# SoftwareSuggest Software Reviews Scraper (`crawlerbros/softwaresuggest-scraper`) Actor Scrape SoftwareSuggest product pages from direct URLs or category pages. Extract ratings, pricing, support, platform, review, and alternative-product data - **URL**: https://apify.com/crawlerbros/softwaresuggest-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Crawler Bros](https://apify.com/crawlerbros) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, E-commerce - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 7 bookmarks - **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars ## Pricing from $3.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. 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 ## 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 ## SoftwareSuggest Scraper Scrape SoftwareSuggest software product pages from direct URLs or category pages. The actor extracts product summaries, ratings, pricing signals, support and platform hints, and alternative-product links from the public site. ### Modes This actor supports three input styles and they can be combined: 1. `profileUrls`: direct product pages such as `https://www.softwaresuggest.com/slack` 2. `categoryUrls`: full category pages such as `https://www.softwaresuggest.com/project-management-software` 3. `categorySlug`: short slug such as `project-management` or `crm`, which the actor converts to a `-software` category page automatically ### Filters - `minRating` - `minReviews` - `freeTrialOnly` - `freeVersionOnly` - `maxItems` ### Anti-Bot - `useProxy` - `autoEscalateOnBlock` - `proxyConfiguration` The actor prefers lightweight HTTP fetching and only escalates to residential proxy retries when needed. ### Output Each record can include: - `title`, `description`, `slug`, `category`, `applicationCategory` - `ratingValue`, `reviewCount` - `startingPrice`, `price`, `priceCurrency`, `hasFreeTrial`, `hasFreeVersion` - `platforms`, `supportOptions`, `businessTypes`, `operatingSystem` - `imageUrl` - `alternatives` - `topReviews` - `sourceUrl`, `canonicalUrl` - `recordType`, `scrapedAt` Empty values are omitted from output. ### Use Cases - B2B software comparison research - Pricing and rating intelligence - Alternative product discovery - Software directory aggregation ### Notes - Product pages expose structured JSON-LD, which makes them much more stable than scraping raw visible widgets alone. - Category pages expose canonical product URLs through structured item lists, which makes category crawling reliable for positive real-data runs. # Actor input Schema ## `profileUrls` (type: `array`): Direct SoftwareSuggest product URLs, such as https://www.softwaresuggest.com/slack. ## `categoryUrls` (type: `array`): SoftwareSuggest category URLs such as https://www.softwaresuggest.com/project-management-software. ## `categorySlug` (type: `string`): Category slug such as `project-management` or `crm`. The actor converts it into the matching `-software` category URL automatically. ## `minRating` (type: `integer`): Drop products with a rounded aggregate rating below this value. 0 keeps everything. ## `minReviews` (type: `integer`): Drop products with fewer than N reviews on SoftwareSuggest. ## `freeTrialOnly` (type: `boolean`): Only emit products that advertise a free trial. ## `freeVersionOnly` (type: `boolean`): Only emit products that advertise a free version. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Hard cap on emitted SoftwareSuggest products. ## `useProxy` (type: `boolean`): Route HTTP requests through Apify proxy. Recommended for stable cloud runs. ## `autoEscalateOnBlock` (type: `boolean`): Automatically retry blocked fetches via residential Apify proxy. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Apify proxy configuration. Defaults to RESIDENTIAL for safer production reliability. ## Actor input object example ```json { "profileUrls": [ "https://www.softwaresuggest.com/slack" ], "categoryUrls": [], "minRating": 0, "minReviews": 0, "freeTrialOnly": false, "freeVersionOnly": false, "maxItems": 25, "useProxy": true, "autoEscalateOnBlock": true, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } ```` # Actor output Schema ## `software` (type: `string`): Dataset containing SoftwareSuggest software product records. # 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 = { "profileUrls": [ "https://www.softwaresuggest.com/slack" ], "categoryUrls": [], "minRating": 0, "minReviews": 0, "freeTrialOnly": false, "freeVersionOnly": false, "maxItems": 25, "useProxy": true, "autoEscalateOnBlock": true, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("crawlerbros/softwaresuggest-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "profileUrls": ["https://www.softwaresuggest.com/slack"], "categoryUrls": [], "minRating": 0, "minReviews": 0, "freeTrialOnly": False, "freeVersionOnly": False, "maxItems": 25, "useProxy": True, "autoEscalateOnBlock": True, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("crawlerbros/softwaresuggest-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 '{ "profileUrls": [ "https://www.softwaresuggest.com/slack" ], "categoryUrls": [], "minRating": 0, "minReviews": 0, "freeTrialOnly": false, "freeVersionOnly": false, "maxItems": 25, "useProxy": true, "autoEscalateOnBlock": true, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } }' | apify call crawlerbros/softwaresuggest-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=crawlerbros/softwaresuggest-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "SoftwareSuggest Software Reviews Scraper", "description": "Scrape SoftwareSuggest product pages from direct URLs or category pages. Extract ratings, pricing, support, platform, review, and alternative-product data", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "JfVnqWmTL2ZThD1ay" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/crawlerbros~softwaresuggest-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-crawlerbros-softwaresuggest-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/crawlerbros~softwaresuggest-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-crawlerbros-softwaresuggest-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/crawlerbros~softwaresuggest-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-crawlerbros-softwaresuggest-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "profileUrls": { "title": "Product URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Direct SoftwareSuggest product URLs, such as https://www.softwaresuggest.com/slack.", "default": [ "https://www.softwaresuggest.com/slack" ], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "categoryUrls": { "title": "Category URLs", "type": "array", "description": "SoftwareSuggest category URLs such as https://www.softwaresuggest.com/project-management-software.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "categorySlug": { "title": "Category slug", "type": "string", "description": "Category slug such as `project-management` or `crm`. The actor converts it into the matching `-software` category URL automatically." }, "minRating": { "title": "Minimum aggregate rating", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 5, "type": "integer", "description": "Drop products with a rounded aggregate rating below this value. 0 keeps everything.", "default": 0 }, "minReviews": { "title": "Minimum review count", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 100000, "type": "integer", "description": "Drop products with fewer than N reviews on SoftwareSuggest.", "default": 0 }, "freeTrialOnly": { "title": "Free trial only", "type": "boolean", "description": "Only emit products that advertise a free trial.", "default": false }, "freeVersionOnly": { "title": "Free version only", "type": "boolean", "description": "Only emit products that advertise a free version.", "default": false }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 250, "type": "integer", "description": "Hard cap on emitted SoftwareSuggest products.", "default": 25 }, "useProxy": { "title": "Use Apify proxy", "type": "boolean", "description": "Route HTTP requests through Apify proxy. Recommended for stable cloud runs.", "default": true }, "autoEscalateOnBlock": { "title": "Auto-escalate on block", "type": "boolean", "description": "Automatically retry blocked fetches via residential Apify proxy.", "default": true }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Apify proxy configuration. Defaults to RESIDENTIAL for safer production reliability.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ] } } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```