# AI Top Tools Scraper (`captivating_clarinet/ai-top-tools-scraper`) Actor

Scrape AI tools, pricing models, categories, user reviews, ratings, and redirected website links from aitoptools.com.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/captivating_clarinet/ai-top-tools-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Aly Khalid](https://apify.com/captivating_clarinet) (community)
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## AI Top Tools Scraper

Extract comprehensive directory listings, product metadata, pricing models, user ratings, use cases, and official site URLs from [aitoptools.com](https://aitoptools.com).

This fast, lightweight HTTP scraper is built using Python, Crawlee, and Parsel. It allows filtering tools by category, pricing model, minimum rating, and sorting options.

### Features

- **Flexible Filtering:** Filter results by category, pricing type (free, freemium, paid, etc.), minimum ratings, and sorting criteria.

- **Rich Output Data:** Extracts tool name, description, official redirect-resolved website, categories, pricing, user review counts, use cases, and YouTube review links.

- **Fast & Efficient:** Built with HTTP-level parsing rather than standard headless browsers to keep execution time short and compute costs low.

\*Hint: If you want to scrape every AI tool available on the site, just set the max results to a high number like \`100000\` and don't apply any other filters.\*

### Input Parameters

The Actor accepts the following input fields:

| Field | Type | Description |
| ----- | ----- | ----- |
| **Category** | `string` | Filter AI tools by category (e.g., `writing-assistant`, `image-generator`, `chatbots`). |
| **Pricing** | `string` | Filter by pricing model (e.g., `free`, `freemium`, `paid`, `free-trial`). |
| **Sort** | `string` | Sort results by criteria (e.g., `popular`, `newest`, `rating`). |
| **Rating** | `string` | Filter by minimum star rating. |
| **Max Results** | `integer` | Maximum number of tool records to scrape. Set to `100000` to scrape the whole directory. Default: `5`. |

## Here is an example of what the actor input could be::

<img src="https://preview.redd.it/aitoptools-input-v0-aye11q2mjezh1.png?width=1047&format=png&auto=webp&s=a54c0b7653f55f76bbed9390995f22c5389bfb9a" alt="Actor Input Example">

### Dataset Output Fields

Each dataset row contains the detailed profile of an AI tool:

| Output Field | Description |
| ----- | ----- |
| `URL` | URL of the tool's profile on aitoptools.com |
| `Name` | Official name of the AI tool |
| `Rating` | Average user star rating |
| `Review Number` | Number of ratings/reviews extracted from the header |
| `Website` | Final destination URL of the tool (redirect parameters removed) |
| `Starting From` | Starting price point (e.g., `$10/mo`) |
| `Pricing Model` | Pricing classification (e.g., `Freemium`, `Free Trial`) |
| `Categories` | Comma-separated string of associated categories |
| `Lgog URL` | Direct image link to the tool's logo |
| `Description` | Short summary paragraph of the tool |
| `About` | Full "About" description text |
| `Use Cases` | Common use cases listed on the page |
| `Youtube Reviews` | Links to YouTube video reviews embedded on the profile |
| `Number of Reviews` | Parsed numeric count of user reviews |

## Output Preview  Here is an example of the structured data preview captured by the actor:

<img src="https://i.redd.it/2lt9b9u3csyh1.png" alt="Actor Output Example">

### Use Cases

- **Market Research:** Monitor new AI tools entering specific categories or pricing niches.

- **Lead Generation & Affiliate Marketing:** Build directories of top-rated AI tools with clean, direct destination URLs.

- **Competitive Analysis:** Analyze pricing trends, features, and user ratings across popular AI products.

### Cost & Efficiency

Because this Actor uses **lightweight HTTP parsing** rather than full browser automation (Chromium/Playwright), compute unit (CU) consumption is minimal. You can scrape thousands of records for just a few cents.

# Actor input Schema

## `category` (type: `string`):

The category of the AI tools.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Sort the results.

## `pricing` (type: `string`):

The price model of the AI tools.

## `rating` (type: `string`):

The rating of the AI tools.

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of member records to fetch.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "max_results": 5
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("captivating_clarinet/ai-top-tools-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("captivating_clarinet/ai-top-tools-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call captivating_clarinet/ai-top-tools-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,captivating_clarinet/ai-top-tools-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/lFZe4ERQas8AkJCAs/builds/f46f45a3tsM7C3iYX/openapi.json