🚀 Startup Fast Scraper: launch intelligence

Start collecting fresh Startup Fast launches, websites, stacks, and market signals in under 60 seconds. Choose a category or exact Startup Fast pages and receive clean records ready for research, monitoring, or your next spreadsheet.

🌐 Product websites Go from a launch listing to the product's own site.

📈 Market signals Compare upvotes, comments, dates, categories, and pricing.

🧰 Technology data See declared stacks and supported platforms in separate columns.

🔄 New launch feed Schedule incremental runs that return newly discovered projects.

Startup Fast is a public directory for startup and product launches. This Actor turns its listings into structured data without requiring an account.

🔍 What does Startup Fast Scraper do?

Startup Fast Scraper collects public startup and product listings by category or direct URL. Each row can include the product website, description, categories, engagement, launch date, social profile, stack, platforms, and pricing type.

Results are available in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, and other formats supported by Apify. Use schedules and integrations to keep research workflows updated.

💡 Why use it?

• I am a startup analyst comparing new SaaS launches, pricing models, and technology choices across a focused category.
• I am a newsletter editor collecting fresh products for a weekly roundup without opening every listing by hand.
• I am a founder tracking competing launches, category positioning, descriptions, and early engagement signals.
• I am a market researcher building a clean dataset of product websites, categories, platforms, and declared stacks.

🚀 How to use it

STEP 1 Choose your scope Pick a category or paste exact Startup Fast URLs.

STEP 2 Set limits and filters Cap results or filter by date and minimum upvotes.

STEP 3 Run and export Start the Actor, inspect a view, and download your dataset.

📥 Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
startUrls	array of URLs	No	Direct Startup Fast project, category, homepage, trending, or directory URLs. When set, these override the category selection.
category	enum	No	Category to collect. Defaults to all categories and automatically removes duplicate projects.
maxItems	integer	No	Maximum records saved to the dataset. Defaults to 100 projects.
maxPagesPerCategory	integer	No	Maximum recent pages inspected per category. Defaults to 5 pages.
minUpvotes	integer	No	Keep projects with at least this many visible upvotes. Defaults to 0.
launchedAfter	string	No	Optional earliest launch date in YYYY-MM-DD format.
onlyNewItems	boolean	No	Return projects not emitted by earlier runs with the same monitor key. Defaults to false.
monitorKey	string	No	State name for an incremental workflow. It defaults to the selected category.
proxyConfiguration	object	No	Connection settings for cloud runs. The default datacenter configuration suits this public source.

📤 Output

Each dataset row represents one public Startup Fast project. Missing values are omitted instead of replaced with placeholders.

{
    "name": "Pokecut",
    "slug": "pokecut",
    "description": "Free AI Photo Editor & Generator",
    "startupFastUrl": "https://www.startupfa.st/projects/pokecut",
    "websiteUrl": "https://www.pokecut.com/",
    "logoUrl": "https://9s82gn6mgv.ufs.sh/f/gCFgcDLxaF0QYfHHrhdWluUTqG7kRIEYAMpVmg5sOaBFzCtb",
    "categories": ["Artificial Intelligence", "SaaS", "Design Tools"],
    "categorySlugs": ["ai", "saas", "design-tools"],
    "upvotes": 0,
    "xUrl": "https://x.com/Pokecut_",
    "techStack": ["ai image editor", "ai image generator", "batch photo editor"],
    "platforms": ["web"],
    "pricingType": "freemium",
    "sourceCategory": "ai",
    "sourcePage": 1,
    "sourceRank": 1,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-07-22T22:00:39.552Z"
}

The Output tab includes three views:

• Startup launches for general discovery and export.
• Market signals for dates, engagement, categories, pricing, and source rank.
• Technology profiles for websites, social profiles, stacks, and platforms.

🧾 Data table

Field	Type	Description
name	string	Public project name.
slug	string	Stable project identifier from the listing URL.
description	string	Product description shown on Startup Fast.
startupFastUrl	string	Direct public project listing.
websiteUrl	string	Product's own public website.
logoUrl	string	Public project logo URL.
categories	array	Human-readable Startup Fast category names.
categorySlugs	array	Stable category identifiers.
upvotes	number	Visible upvote count.
comments	number	Visible comment count when available.
xUrl	string	Public X profile linked from the project.
techStack	array	Technologies declared on the project page.
platforms	array	Supported platforms declared by the project.
pricingType	string	Public pricing label such as free, paid, or freemium.
launchDate	string	Launch date in ISO format when shown.
sourceCategory	string	Category where the project was discovered.
sourcePage	number	Category page where the project was discovered.
sourceRank	number	Position shown on that source page.
scrapedAt	string	Time the record was collected.

💰 Pricing

Pricing is pay per result. You pay for rows successfully saved to the dataset, empty runs have no result charges, and there is no fixed subscription.

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✨ Tips

• Use a single category for focused and faster research.
• Raise maxPagesPerCategory when you need older launches, not just recent projects.
• Combine launchedAfter with an Apify Schedule for a time-bounded launch feed.
• Enable onlyNewItems and keep the same monitorKey for repeated incremental runs.

❓ FAQ

Does Startup Fast Scraper get blocked?

Startup Fast currently exposes public listings without a login or interactive challenge. The Actor uses controlled request pacing and configurable connections for reliable runs.

Does it collect private emails or account data?

No. It stays on public Startup Fast project pages and does not sign in, harvest external website emails, or access private account areas.

How fresh is the data?

Each run reads live public project pages. Schedule the Actor daily or weekly and enable onlyNewItems to collect newly discovered launches.

Are all Startup Fast categories supported?

Yes. Choose all categories or one of the 37 current categories, including AI, SaaS, developer tools, marketing, productivity, and e-commerce.

🛟 Responsible use and support

This Actor collects publicly available startup listing data. Review Startup Fast's terms and applicable privacy laws before using the dataset, especially for outreach or profiling.

Open an issue from the Actor page in Apify Console if a field changes or a public page stops returning expected data.

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