Geo Price Comparator

Compare the same product or pricing page across countries using Apify residential proxies. Paste a public URL (for example Spotify Premium), pick markets like US, IN, and BR, and get local prices converted to one currency — plus the best deal and geo-pricing spread.

Merchants and SaaS vendors often charge different amounts by visitor geography and purchasing power. This Actor turns that into structured data you can schedule, export, and plug into pricing research or deal monitoring.

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What does Geo Price Comparator do?

For every product URL × country pair, Geo Price Comparator:

1. Opens the page through an Apify Residential Proxy IP in that country
2. Extracts title, image, price, and currency (JSON-LD → meta → microdata → selectors → optional AI)
3. Converts prices into your compare currency (default USD) using live FX rates
4. Optionally estimates a PPP-adjusted international-dollar cost
5. Writes one observation per country and one comparison summary per product (cheapest market, spread %, best deal)

Try it with the default input: Spotify Premium from the United States, India, and Brazil — a real geo-pricing gap shows up after FX conversion.

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What can this Actor do?

• Multi-country proxy fetches — same URL, different Apify Proxy country codes
• Structured + AI extraction — works on JSON-LD shops and messy SaaS pricing pages
• FX normalization — compare INR, BRL, EUR, and USD in one column
• PPP adjustment — rough purchasing-power view alongside cash prices
• Best-deal summary — cheapest country, most expensive country, absolute and % spread
• Apify platform — schedule runs, monitor jobs, export JSON/CSV/Excel, call via API, and integrate with webhooks

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What data can you extract?

Field	Description
countryCode / countryName	Market simulated via residential proxy
title	Product or plan name
imageUrl	Primary product image when available
price / currency / priceText	Local price as shown
priceConverted / compareCurrency / fxRate	FX-normalized comparison
pricePppIntl / pppConversionFactor	Optional PPP international-dollar estimate
bestDealCountry / spreadPercent	Comparison summary fields
extractionMethod	json-ld, meta, microdata, selector, or ai

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Why scrape geo prices?

Use Geo Price Comparator when you need to:

• Find the cheapest country to buy a digital subscription or product
• Measure price discrimination after currency conversion
• Compare cash prices with PPP-adjusted cost
• Monitor competitor or SaaS geo pricing on a schedule
• Feed deal alerts, research notebooks, or pricing dashboards via the Apify API

Who is it for?

• SaaS pricing teams auditing regional list prices vs purchasing power
• Deal hunters looking for the cheapest market for the same digital good
• Market researchers quantifying cross-border price gaps after FX
• E-commerce analysts spotting geo offers on public product pages
• Competitive intelligence monitoring rival subscription tiers by country
• Agencies delivering geo-pricing reports for clients
• Fintech / FX desks studying listed prices vs mid-market rates
• Travel researchers comparing viewer-country hotel or fare quotes
• Policy / consumer advocates documenting discriminatory list prices
• Indie builders validating PPP-aware pricing before launch
• Affiliate publishers finding regional deals worth promoting
• Procurement checking vendor public price pages from multiple geos

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How to compare product prices by country

1. Open the Actor in Apify Console
2. Keep or replace the default Product URL (Spotify Premium works out of the box)
3. Set Countries to ISO codes such as US, IN, BR
4. Leave Apify Proxy on with RESIDENTIAL groups
5. Click Start, then open the Overview and Comparisons dataset views

For every input option, see the Input tab.

Example input

{
  "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.spotify.com/premium/" }],
  "countries": ["US", "IN", "BR"],
  "maxItems": 1,
  "compareCurrency": "USD",
  "includePppAdjustment": true,
  "useAiExtraction": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

Example result (Spotify Premium)

Country	Local price	→ USD
US	$12.99	$12.99
BR	R$23.90	~$4.62
IN	₹139	~$1.45

Best deal: IN. Spread vs US in a live UAT run: ~794%. Exact figures move with FX and plan copy on the page.

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Input

Field	Required	Default	Description
startUrls	yes	Spotify Premium	Public product or pricing page URLs
countries	yes	US, IN, BR	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes for proxy geolocation
maxItems	no	3	Max product URLs to process
compareCurrency	no	USD	ISO currency for cross-country comparison
includePppAdjustment	no	true	Add PPP international-dollar estimates
useAiExtraction	no	true	Fall back to OpenRouter when structured price tags are missing
proxyConfiguration	no	Residential on	Must use Apify Proxy + residential for real geo prices

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Output

Observation (one row per country)

{
  "recordType": "observation",
  "url": "https://www.spotify.com/premium/",
  "finalUrl": "https://www.spotify.com/br-pt/premium/",
  "title": "Premium Individual",
  "imageUrl": null,
  "countryCode": "BR",
  "countryName": "Brazil",
  "price": 23.9,
  "currency": "BRL",
  "priceText": "R$ 23,90",
  "priceConverted": 4.6201,
  "compareCurrency": "USD",
  "fxRate": 0.1933,
  "pricePppIntl": 9.56,
  "pppConversionFactor": 2.5,
  "extractionMethod": "ai",
  "proxyUsed": true,
  "error": null,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-21T19:20:00.000Z"
}

Comparison (one row per product)

{
  "recordType": "comparison",
  "url": "https://www.spotify.com/premium/",
  "title": "Premium Individual",
  "bestDealCountry": "IN",
  "cheapestPriceConverted": 1.4525,
  "mostExpensiveCountry": "US",
  "mostExpensivePriceConverted": 12.99,
  "spreadConverted": 11.5375,
  "spreadPercent": 794.32,
  "compareCurrency": "USD",
  "pppCheapestCountry": "IN",
  "countries": []
}

Download results as JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML from the dataset, or pull them with the Apify API.

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How much does it cost to compare geo prices?

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing plus platform usage:

• You pay a small PPE fee per dataset row (geo-price-result: each country observation and each product comparison)
• You also pay Apify platform usage for this run — mainly residential proxy traffic, compute, and optional AI extraction

Residential proxies are required for realistic geo prices, so usage is part of the product. Start with 2–3 countries and one URL while validating a site. Schedule larger country sets once the page extracts cleanly.

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Tips for better geo price comparison

• Prefer one canonical URL; many sites redirect to /us/, /in/, /br/ paths automatically from the proxy country
• Keep residential proxies on — datacenter or no-proxy runs will not show true geo pricing
• Leave AI extraction on for SaaS pricing pages without JSON-LD
• PPP factors are approximate World Bank-style ratios for relative comparison, not financial advice
• Some storefronts (Steam age gates, heavy JS checkouts) may need cookies or a browser crawler — start with public pricing pages like Spotify

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FAQ

Is it legal to compare prices by country?

This Actor only reads publicly visible pricing pages. You are responsible for complying with each site’s terms and applicable law. Do not use results to abuse regional licensing or payment rules.

Why do I need residential proxies?

Geo prices usually depend on the visitor’s IP country. Apify Residential Proxy with a countryCode is what makes the same URL look like a local customer in each market.

Why is India sometimes much cheaper on Spotify?

Spotify (and many SaaS brands) use regional pricing. India and Brazil often list lower local prices than the US after FX conversion. Plan names can also differ (Individual vs Student); check the title field on each observation.

Can I monitor prices on a schedule?

Yes. Save the input as an Actor task and schedule it in Apify Console, or call the Actor from the API / integrations.

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Image Credit

Image credit: Spotify