You can access the Actor Cost Calculator — Estimate Run Costs Before You Spend programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "targetActorId": "ryanclinton/fred-economic-data",
10    "estimatedRuns": 100,
11}
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("ryanclinton/actor-cost-calculator").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
18for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
19    print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Actor Cost Calculator API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Actor Cost Calculator — Estimate Run Costs Before You Spend API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Actor Cost Calculator — Estimate Run Costs Before You Spend API in JavaScript

Actor Cost Calculator — Estimate Run Costs Before You Spend API through CLI

Actor Cost Calculator — Estimate Run Costs Before You Spend OpenAPI definition

Actor Cost Calculator — Estimate Run Costs Before You Spend API

Calculator MCP Server

matymar/calculator-MCP-server

Matouš Mařík

Tax Calculator API

vivid_astronaut/tax-calculator

Fabio Suizu

Cost Watchdog — Spending Monitor & Budget Alerts

ryanclinton/cost-watchdog

Actor Cost Watchdog. Available on the Apify Store with pay-per-event pricing.

ryan clinton

Mortgage Calculator API

vivid_astronaut/mortgage-calculator

Fabio Suizu

Actor Proxy Analyzer — Proxy Recs & Cost Savings

ryanclinton/actor-proxy-analyzer

Actor Proxy Analyzer. Available on the Apify Store with pay-per-event pricing.

ryan clinton

Actor Pricing Advisor

ryanclinton/pricing-advisor

Actor Pricing Advisor. Available on the Apify Store with pay-per-event pricing.

ryan clinton

PPE Cost Estimator

automation-lab/ppe-cost-estimator

PPE Cost Estimator analyzes any Apify actor's recent run history and calculates the true cost per result — including compute units, dataset storage, and pay-per-event charges. It projects costs to your target volume with confidence intervals so you can budget accurately before scaling.