# AppSumo Products Scraper (`automation-lab/appsumo-products-scraper`) Actor

Scrape AppSumo deals with prices, discounts, ratings, categories, media, scarcity, review summaries, and product URLs for SaaS research.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/automation-lab/appsumo-products-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Stas Persiianenko](https://apify.com/automation-lab) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

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```bash
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```

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```bash
pip install apify-client
```

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````bash
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# Windows
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```bash

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# README

## AppSumo Products Scraper

Extract public AppSumo software deal data at scale: product names, URLs, descriptions, pricing, discounts, categories, reviews, media, license scarcity, and deal status.

Use it to monitor new SaaS offers, build lead lists, compare lifetime deal positioning, and track AppSumo marketplace changes without copying cards by hand.

### What does AppSumo Products Scraper do?

AppSumo Products Scraper reads public AppSumo catalog, category, search, and product pages.

It extracts embedded AppSumo deal data from the page and AppSumo's public browse API.

The actor saves clean product records to an Apify dataset.

Each row represents one AppSumo product or deal.

You can export the results as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or HTML.

### Who is it for?

- 🧭 SaaS deal researchers tracking AppSumo launches.
- 💼 Affiliate marketers building topical deal roundups.
- 📈 Competitive-intelligence teams watching categories and alternatives.
- 🧲 Lead-generation teams finding software vendors and product pages.
- 🛍️ Ecommerce analysts comparing deal pricing and discounts.
- 🧪 Startup scouts looking for fast-growing tools and launchpad products.

### Why use this scraper?

AppSumo pages contain rich structured product data.

Manual monitoring is slow and inconsistent.

This actor gives you repeatable snapshots that can be scheduled, compared, and sent to downstream tools.

It is HTTP-first, so it avoids heavy browser automation for normal catalog runs.

### Data you can extract

| Field group | Examples |
| --- | --- |
| Product identity | title, slug, AppSumo ID, product URL |
| Deal copy | description, value proposition, subheader |
| Pricing | price, original price, free flag, discount percent |
| Taxonomy | categories, subcategories, product tags, best-for |
| Social proof | rating, review count, review summary, votes |
| Scarcity | codes remaining, licenses remaining, percent claimed |
| Media | logo, featured image, story images, story videos |
| Integrations | integrations, alternatives, features |
| Audit | source URL and scrape timestamp |

### How much does it cost to scrape AppSumo products?

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing.

You pay a small start fee per run and a per-product fee for each saved product.

Use a low `maxItems` value for quick tests.

Increase the limit for scheduled monitoring or full catalog snapshots.

Apify shows the exact run cost before and after execution.

### Quick start

1. Open the actor on Apify.
2. Add AppSumo URLs or leave the defaults empty.
3. Optionally add search queries like `seo`, `crm`, or `ai`.
4. Set `maxItems`.
5. Click **Start**.
6. Download the dataset.

### Input options

#### Start URLs

Add AppSumo URLs such as:

- `https://appsumo.com/software/`
- `https://appsumo.com/software/marketing-sales/`
- `https://appsumo.com/search/?q=seo`
- `https://appsumo.com/products/tidycal/`

#### Search queries

Add keywords and the actor converts them to AppSumo search pages.

Examples:

- `seo`
- `crm`
- `email marketing`
- `automation`
- `wordpress`

#### Maximum products

`maxItems` caps the number of unique products saved.

The actor de-duplicates by product slug across URLs and searches.

### Output example

```json
{
  "title": "BrandBay",
  "slug": "brandbay",
  "url": "https://appsumo.com/products/brandbay/",
  "description": "Find brand assets and build brand kits...",
  "categories": ["Media tools"],
  "price": 69,
  "originalPrice": 94,
  "discountPercent": 27,
  "reviewRating": 4.57,
  "dealStatus": "current",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-09T02:11:12.336Z"
}
````

### Example use cases

- 📰 Build a daily digest of new AppSumo software launches.
- 🧮 Compare discount levels across categories.
- 🔎 Find products that mention a competitor as an alternative.
- 🤝 Build prospecting lists for SaaS partnerships.
- 🧠 Monitor review summaries for market feedback.
- 🧾 Archive lifetime deal prices over time.

### Tips for better results

Use several search queries when you want more unique products.

Use category URLs when monitoring one market segment.

Keep `maxItems` low while testing.

Schedule the actor daily or weekly for change tracking.

Export CSV for spreadsheets and JSON for automation pipelines.

### Integrations

Send AppSumo product data to:

- Google Sheets for market research dashboards.
- Airtable for deal databases.
- Slack for launch alerts.
- Make or Zapier for lead workflows.
- BigQuery, Snowflake, or S3 for historical analysis.
- CRM tools for vendor outreach.

### API usage

#### Node.js

```js
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('automation-lab/appsumo-products-scraper').call({
  searchQueries: ['seo', 'crm'],
  maxItems: 100
});
console.log(run.defaultDatasetId);
```

#### Python

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient('YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN')
run = client.actor('automation-lab/appsumo-products-scraper').call(run_input={
    'searchQueries': ['seo', 'crm'],
    'maxItems': 100,
})
print(run['defaultDatasetId'])
```

#### cURL

```bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/automation-lab~appsumo-products-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"searchQueries":["seo","crm"],"maxItems":100}'
```

### MCP usage

Use the Apify MCP server with Claude Desktop or Claude Code.

