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Grand prize winners
The top three participants were chosen by a jury based on overall success: monthly active users, Actor quality, technical excellence, and real-world usefulness.
First place
$30,000
SIÁN OÜ
sian.agency
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Second place
$20,000
John
johnvc
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Third place
$10,000
HappiTap
happitap
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Special recognition
In addition to the grand prize, we wanted to recognize developers who stood out in specific ways.
Best newcomer prize
Awarded to a dev who joined Apify during the challenge and made an immediate impact.
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Best veteran prize
Awarded to an experienced Actor creator who did especially great work during the challenge.
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Regional prizes
While selecting grand prize winners, the jury noticed that the top Actors came from an impressively broad geographic spread. Here are the regional standouts.
APAC
Regional standout
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EMEA
Regional standout
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LATAM
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NAMER
Regional standout
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Weekly spotlight prize winners
Each week, the community, a jury, or industry expert awarded $2,000 to an Actor that stood out for its code quality, concept, or user experience. Here are all the winners.
Week 1: Industry expert pick
Website Tech Stack Scanner | Website Technology Detector by Khan. Detects 6,000+ technologies on any website.
Week 2: Industry expert pick
Video Thumbnail Extractor by HappiTap. Pulls high-quality thumbnails from YouTube, Vimeo, and other platforms at scale.
Week 3: Community vote
Google Maps AI Reviews Analyzer by Louis Deconinck. Combines scraping with AI analysis in a single workflow.
Week 4: Industry expert pick
AI Model Comparison by One Scales. Need to know which LLM is right for you? Run your prompt and see how each model handles it.
Week 5: Industry expert pick
BuiltWith Domain Scraper by Ecomdate Tech. Analyze domains and surface their full technology stack in a single run.
Week 6: Social Good
FEC Campaign Finance Contributions Scraper by ParseForge. Analyzes U.S. Federal Election Commission campaign finance data.
Week 7: Industry expert pick
Messe Stuttgart Exhibitor List Scraper by Skython. Turns a static event directory into ready-to-use outreach lists.
Week 8: Community vote
Website Scraper by FlowExtract API. Combines scraping with AI to surface contacts, summaries, and structured data from any site.
Week 9: E-commerce
Shopify Store Scraper by WebDataLabs. Simplifies competitor research by delivering complete store intelligence in a single run.
Week 10: Automation
Google Flights API by John. Turns flight searches into structured data, covering one-way, round-trip, and multi-city routes.
