# SoftwareAdvice Reviews Scraper (`kawsar/softwareadvice-reviews-scraper`) Actor SoftwareAdvice review scraper that extracts ratings, reviewer details, pros and cons from product pages in bulk, so you can run competitive analysis without manual browsing. - **URL**: https://apify.com/kawsar/softwareadvice-reviews-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Kawsar](https://apify.com/kawsar) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools, E-commerce - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.90 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. 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 ## SoftwareAdvice Reviews Scraper Extract SoftwareAdvice reviews from any product profile page. Pass a URL, get back ratings, reviewer job titles, pros and cons, and sub-scores for ease of use, customer support, features, and value for money. Scrape one product or batch dozens at once. Filter by star rating, pick a sort order, and cap total output. --- ### What you get per review - Overall star rating plus sub-ratings (ease of use, customer support, features, value for money) - Reviewer name, job title, and company size - Pros and cons text, full review body - Review date and helpful vote count - Verified reviewer flag - Product aggregate rating and total review count --- ### Input | Field | Type | Default | Description | |---|---|---|---| | `productUrl` | String | | SoftwareAdvice product profile URL | | `productUrls` | List | | Batch list of product URLs | | `maxReviews` | Integer | 100 | Max reviews per product (up to 1000) | | `sortBy` | Select | most-helpful | most-helpful, most-recent, highest-rated, lowest-rated | | `minRating` | Integer | 1 | Minimum star rating to include (1 to 5) | | `maxItems` | Integer | 100 | Total output cap across all products | | `requestTimeoutSecs` | Integer | 30 | Per-request timeout in seconds | #### Single product ```json { "productUrl": "https://www.softwareadvice.com/crm/salesforce-profile/", "maxReviews": 50, "sortBy": "most-recent", "minRating": 3 } ```` #### Batch ```json { "productUrls": [ "https://www.softwareadvice.com/crm/salesforce-profile/", "https://www.softwareadvice.com/project-management/asana-profile/", "https://www.softwareadvice.com/accounting/quickbooks-profile/" ], "maxReviews": 200, "maxItems": 1000 } ``` *** ### Output One dataset record per review. Example: ```json { "productName": "Salesforce Sales Cloud", "productUrl": "https://www.softwareadvice.com/crm/salesforce-profile/", "productCategory": "Crm", "overallRating": 4.4, "totalReviews": 18543, "reviewId": "1234567", "reviewHeadline": "Powerful but takes time to configure", "reviewerName": "Sarah M.", "reviewerRole": "Sales Manager", "reviewerCompany": "51-200 employees", "reviewDate": "2024-08-15", "ratingOverall": 4.0, "ratingEaseOfUse": 3.5, "ratingCustomerSupport": 4.0, "ratingFeatures": 5.0, "ratingValueForMoney": 3.5, "prosText": "Extremely customizable. Integrates with every tool we use.", "consText": "Steep learning curve. Implementation took months.", "reviewBody": "We have been using Salesforce for two years. The reporting is excellent once you figure out how to build it.", "isVerified": true, "helpfulCount": 12, "scrapedAt": "2024-09-01T10:23:45+00:00" } ``` *** ### Common uses - Compare how real users rate competing CRM, ERP, or HR tools before a purchase decision - Pull reviews for a vendor shortlist and feed them into your own analysis pipeline - Track sentiment shifts over time for a specific software category - Build a review aggregation dataset from SoftwareAdvice alongside G2 or Capterra *** ### Notes - Product URLs must be SoftwareAdvice profile pages (paths ending in `-profile/`) - Reviews with no star rating are included unless you set `minRating` - If a product page returns no reviews, the actor writes an error record with the URL and reason - You can combine `productUrl` and `productUrls` in a single run; duplicates are deduplicated *** ### Support Open an issue on the Issues tab in Apify Console if something breaks or you need a new feature. # Actor input Schema ## `productUrl` (type: `string`): URL of a SoftwareAdvice product page (profile URL or /reviews/ sub-page — both work). ## `productUrls` (type: `array`): Scrape multiple products in one run. Combine with Product URL to mix single and batch. Duplicates are removed automatically. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum total reviews to collect across all products in this run. Each product page provides up to 10 reviews per request. ## `minRating` (type: `integer`): Only include reviews with this star rating or higher (1 to 5). ## `requestTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`): Per-request timeout in seconds. ## Actor input object example ```json { "productUrl": "https://www.softwareadvice.com/crm/salesforce-profile/", "productUrls": [ "https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/2764-Salesforce/", "https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/3232-Asana/", "https://www.softwareadvice.com/crm/hubspot-crm-profile/" ], "maxItems": 10, "minRating": 1, "requestTimeoutSecs": 30 } ``` # 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 = { "productUrl": "https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/2764-Salesforce/" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("kawsar/softwareadvice-reviews-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 = { "productUrl": "https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/2764-Salesforce/" } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("kawsar/softwareadvice-reviews-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 '{ "productUrl": "https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/2764-Salesforce/" }' | apify call kawsar/softwareadvice-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=kawsar/softwareadvice-reviews-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "SoftwareAdvice Reviews Scraper", "description": "SoftwareAdvice review scraper that extracts ratings, reviewer details, pros and cons from product pages in bulk, so you can run competitive analysis without manual browsing.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "xrPiNmMhZt6d15tbe" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/kawsar~softwareadvice-reviews-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-kawsar-softwareadvice-reviews-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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/kawsar~softwareadvice-reviews-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-kawsar-softwareadvice-reviews-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/kawsar~softwareadvice-reviews-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-kawsar-softwareadvice-reviews-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": { "productUrl": { "title": "Product URL", "type": "string", "description": "URL of a SoftwareAdvice product page (profile URL or /reviews/ sub-page — both work)." }, "productUrls": { "title": "Product URLs (batch)", "type": "array", "description": "Scrape multiple products in one run. Combine with Product URL to mix single and batch. Duplicates are removed automatically.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max reviews (total)", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 1000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum total reviews to collect across all products in this run. Each product page provides up to 10 reviews per request.", "default": 10 }, "minRating": { "title": "Minimum star rating", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 5, "type": "integer", "description": "Only include reviews with this star rating or higher (1 to 5).", "default": 1 }, "requestTimeoutSecs": { "title": "Request timeout (seconds)", "minimum": 5, "maximum": 120, "type": "integer", "description": "Per-request timeout in seconds.", "default": 30 } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```