Vendor Intelligence Monitor - Pricing, Security & Integrations

Monitor buyer-supplied public vendor pages and receive source-linked, deterministic change records. The Actor is designed for procurement, vendor management, competitive intelligence, security review, and product operations teams that need a compact review queue instead of repeated manual page comparisons.

What it monitors

Submit one to five vendor bundles with up to six explicit public URLs per vendor (twenty sources total). Supported source types are PRICING, SECURITY, INTEGRATIONS, PRODUCT, DOCUMENTATION, and OTHER.

The Actor never discovers URLs, signs in, executes browser scripts, or uses an LLM. It retrieves only the public HTTP(S) pages you provide.

Input example

{
  "monitor_id": "vendor-watch-demo",
  "vendors": [
    {
      "vendor_id": "example-vendor",
      "vendor_name": "Example Vendor",
      "sources": [
        {
          "source_id": "pricing",
          "source_type": "PRICING",
          "url": "https://example.com/pricing"
        },
        {
          "source_id": "security",
          "source_type": "SECURITY",
          "url": "https://example.com/security"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Use a stable monitor_id, vendor_id, and source_id across runs. Each monitor gets an isolated named key-value store for its baseline.

How baselines and deltas work

The first successful retrieval establishes a baseline. Later runs compare newly extracted, relevant page content with that stored baseline. You can run the Actor manually or use Apify Tasks and Schedules to repeat the same input externally.

The default dataset contains SOURCE_RESULT retrieval records, CHANGE_EVENT typed deltas, and VENDOR_ROLLUP summaries. Typed events cover pricing, plans, compliance, security, integrations, products, documentation, and general content. REVIEW_REQUIRED means a material source change could not be translated safely into a supported typed event. It requests human review; it does not prove business significance.

Illustrative output

These abbreviated records are fixture examples, not claims about a real vendor:

[
  {
    "record_type": "CHANGE_EVENT",
    "vendor_id": "example-vendor",
    "source_type": "PRICING",
    "event_type": "PRICE_CHANGED",
    "vendor_state": "MATERIAL_CHANGE",
    "old_value_or_text": "$10",
    "new_value_or_text": "$12",
    "evidence_before": [{"text": "Starter $10"}],
    "evidence_after": [{"text": "Starter $12"}],
    "source_url": "https://example.com/pricing",
    "review_state": "REVIEW_RECOMMENDED"
  },
  {
    "record_type": "CHANGE_EVENT",
    "vendor_id": "example-vendor",
    "source_type": "SECURITY",
    "event_type": "COMPLIANCE_TERM_ADDED",
    "old_value_or_text": null,
    "new_value_or_text": "SOC 2 TYPE II",
    "source_url": "https://example.com/security",
    "review_state": "REVIEW_RECOMMENDED"
  },
  {
    "record_type": "CHANGE_EVENT",
    "vendor_id": "example-vendor",
    "source_type": "INTEGRATIONS",
    "event_type": "INTEGRATION_ADDED",
    "old_value_or_text": null,
    "new_value_or_text": "Example integration",
    "source_url": "https://example.com/integrations",
    "review_state": "REVIEW_RECOMMENDED"
  }
]

Complete records retain source URLs, before/after evidence when available, reason codes, confidence basis, retrieval state, and vendor rollups. Inspect the evidence before acting.

Limits and responsible use

• Public, server-rendered HTTP(S) pages only.
• No authentication, browser automation, JavaScript rendering, URL discovery, or anti-bot bypass.
• Page redesigns, inaccessible content, ambiguous prose, and extraction boundaries can produce REVIEW_REQUIRED or missed changes.
• Deterministic rules improve reproducibility but do not guarantee perfect detection or business significance.
• This Actor does not provide legal, security, procurement, or financial advice.

Pricing

This Actor uses Apify pay-per-usage pricing. There is no additional developer fee and no pay-per-event charge; users pay only normal Apify platform resources consumed by runs and storage operations.