# SaaS Changelog & Product Updates Monitor (`runtime/saas-changelog-product-updates-monitor`) Actor Monitor competitor SaaS changelogs, release notes, feature launches, product updates, AI mentions, integrations, and important change signals. - **URL**: https://apify.com/runtime/saas-changelog-product-updates-monitor.md - **Developed by:** [scraping automation](https://apify.com/runtime) (community) - **Categories:** Business, Marketing, Lead generation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage ## 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 ## SaaS Changelog & Product Updates Monitor Monitor SaaS changelogs, release notes, product updates, feature launches, and important messaging changes. ### Who this is for - Product marketing teams - Competitive intelligence teams - Customer success teams ### What it helps you do - Track competitor product updates - Collect release notes and changelog entries - Highlight important product and messaging signals ### Inputs you can use - Changelog or release note URLs - Company names - Maximum updates ### Data you get - company - update title - URL - date - summary - feature keywords - priority score ### How to get better results - Start with a narrow, specific query or a small list of source URLs. - Use realistic limits for the first run, then increase the volume once the output looks right. - Keep source URLs, dates, and location context when you need repeatable market monitoring. - Review a few sample records before connecting the dataset to a larger workflow. ### Notes - Results depend on what the public source exposes at run time. - Some pages may hide, delay, rename, or remove fields, so individual records can have partial data. - Use the built-in output table to inspect results before exporting to spreadsheets, dashboards, or automation tools. ### Support If a run returns unexpected data, open an issue from the Actor page with the input used, the run ID, and the result you expected. # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): SaaS changelog pages, release notes, product update blogs, announcement pages, or homepages to monitor. ## `companies` (type: `array`): Optional named companies with website, changelogUrl, releaseNotesUrl, or blogUrl. Names are copied to the output. ## `manualPages` (type: `array`): Optional pages from another workflow. Provide url and html to analyze without live crawling. ## `previousSnapshots` (type: `array`): Optional previous update rows or page snapshots from an earlier run. Used to flag new or changed product updates. ## `discoverUpdatePages` (type: `boolean`): When a homepage is provided, follow likely changelog, release notes, product updates, blog, or what's new links on the same domain. ## `maxUpdatesPerPage` (type: `integer`): Maximum detected updates saved from each page. ## `includePageText` (type: `boolean`): Save a compact page text excerpt for audits and downstream AI workflows. ## `pageTextMaxChars` (type: `integer`): Maximum text excerpt length when Include page text is enabled. ## `maxPages` (type: `integer`): Maximum total pages to analyze. ## `maxPagesPerDomain` (type: `integer`): Maximum pages analyzed for each domain when discovery is enabled. ## `requestTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`): HTTP request timeout in seconds. ## `failOnNoResults` (type: `boolean`): Fail the run when no changelog or product update records are saved. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Optional Apify Proxy configuration. Most SaaS changelog and release notes pages work without proxy. ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ "https://www.apify.com/changelog" ], "companies": [ { "name": "Apify", "changelogUrl": "https://www.apify.com/changelog" } ], "manualPages": [], "previousSnapshots": [], "discoverUpdatePages": true, "maxUpdatesPerPage": 20, "includePageText": false, "pageTextMaxChars": 1500, "maxPages": 25, "maxPagesPerDomain": 4, "requestTimeoutSecs": 25, "failOnNoResults": false, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } } ```` # Actor output Schema ## `updates` (type: `string`): No description ## `signals` (type: `string`): No description ## `changes` (type: `string`): No description ## `diagnostics` (type: `string`): No description # 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 = { "startUrls": [ "https://www.apify.com/changelog" ], "companies": [ { "name": "Apify", "changelogUrl": "https://www.apify.com/changelog" } ], "manualPages": [], "previousSnapshots": [] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("runtime/saas-changelog-product-updates-monitor").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 = { "startUrls": ["https://www.apify.com/changelog"], "companies": [{ "name": "Apify", "changelogUrl": "https://www.apify.com/changelog", }], "manualPages": [], "previousSnapshots": [], } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("runtime/saas-changelog-product-updates-monitor").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 '{ "startUrls": [ "https://www.apify.com/changelog" ], "companies": [ { "name": "Apify", "changelogUrl": "https://www.apify.com/changelog" } ], "manualPages": [], "previousSnapshots": [] }' | apify call runtime/saas-changelog-product-updates-monitor --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=runtime/saas-changelog-product-updates-monitor", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "SaaS Changelog & Product Updates Monitor", "description": "Monitor competitor SaaS changelogs, release notes, feature launches, product updates, AI mentions, integrations, and important change signals.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "Agg4XOMWH2SlYcDAD" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/runtime~saas-changelog-product-updates-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-runtime-saas-changelog-product-updates-monitor", "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/runtime~saas-changelog-product-updates-monitor/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-runtime-saas-changelog-product-updates-monitor", "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/runtime~saas-changelog-product-updates-monitor/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-runtime-saas-changelog-product-updates-monitor", "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": { "startUrls": { "title": "Changelog, release notes, blog, or homepage URLs", "type": "array", "description": "SaaS changelog pages, release notes, product update blogs, announcement pages, or homepages to monitor.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "companies": { "title": "Companies", "type": "array", "description": "Optional named companies with website, changelogUrl, releaseNotesUrl, or blogUrl. Names are copied to the output." }, "manualPages": { "title": "Manual HTML pages", "type": "array", "description": "Optional pages from another workflow. Provide url and html to analyze without live crawling." }, "previousSnapshots": { "title": "Previous snapshots", "type": "array", "description": "Optional previous update rows or page snapshots from an earlier run. Used to flag new or changed product updates." }, "discoverUpdatePages": { "title": "Discover update pages from homepages", "type": "boolean", "description": "When a homepage is provided, follow likely changelog, release notes, product updates, blog, or what's new links on the same domain.", "default": true }, "maxUpdatesPerPage": { "title": "Max updates per page", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum detected updates saved from each page.", "default": 20 }, "includePageText": { "title": "Include page text", "type": "boolean", "description": "Save a compact page text excerpt for audits and downstream AI workflows.", "default": false }, "pageTextMaxChars": { "title": "Page text max characters", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 20000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum text excerpt length when Include page text is enabled.", "default": 1500 }, "maxPages": { "title": "Max pages", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 1000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum total pages to analyze.", "default": 25 }, "maxPagesPerDomain": { "title": "Max pages per domain", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 20, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum pages analyzed for each domain when discovery is enabled.", "default": 4 }, "requestTimeoutSecs": { "title": "Request timeout", "minimum": 5, "maximum": 120, "type": "integer", "description": "HTTP request timeout in seconds.", "default": 25 }, "failOnNoResults": { "title": "Fail if no updates are saved", "type": "boolean", "description": "Fail the run when no changelog or product update records are saved.", "default": false }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Optional Apify Proxy configuration. Most SaaS changelog and release notes pages work without proxy.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": false } } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```