# SaaS Pricing & Feature Tracker (`constructive_calm/saas-pricing-tracker`) Actor Scrapes SaaS company pricing pages to extract plan names, prices, features, limits, and billing options into structured JSON. Auto-discovers pricing pages from homepages. Supports monthly/annual toggle detection, change tracking, and webhook alerts for competitor monitoring. - **URL**: https://apify.com/constructive\_calm/saas-pricing-tracker.md - **Developed by:** [Omar Eldeeb](https://apify.com/constructive_calm) (community) - **Categories:** SEO tools, Developer tools, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 2 monthly users, 87.5% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars ## Pricing from $90.00 / 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ### What does SaaS Pricing & Feature Tracker do? **SaaS Pricing & Feature Tracker** extracts structured pricing data from any SaaS company's pricing page. It automatically detects plan names, prices (monthly and annual), features, billing options, free tiers, and enterprise plans — and outputs everything as clean, structured JSON. Unlike manual research or expensive competitive intelligence platforms ($1,000+/month), this Actor lets you analyze hundreds of SaaS pricing pages in minutes for a fraction of the cost. Schedule it monthly to **automatically detect when competitors change their pricing**. Try it now by clicking the "Start" button above, or use the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2) to integrate pricing intelligence directly into your product. ### Why use SaaS Pricing & Feature Tracker? - **Competitive intelligence** — Monitor what competitors charge and how they position their plans - **Pricing benchmarking** — Compare your SaaS pricing against industry peers - **VC/PE due diligence** — Quickly analyze pricing models across a portfolio or investment targets - **Market research** — Build databases of SaaS pricing across verticals - **Change detection** — Get notified via webhook when a competitor raises prices, adds plans, or changes features - **Save hours of manual work** — Analyze 100+ companies in a single run instead of visiting each site manually ### What data can SaaS Pricing Tracker extract? | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `companyName` | Company name extracted from the page | | `pricingPageUrl` | URL of the pricing page | | `plans` | Array of pricing plans with names, prices, features | | `plans[].planName` | Name of each plan (e.g., "Free", "Pro", "Enterprise") | | `plans[].priceMonthly` | Monthly price in local currency | | `plans[].priceAnnualPerMonth` | Annual price divided by 12 | | `plans[].currency` | ISO 4217 currency code (USD, EUR, GBP, etc.) | | `plans[].features` | List of features included in the plan | | `plans[].featureLimits` | Features with specific limits (e.g., "10 GB storage") | | `plans[].isFree` | Whether this is a free tier | | `plans[].isEnterprise` | Whether this is a "Contact us" enterprise plan | | `plans[].trialDays` | Number of free trial days | | `featureComparison` | Cross-plan feature comparison matrix | | `hasChanges` | Whether pricing changed since last run | | `changes` | Detailed list of pricing changes detected | ### How to scrape SaaS pricing pages 1. **Add URLs** — Enter SaaS company URLs in the "URLs to Scrape" field. You can provide pricing page URLs directly (e.g., `https://slack.com/pricing`) or company homepages — the actor will auto-discover the pricing page. 2. **Configure options** — Choose whether to use browser rendering (recommended for JavaScript-heavy pricing pages), enable feature extraction, and set up change detection. 3. **Click Start** — The actor will crawl each pricing page, extract plan data, and save results to the dataset. 4. **Download results** — Access your data in the Output tab. You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel. 5. **Schedule for monitoring** — Set up a recurring schedule (e.g., monthly) and provide a `datasetName` to automatically track pricing changes over time. Add a `webhookUrl` to receive alerts when changes are detected. ### Input The actor accepts the following input parameters (also available in the Input tab): - **URLs to Scrape** (required) — List of SaaS company URLs or pricing page URLs - **Auto-Discover Pricing Page** — Automatically find the /pricing page from a company homepage (default: true) - **Browser Rendering Mode** — `auto` (recommended), `always`, or `never`. Auto mode tries fast HTTP extraction first and falls back to full browser rendering for JavaScript-heavy pages - **Detect Pricing Changes** — Compare against previous results and flag changes (default: true) - **Named Dataset** — Provide a name to persist data across runs for automatic change detection - **Webhook URL** — URL to POST change notifications to ### Output The actor produces one JSON record per company analyzed. Here is a simplified example: ```json { "companyName": "Notion", "companyUrl": "https://notion.so", "pricingPageUrl": "https://notion.so/pricing", "plans": [ { "planName": "Free", "priceMonthly": 0, "currency": null, "isFree": true, "isEnterprise": false, "features": ["Basic forms", "Basic sites", "Notion Calendar", "Databases"], "ctaText": "Sign up" }, { "planName": "Business", "priceMonthly": 