# Kununu Scraper — DACH Employer Reviews, Salaries & Ratings (`dach_data_tools/kununu-scraper`) Actor

Extract employer ratings, review texts, recommendation scores and salary data from kununu.com — the leading employer-review platform for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dach_data_tools/kununu-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [nqvrl](https://apify.com/dach_data_tools) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Jobs
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

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?

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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

## Kununu Scraper — DACH Employer Reviews, Salaries & Ratings

Extract employer ratings, full review texts, recommendation scores and salary data from **kununu.com** — the leading employer-review platform for Germany, Austria and Switzerland (the DACH equivalent of Glassdoor).

### What you get

- Company profile: name, overall score, recommendation rate, review count, industry
- Individual reviews: rating, date, position, pros/cons, full text
- Optional salary records per company

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `startUrls` | Direct kununu.com company profile URLs |
| `searchQuery` | Company name/keyword — used when no URLs given |
| `maxCompanies` | Cap on profiles scraped |
| `maxReviewsPerCompany` | Reviews per company (0 = profile only) |
| `includeSalaries` | Also scrape salary pages |

### Use cases

- **Recruiting agencies**: employer-branding intel on target accounts
- **HR analytics**: sentiment + salary benchmarks per industry/region
- **Sales/lead-gen**: score prospects by employer reputation

### Note

Kununu is a DACH-only platform — low competition, high regional value.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

One or more kununu.com company profile URLs, e.g. https://www.kununu.com/de/sap. Overrides search if provided.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Find companies by name or keyword, e.g. "Allianz" or "Beratung". Used when no profile URLs are given.

## `maxCompanies` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of company profiles to scrape.

## `maxReviewsPerCompany` (type: `integer`):

Reviews to collect per company (0 = company profile only, no review texts).

## `includeSalaries` (type: `boolean`):

Also scrape the salary pages of each company when available.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Kununu sits behind AWS WAF — residential proxies recommended if datacenter runs get challenged.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [],
  "searchQuery": "",
  "maxCompanies": 10,
  "maxReviewsPerCompany": 25,
  "includeSalaries": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Company profiles (ratings, recommendation rate) and review items (rating, date, pros/cons, text).

# 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("dach_data_tools/kununu-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("dach_data_tools/kununu-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 dach_data_tools/kununu-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,dach_data_tools/kununu-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/tfmK92b1uRhrKUdM8/builds/cHmlypg8u62Pcdm6T/openapi.json