PPE Tiered Test Actor

This actor is designed for property data scraping and quota-based usage testing on the Apify platform. It demonstrates how usage-based charging and multipliers work for item scraping scenarios.

📥 Input Parameters

• recordsToPush (integer, required)
  • Number of random items to push to the Apify dataset. This simulates the number of items processed in a run.
• addAdditioanalUsageFull (boolean, optional)
  • If enabled, simulates scraping full property details. Increases your usage multiplier by 1x, causing your quota to be used up faster.
• addAdditioanalUsageHalf (boolean, optional)
  • If enabled, simulates scraping nearest schools. Increases your usage multiplier by 0.5x, causing your quota to be used up faster.

💸 Pricing Model & Usage Logic

This actor uses a tiered pay-per-event pricing model, with usage tracked and charged based on the number of items processed and additional multipliers. Charges are triggered at specific usage thresholds and events.

🟢 Charge Events & Tiers

• Charge Events:
  • starter-tier-10: <20 items
  • growth-tier-10: 25 to <50 items
  • scale-tier-10: 50 to <100 items
  • enterprise-tier-10: 100+ items

Example:

• Scraping 200 items in a month:
  • $0.01 per 10 items for the first 25 items ($0.0250)
  • $0.005 per 10 items upto 50 items ($0.0125)
  • $0.004 per 10 items upto 100 items ($0.0200)
  • $0.002 per 10 items above 100 items ($0.0200)
  • Total: $0.0775

⚡ Usage Multipliers

Additional usage multipliers are applied based on input and environment:

• Memory Usage:
  • If memory >128 MB, usage multiplier increases (e.g., 256 MB = 2x usage)
• Residential Proxy:
  • If enabled, adds 1x multiplier
• Full Property Details:
  • addAdditioanalUsageFull adds 1x multiplier
• Nearest Schools:
  • addAdditioanalUsageHalf adds 0.5x multiplier

Multipliers are cumulative. For example, enabling both full and half options results in a 1.5x multiplier.

How Multipliers Affect Quota

• Multipliers do not bill you directly, but increases item processing usage by given multiplier.
• Example:
  • Default: 1,000 items before over-usage charge
  • With additional 1x multiplier: 500 items
  • With additional 1.5x multiplier: ~400 items

💡 Tip: For best cost efficiency, run this actor on 128 MB memory. Higher memory increases your usage multiplier and quota consumption rate.