with the Cheerio library, and extracts data from the pages using a Node.js code. Supports both recursive crawling and lists of URLs. This actor is a high-performance alternative to apify/web-scraper for websites that do not require JavaScript.

Apify

25K

4.7

(38)

Puppeteer Scraper

apify/puppeteer-scraper

Crawls websites with the headless Chrome and Puppeteer library using a provided server-side Node.js code. This crawler is an alternative to apify/web-scraper that gives you finer control over the process. Supports both recursive crawling and list of URLs. Supports login to website.

Apify

16K

5.0

(26)

Sitemap Extractor

apify/sitemap-extractor

This Apify Actor extracts all URLs from a website's sitemaps and checks their status codes via lightweight HTTP requests. It provides a clean list of valid links, acting as an ideal pre-processor to ensure your larger crawling projects target only active URLs.

Apify

388

3.2

(8)

AI Web Scraper

apify/ai-web-scraper

AI-first web scraper that extracts structured data from any website using natural-language prompts. No programming knowledge required. No hard-coded logic that breaks when a website changes.

Apify

9.9K

4.9

(15)

Tripadvisor Scraper

maxcopell/tripadvisor

This unofficial Tripadvisor API is a data extraction tool able to get data on hotels, restaurants, things to do, vacation rentals, attractions, tours, and public trips. Get pricing, contact details, amenities, awards, ratings, and more. Download your data in Excel, JSON, CSV, and other formats.

Max

15K

4.9

(26)

Zillow Detail Scraper

maxcopell/zillow-detail-scraper

Get details of Zillow properties from URLs. This Actor can be easily integrated with other Zillow Scrapers.

Max

9.6K

4.3

(18)

Facebook Events Scraper

apify/facebook-events-scraper

Facebook Events Scraper extracts data such as event name, location, description or number of users who are interested. You can use URLs of specific events or come up with search queries and explore pretty much unlimited number of events. Search queries can be combined with various search filters.

Apify

4.2K

5.0

(13)

Legacy PhantomJS Crawler

apify/legacy-phantomjs-crawler

Replacement for the legacy Apify Crawler product with a backward-compatible interface. The Actor uses PhantomJS headless browser to recursively crawl websites and extract data from them using a piece of front-end JavaScript code.

Apify

896

5.0

(8)

S3 Uploader

apify/s3-uploader

Upload data from an Apify dataset to an Amazon S3 bucket. Providing various filters and transformation options, this Actor allows precise control over data structure, formatting, and upload settings to ensure seamless integration into your data pipeline.

Apify

5.0

(2)