Apify Store Intelligence: Market & Pricing Explorer

Know exactly what to charge before you set a price you're stuck with for a month.

Scans the Apify Store, analyzes every competitor's pricing, and gives you a ready-to-use strategy — pricing model, price point, tiered discounts, revenue forecast, and a launch playbook. All in under 30 seconds.

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What you get

A markdown report appears instantly in the Output tab — no JSON parsing, no spreadsheets:

## Your Actor
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| Metric         | Value   |
|----------------|---------|
| Your price     | $0.0045 |
| Market median  | $0.0145 |
| Price vs median| -69.0%  |
| Price percentile| 12th   |

> Verdict: You're priced significantly below median.
> You likely have room to raise prices.

## Pricing Recommendation
Recommended: $0.0097 (competitive strategy)

| Strategy    | Price   | Positioning                    |
|-------------|---------|--------------------------------|
| Penetration | $0.0039 | Below P25 — cheapest in market |
| Competitive | $0.0097 | Between P25 and median         |
| Premium     | $0.1885 | Between median and P75         |

Plus structured JSON records in the dataset for programmatic use.

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Use cases

"I'm about to publish my first actor"

Set your target category and run in quick mode. You'll get:

• Which pricing model to use (PPE vs PPR) and why
• Exact price to start at (penetration / competitive / premium)
• Tiered pricing table (FREE through DIAMOND)
• Revenue forecast at different adoption levels
• Week-by-week launch playbook

Cost: ~$0.53 | Time: ~15 seconds

"Is my price right?"

Paste your actor URL in the "Your Actor" field. The tool fetches your current pricing, compares it against every competitor in your category, and tells you:

• Your price percentile (e.g. "higher than 34% of PPE actors")
• How far you are from the median (e.g. "+23% above")
• Whether you have room to raise or should lower
• Missing features that hurt your ranking (no agentic, no tiers, low success rate)

"Where's the opportunity?"

Run a full scan across all 15 categories. The opportunity engine scores each category by growth velocity, competition density, and demand — surfacing where to build next.

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Input

Essential

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	quick	quick: 50 actors/category, strategy only (~$0.53). full: entire store + raw actor data.
myActorUrl	string	—	Your actor URL or slug (e.g. username/my-actor). Enables personalized market position analysis.
targetCategory	string	—	Category your actor competes in. Tailors all strategy to this market.

Market scope

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
categories	array	All 15	Store categories to scan.
pricingModel	string	All	Filter: FREE, PAY_PER_EVENT, PRICE_PER_DATASET_ITEM, FLAT_PRICE_PER_MONTH
includeFree	boolean	true	Include free actors in analysis.

Advanced

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
sortBy	string	popularity	Sort within categories: popularity, newest, lastUpdate, relevance
maxResults	integer	0 (auto)	Override actor cap. Quick mode auto-caps at 50/category. 0 in full mode = unlimited.

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Output

Executive Summary (Key-Value Store)

A formatted markdown report in the Output tab — the primary output. Includes market snapshot, pricing recommendation with three strategies, tiered pricing table, top competitors, rising stars, revenue forecast, and a launch checklist.

Strategy records (Dataset — "Strategy & Intelligence" view)

Record	What it tells you
MARKET_OVERVIEW	Aggregate stats: price distributions, model breakdown, total runs/users
CATEGORY_INTELLIGENCE	Same as above, scoped to one category (multi-category runs)
STRATEGY_PRICING_MODEL	PPE vs PPR recommendation with reasoning
STRATEGY_PRICE_POINT	Three pricing strategies with market benchmarks
STRATEGY_TIERED_PRICING	FREE through DIAMOND discount curve (market-observed when possible)
STRATEGY_COMPETITORS	Top 5 market leaders + rising stars (accelerating growth)
STRATEGY_REVENUE_FORECAST	Revenue scenarios grounded in actual market percentiles (P10/P50/P80/P95)
STRATEGY_OPPORTUNITIES	Category rankings by opportunity score
STRATEGY_LAUNCH_PLAYBOOK	Phase-by-phase launch actions
STRATEGY_YOUR_POSITION	Your actor vs market: percentile, median comparison, action items (requires myActorUrl)

Actor data (Dataset — "Actor Data" view, full mode only)

Individual actor records with pricing model, price, tiers, run stats, ratings, user growth, and agentic support. One record per actor analyzed.

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Cost

Scenario	Price
Single category, quick mode	~$0.53
3 categories, quick mode	~$0.59
Full store scan (15 categories)	~$0.95

Pricing: $0.03 per category + $0.50 per strategic report.

No per-actor charges. Quick mode is the default — you always know what you'll pay before you run.

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API

# Quick check: "How should I price my AI actor?"
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/conversational_kermis~apify-market-pricing-intelligence/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "targetCategory": "AI",
    "categories": ["AI"]
  }'

# "Am I priced right?"
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/conversational_kermis~apify-market-pricing-intelligence/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "myActorUrl": "username/my-actor",
    "targetCategory": "AI",
    "categories": ["AI"]
  }'

# Full market scan
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/conversational_kermis~apify-market-pricing-intelligence/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "mode": "full"
  }'

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How it works

Calls the Apify Store API directly — no browser automation, no scraping, no bot detection. Structured JSON in, structured intelligence out. Quick mode finishes in under 30 seconds. Full store scan takes 2-5 minutes.

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Notes

• Quick vs full mode: Quick mode (default) caps at 50 actors per category and only outputs strategy records. Full mode scans everything and includes individual actor records in the dataset.
• Deduplication: Actors appearing in multiple categories are counted once.
• User recency ratio (users_7d / users_30d): >0.35 = accelerating growth, ~0.23 = steady, <0.15 = declining.
• Rising stars: Actors with recency ratio >0.35 and 10+ users are flagged in competitor analysis.
• Dynamic tiers: When enough competitors have tiered pricing (3+), the tier curve is derived from observed market discounts instead of defaults.
• Revenue forecasts: Scenarios are anchored to actual P10/P50/P80/P95 run distributions in your category, not arbitrary numbers.
• Price lock: Apify limits price increases to once per calendar month. Decreases are instant. Start low.
• Rental sunset: FLAT_PRICE_PER_MONTH is being retired by Apify — avoid for new actors.