MCP URL:

`https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=automation-lab/appsumo-products-scraper`

Claude Code setup:

```bash
claude mcp add apify-appsumo-products "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=automation-lab/appsumo-products-scraper"
```

Claude Desktop JSON setup:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify-appsumo-products": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=automation-lab/appsumo-products-scraper"
    }
  }
}
```

Example prompts:

- "Scrape 100 AppSumo products for SEO and CRM tools and summarize pricing patterns."
- "Find AppSumo products that mention HubSpot or WordPress alternatives."
- "Create a weekly AppSumo launch monitoring workflow."

### Reliability notes

The actor starts with AppSumo's public browse API for catalog/search pages.

It falls back to embedded Next.js data for direct pages.

Cloudflare risk exists on AppSumo, but the public catalog currently returns usable data without login.

If a page has no embedded product data, the actor skips it rather than fabricating rows.

### Legality

This actor extracts public AppSumo listing data.

You are responsible for using the output lawfully and respecting AppSumo terms, privacy rules, and applicable regulations.

Do not scrape personal data unless you have a lawful basis.

### FAQ

#### Does it require an AppSumo account?

No. The supported catalog and search data is public.

#### Can it scrape product detail pages?

Yes when AppSumo embeds deal data in the page. Catalog and search pages are the most reliable high-volume inputs.

#### Why did I get fewer items than `maxItems`?

The actor de-duplicates products by slug. Overlapping searches may return the same deals.

#### Can I monitor only one category?

Yes. Use an AppSumo category URL such as `https://appsumo.com/software/operations/`.

#### Does it scrape reviews individually?

No. The MVP extracts listing-level rating, review count, and review summary when present.

### Troubleshooting

If you see zero items, verify that your URL is an AppSumo catalog, category, search, or product URL.

If search results overlap, add more specific queries or use category URLs.

If AppSumo changes its page structure, rerun with the main `/software/` URL first to confirm baseline catalog extraction.

### Related scrapers

Other automation-lab actors that can complement this workflow:

- `https://apify.com/automation-lab/product-hunt-scraper` for startup launch comparisons.
- `https://apify.com/automation-lab/shopify-store-scraper` for ecommerce product monitoring.
- `https://apify.com/automation-lab/website-contact-finder` for vendor outreach enrichment.

### Changelog

Initial version extracts AppSumo product/deal listings from public catalog, category, search, and product pages.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

AppSumo software catalog, category, search, or product listing URLs. Leave empty to scrape the main software categories.

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Optional AppSumo search keywords such as seo, crm, ai, email marketing, or automation.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum unique AppSumo products/deals to save across all pages.

## `includeProductDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Keep enabled when adding direct /products/... URLs. The actor extracts embedded product data when AppSumo includes it in the page.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://appsumo.com/software/"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://appsumo.com/software/marketing-sales/"
    }
  ],
  "searchQueries": [
    "seo",
    "crm"
  ],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "includeProductDetails": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://appsumo.com/software/"
        },
        {
            "url": "https://appsumo.com/software/marketing-sales/"
        }
    ],
    "searchQueries": [
        "seo",
        "crm"
    ],
    "maxItems": 20,
    "includeProductDetails": true
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("automation-lab/appsumo-products-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "startUrls": [
        { "url": "https://appsumo.com/software/" },
        { "url": "https://appsumo.com/software/marketing-sales/" },
    ],
    "searchQueries": [
        "seo",
        "crm",
    ],
    "maxItems": 20,
    "includeProductDetails": True,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("automation-lab/appsumo-products-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://appsumo.com/software/"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://appsumo.com/software/marketing-sales/"
    }
  ],
  "searchQueries": [
    "seo",
    "crm"
  ],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "includeProductDetails": true
}' |
apify call automation-lab/appsumo-products-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=automation-lab/appsumo-products-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "AppSumo Products Scraper",
        "description": "Scrape AppSumo deals with prices, discounts, ratings, categories, media, scarcity, review summaries, and product URLs for SaaS research.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "H9mIre5alAc2gsEKR"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/automation-lab~appsumo-products-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-automation-lab-appsumo-products-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/automation-lab~appsumo-products-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-automation-lab-appsumo-products-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
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                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/automation-lab~appsumo-products-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-automation-lab-appsumo-products-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "startUrls": {
                        "title": "Start URLs",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "AppSumo software catalog, category, search, or product listing URLs. Leave empty to scrape the main software categories.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "required": [
                                "url"
                            ],
                            "properties": {
                                "url": {
                                    "type": "string",
                                    "title": "URL of a web page",
                                    "format": "uri"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    },
                    "searchQueries": {
                        "title": "Search queries",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Optional AppSumo search keywords such as seo, crm, ai, email marketing, or automation.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "maxItems": {
                        "title": "Maximum products",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 1000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum unique AppSumo products/deals to save across all pages.",
                        "default": 20
                    },
                    "includeProductDetails": {
                        "title": "Accept product URLs",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Keep enabled when adding direct /products/... URLs. The actor extracts embedded product data when AppSumo includes it in the page.",
                        "default": true
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
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                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
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                                    },
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
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                                    },
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```