DomScan Website Technology Detector

Identify observable website technologies across domains or URLs. Choose fast, rendered, or deep detection according to the evidence you need.

Use it from Apify Console, the Apify API, an Actor task, or an automation workflow. Submit domains such as example.com or URLs such as https://example.com. Each run performs one selected operation for every target in the input.

Features

• Process up to 100 domains or public HTTP(S) URLs per run.
• Choose one operation per run.
• Receive one dataset row for every processed target.
• Get an explicit success value and HTTP status for each result.
• Preserve the complete DomScan JSON response in the data field.
• Export structured results for analysis, enrichment, research, monitoring workflows, or internal tools.
• Run from the Apify UI, API, schedules, integrations, or MCP tools.

Supported operations

• overview: DNS, registration, health, reputation, and popularity observations in one response.
• whois: Enhanced WHOIS and RDAP registration information, where available.
• dns: A selected DNS record type, including A, AAAA, MX, NS, TXT, SOA, CNAME, CAA, PTR, or SRV.
• health: Domain health and live web or mail configuration signals.
• ssl-audit: SSL certificate and HTTPS audit details.
• technology: Website technology detection with fast, rendered, or deep scan modes.
• reputation: Domain reputation signals and supporting details.
• subdomains: Discovered subdomains with optional DNS verification.
• valuation: An estimated domain value with available supporting factors.
• availability: Point-in-time domain availability status.

Results depend on the target, operation, available evidence, and current reachability. An unavailable or inconclusive check remains distinguishable from a confirmed result. A successful result is not a guarantee of ownership, legal identity, security, future availability, or commercial value.

Quick start in Apify Console

1. Open the Actor's Input tab.
2. Enter one or more domains or URLs in Domains or URLs.
3. This Actor uses the fixed technology operation.
4. Review any settings for that operation, then start the Actor.
5. Open the Dataset to inspect or export one row per target.

A simple input looks like this:

{
  "targets": [
    "example.com",
    "https://www.example.org"
  ],
  "operation": "technology",
  "maxConcurrency": 3
}

To perform different checks for the same targets, start separate runs with a different operation value.

Output

The Actor writes one dataset item per target. A successful result may look like this:

{
  "target": "example.com",
  "operation": "technology",
  "success": true,
  "statusCode": 200,
  "checkedAt": "2026-08-27T10:30:00.000Z",
  "registrar": "Example Registrar",
  "expiryDate": "2030-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "reputationScore": 92,
  "reputationGrade": "A",
  "data": {
    "domain": "example.com",
    "health": {
      "dns_ok": true,
      "https_ok": true
    },
    "registration": {
      "registered": true,
      "registrar": "Example Registrar"
    }
  },
  "error": null
}

If a target cannot be completed, its row still identifies the target and operation:

{
  "target": "invalid target",
  "operation": "dns",
  "success": false,
  "statusCode": 400,
  "checkedAt": "2026-08-27T10:30:00.000Z",
  "data": null,
  "error": {
    "code": "INVALID_TARGET",
    "message": "Each target must be a non-empty domain or HTTP(S) URL."
  }
}

The exact fields inside data vary by operation. The complete response is retained so you can use details beyond the normalized Actor columns. The run's key-value store also contains a SUMMARY record with requested, processed, successful, failed, and budget-skipped counts.

Pricing

Successful results cost $5 per 1,000 results. Apify platform usage is charged separately. There is no startup fee, and failed results are not billed as successful results.

For example, a run with 100 successful target results costs $0.50 for Actor results, plus applicable Apify platform usage.

Use cases

• Enrich a domain list before sales or market research.
• Review a portfolio for health, SSL, DNS, or reputation signals.
• Compare technology choices across websites.
• Collect subdomain intelligence for an authorized asset inventory.
• Screen domains during acquisition research.
• Check availability for a list of names.
• Feed structured domain results into spreadsheets, databases, AI agents, or internal applications.

Only use the Actor for domains and websites you are authorized to research. Results are intended for intelligence and research workflows, not as a substitute for legal, security, ownership, or compliance decisions.

Limits and result interpretation

• Maximum 100 targets per run.
• One operation per run.
• Results are based on available evidence and the supplied target.
• Some domains, extensions, websites, or operations may return incomplete, unknown, or unavailable results.
• Rendered and deep technology scans can take longer than fast scans.
• Valuation is an estimate, not an appraisal or guaranteed sale price.
• Reputation and health results are signals, not a security certification.
• Availability is time-sensitive and should be confirmed before registration.
• Do not submit passwords, private credentials, payment data, or other sensitive information as targets.

API example

Start the Actor synchronously and return its dataset items. Replace YOUR_ACTOR_ID and YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN with your values.

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_ACTOR_ID/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "targets": ["example.com", "example.org"],
    "operation": "whois"
  }'

The asynchronous Run Actor endpoint is a better fit for longer jobs. When the run finishes, use the default Dataset to read or export the per-target records.

For response guidance and product details, visit the DomScan API documentation. To manage your DomScan account, visit the DomScan dashboard.

Privacy and data handling

The Actor processes the domains or URLs you submit and returns intelligence associated with those targets. Submit only information you are permitted to process. Avoid placing personal, confidential, or sensitive data in target values.

Results may contain publicly observable domain and website information. Treat exported datasets according to your own privacy, security, retention, and access policies. DomScan does not establish that a domain is owned by a particular person or organization, and public information may be incomplete, outdated, or unavailable.

Troubleshooting

The run rejects my input. Confirm that targets is an array with no more than 100 values, every value is a domain or public HTTP(S) URL, and operation is one of the supported values.

Some rows have success: false. Check the error object for the affected target. Invalid targets, unreachable websites, unavailable evidence, and inconclusive checks can fail while other rows succeed.

Technology results are incomplete. Try rendered or deep technology mode when the fast scan does not expose enough page behavior. These modes may take longer and may take longer than fast scans.

Availability changed after the run. Treat availability as a point-in-time result and confirm it before taking action.

I need more detail. Inspect the full data object in the Dataset row, then consult the DomScan documentation.