20, "currency": "USD", "isFree": false, "isEnterprise": false, "features": ["Notion Agent", "AI Meeting Notes", "SAML SSO", "Private teamspaces"], "ctaText": "Get started" } ], "totalPlansFound": 2, "hasFreeTier": true, "hasEnterprisePlan": false, "extractionConfidence": "medium", "hasChanges": false, "changes": [], "scrapedAt": "2026-04-06T12:00:00.000Z" } ```` ### How much does it cost to track SaaS pricing? The actor uses **pay-per-event pricing**: - **$0.01** per actor run start - **$0.09** per company analyzed **Example costs:** - Analyzing 10 competitors = **$0.91** (less than a cup of coffee) - Monthly monitoring of 20 competitors = **$1.81/month** - Comprehensive analysis of 100 SaaS companies = **$9.10** - Full industry benchmark of 500 companies = **$45.10** Compare this to enterprise competitive intelligence tools like Crayon ($1,000+/month) or Prisync ($99+/month). This actor provides the same structured pricing data at a **95%+ cost reduction**. ### Tips and advanced options - **Use "Auto" browser mode** (default) for the best balance of speed and accuracy. Most pricing pages work with fast HTTP extraction. The actor automatically switches to full browser rendering for JavaScript-heavy pages. - **Set `useBrowser: "never"`** for maximum speed when scraping simple, static pricing pages. - **Use `useBrowser: "always"`** for pricing pages that rely heavily on JavaScript (e.g., Slack, which renders prices client-side). - **Schedule recurring runs** with a named dataset to build a historical pricing database and get automatic change detection. - **Keep concurrency low** (3-5) to avoid rate limiting by target sites. - **Enable screenshots** when you need visual proof of pricing at a point in time. ### FAQ and support **Is it legal to scrape pricing pages?** Pricing pages are publicly accessible information intended for customers. This actor only accesses publicly available data. Always review the target website's Terms of Service before scraping. **What if a pricing page uses JavaScript rendering?** The actor supports full browser rendering via Playwright. Set `useBrowser` to `"always"` or `"auto"` (recommended) to handle JavaScript-heavy pricing pages. **What if a company doesn't have public pricing?** The actor will report `totalPlansFound: 0` with an appropriate error message. Enterprise plans with "Contact us" buttons are detected and flagged with `isEnterprise: true`. **How accurate is the extraction?** The actor uses multiple extraction strategies (structured data, table parsing, card detection) and picks the most confident result. Extraction confidence is reported as "high", "medium", or "low" in each result. **Need help or have a suggestion?** Open an issue in the [Issues tab](https://console.apify.com/actors/issues) or reach out for a custom solution. # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): List of SaaS company URLs. Can be pricing pages directly (e.g., https://slack.com/pricing) or homepages (e.g., https://slack.com). If a homepage is provided, the actor will attempt to auto-discover the pricing page. ## `useAI` (type: `boolean`): Automatically use AI vision to verify and improve results when standard extraction is incomplete (missing plans, missing prices, or low confidence). Costs an additional $0.05 per result where AI is needed. Disable to use only CSS-based extraction. ## `discoverPricingPage` (type: `boolean`): When enabled, if a URL does not appear to be a pricing page, the actor will crawl the homepage to find a link to the pricing page. ## `country` (type: `string`): Country to view pricing from. Many SaaS sites show different prices and currencies based on location. Set this to see pricing as it appears in your target market. ## `extractFeatureDetails` (type: `boolean`): When enabled, the actor will attempt to extract detailed feature comparison tables in addition to plan-level feature lists. This may increase run time. ## `useBrowser` (type: `string`): Controls when to use a full browser (Playwright) vs. fast HTTP requests (Cheerio). 'Auto' tries Cheerio first and falls back to browser if pricing data is not found. ## `includeScreenshot` (type: `boolean`): Save a screenshot of each pricing page to the key-value store for visual reference. Requires browser rendering. ## `detectChanges` (type: `boolean`): Compare results against a previous run and flag any pricing changes. Requires 'datasetName' or 'previousDatasetId' to be set. ## `previousDatasetId` (type: `string`): Dataset ID from a prior run to compare against for change detection. If not set and 'datasetName' is provided, the actor will automatically load the previous results from the named dataset. ## `datasetName` (type: `string`): Optional named dataset for persistent storage across runs. Enables automatic change detection between scheduled runs without needing to set 'previousDatasetId'. ## `webhookUrl` (type: `string`): Optional URL to POST change notifications to when pricing changes are detected. The webhook payload includes a summary of all changes found. ## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of pages to process concurrently. Lower values are gentler on target sites. ## `maxRequestsPerCrawl` (type: `integer`): Maximum total number of HTTP requests the actor will make. Use 0 for unlimited. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Proxy settings for bypassing anti-bot measures. Recommended for production use. ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://slack.com/pricing" }, { "url": "https://notion.so/pricing" } ], "useAI": true, "discoverPricingPage": true, "country": "US", "extractFeatureDetails": true, "useBrowser": "auto", "includeScreenshot": false, "detectChanges": true, "maxConcurrency": 5, "maxRequestsPerCrawl": 100, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `dataset` (type: `string`): Dataset containing structured pricing data for each company analyzed # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://slack.com/pricing" }, { "url": "https://notion.so/pricing" } ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("constructive_calm/saas-pricing-tracker").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://slack.com/pricing" }, { "url": "https://notion.so/pricing" }, ] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("constructive_calm/saas-pricing-tracker").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://slack.com/pricing" }, { "url": "https://notion.so/pricing" } ] }' | apify call constructive_calm/saas-pricing-tracker --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=constructive_calm/saas-pricing-tracker", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "SaaS Pricing & Feature Tracker", "description": "Scrapes SaaS company pricing pages to extract plan names, prices, features, limits, and billing options into structured JSON. Auto-discovers pricing pages from homepages. 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Can be pricing pages directly (e.g., https://slack.com/pricing) or homepages (e.g., https://slack.com). If a homepage is provided, the actor will attempt to auto-discover the pricing page.", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "useAI": { "title": "AI-Enhanced Extraction", "type": "boolean", "description": "Automatically use AI vision to verify and improve results when standard extraction is incomplete (missing plans, missing prices, or low confidence). Costs an additional $0.05 per result where AI is needed. Disable to use only CSS-based extraction.", "default": true }, "discoverPricingPage": { "title": "Auto-Discover Pricing Page", "type": "boolean", "description": "When enabled, if a URL does not appear to be a pricing page, the actor will crawl the homepage to find a link to the pricing page.", "default": true }, "country": { "title": "Pricing Region", "enum": [ "US", "GB", "DE", "FR", "CA", "AU", "JP", "BR", "IN", "NL", "SE", "SG" ], "type": "string", "description": "Country to view pricing from. Many SaaS sites show different prices and currencies based on location. Set this to see pricing as it appears in your target market.", "default": "US" }, "extractFeatureDetails": { "title": "Extract Feature Details", "type": "boolean", "description": "When enabled, the actor will attempt to extract detailed feature comparison tables in addition to plan-level feature lists. This may increase run time.", "default": true }, "useBrowser": { "title": "Browser Rendering Mode", "enum": [ "auto", "always", "never" ], "type": "string", "description": "Controls when to use a full browser (Playwright) vs. fast HTTP requests (Cheerio). 'Auto' tries Cheerio first and falls back to browser if pricing data is not found.", "default": "auto" }, "includeScreenshot": { "title": "Capture Pricing Page Screenshot", "type": "boolean", "description": "Save a screenshot of each pricing page to the key-value store for visual reference. Requires browser rendering.", "default": false }, "detectChanges": { "title": "Detect Pricing Changes", "type": "boolean", "description": "Compare results against a previous run and flag any pricing changes. Requires 'datasetName' or 'previousDatasetId' to be set.", "default": true }, "previousDatasetId": { "title": "Previous Dataset ID", "type": "string", "description": "Dataset ID from a prior run to compare against for change detection. If not set and 'datasetName' is provided, the actor will automatically load the previous results from the named dataset." }, "datasetName": { "title": "Named Dataset", "type": "string", "description": "Optional named dataset for persistent storage across runs. Enables automatic change detection between scheduled runs without needing to set 'previousDatasetId'." }, "webhookUrl": { "title": "Webhook URL for Change Alerts", "type": "string", "description": "Optional URL to POST change notifications to when pricing changes are detected. The webhook payload includes a summary of all changes found." }, "maxConcurrency": { "title": "Max Concurrency", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 20, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of pages to process concurrently. Lower values are gentler on target sites.", "default": 5 }, "maxRequestsPerCrawl": { "title": "Max Requests per Crawl", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum total number of HTTP requests the actor will make. Use 0 for unlimited.", "default": 100 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy settings for bypassing anti-bot measures. Recommended for production use.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "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 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```