Verivox Scraper — German Energy Tariff Comparison

Scrape tariff comparisons from Verivox.de, Germany's largest comparison portal. Extract provider names, monthly and annual prices, kWh rates, features, ratings, bonuses, and contract details for electricity (Strom) and gas plans at any German postal code.

How to scrape Verivox data

Verivox is Germany's leading price comparison portal used by millions of consumers to compare energy, telecommunications, insurance, and financial products. This actor automates the energy comparison: it resolves your postal code to the right district, loads the comparison results, and extracts every returned tariff with its full pricing details straight from the comparison data.

1. Choose a category: Select Strom (electricity) or Gas.
2. Enter a postal code: Any valid German 5-digit PLZ (e.g. 10115 for Berlin, 80331 for Munich, 50667 for Cologne).
3. Set consumption: Annual energy consumption in kWh (only needed for Strom and Gas). Average German household uses ~3,500 kWh electricity or ~20,000 kWh gas.
4. Run the actor: Results include all available tariffs for that region with full pricing breakdowns.
5. Export data: Download results as JSON, CSV, or Excel. Integrate via Apify API for automated monitoring.

No login or cookies required. The actor accesses only publicly available comparison data.

Why use this actor?

• Monitor energy prices across German regions over time
• Compare providers (E.ON, Vattenfall, EnBW, RWE, etc.) at any postal code
• Track switching bonuses and promotional offers
• Build price comparison dashboards for energy consulting
• Research German utility markets with structured data
• Automate tariff monitoring via Apify schedules and webhooks

Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
category	Select	No	strom	Comparison category: strom or gas
postalCode	String	No	10115	German 5-digit postal code (PLZ)
consumption	Integer	No	3500 / 20000	Annual consumption in kWh (3500 for strom, 20000 for gas)
searchQuery	String	No	—	Filter results by keyword (provider name, plan type)
maxResults	Integer	No	20	Maximum tariffs to scrape (1–100)
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	Residential DE	Proxy settings for the browser

Output

Each result contains:

Field	Type	Example
planName	String	"MeinSmartStrom Klima"
provider	String	"Vattenfall"
category	String	"strom"
monthlyPrice	Number	89.50
annualPrice	Number	1074.00
savingsPerYear	Number	156.00
currency	String	"EUR"
pricePerKwh	Number	28.5
basePrice	Number	12.95
features	Array	["Ökostrom", "Preisgarantie", "Sofortbonus"]
rating	Number	4.2
reviewCount	Integer	1250
contractDuration	String	"12 Monate"
cancellationPeriod	String	"4 Wochen"
priceGuarantee	String	"12 Monate Preisgarantie"
bonus	Number	120.00
isGreen	Boolean	true
planDescription	String	"100% Ökostrom mit 12 Monaten Preisgarantie"
postalCode	String	"10115"
consumption	Integer	3500
url	String	"https://www.verivox.de/stromvergleich/..."
scrapedAt	String	"2026-06-09T12:00:00.000Z"

Example output

{
    "planName": "MeinSmartStrom Klima",
    "provider": "Vattenfall",
    "category": "strom",
    "monthlyPrice": 89.50,
    "annualPrice": 1074.00,
    "savingsPerYear": 156.00,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "pricePerKwh": 28.5,
    "basePrice": 12.95,
    "features": ["Ökostrom", "Preisgarantie", "Sofortbonus"],
    "rating": 4.2,
    "reviewCount": 1250,
    "contractDuration": "12 Monate",
    "cancellationPeriod": "4 Wochen",
    "priceGuarantee": "12 Monate Preisgarantie",
    "bonus": 120.00,
    "isGreen": true,
    "planDescription": "100% Ökostrom aus erneuerbaren Energien mit 12 Monaten Preisgarantie",
    "postalCode": "10115",
    "consumption": 3500,
    "url": "https://www.verivox.de/stromvergleich/ergebnis/",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-06-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Supported categories

Category	German Name	What it compares
strom	Stromvergleich	Electricity tariffs from 1,000+ providers
gas	Gasvergleich	Natural gas tariffs by region

Typical use cases

Energy price monitoring

Run this actor on a schedule (daily/weekly) to track electricity and gas prices in specific German regions. Detect price drops and switching opportunities automatically.

Market research

Compare tariff structures across different postal codes to understand regional pricing differences in the German energy market. Useful for energy consultants, journalists, and researchers.

Provider benchmarking

Extract all tariffs from a specific provider (using the searchQuery filter) to analyze their pricing strategy across regions.

Automated switching alerts

Combine with Apify webhooks to get notified when cheaper tariffs become available at your postal code.

Access and reliability

The actor connects through a built-in scraping browser that handles Verivox's anti-bot challenge automatically. You do not need to configure any proxy — the proxyConfiguration input is kept for backward compatibility but is not used.

Tips

• Berlin (10115) and Munich (80331) are good test postal codes with many available providers
• Average German household electricity consumption is 3,500 kWh/year (default)
• Average German household gas consumption is 20,000 kWh/year
• Use searchQuery to filter for specific providers like "Vattenfall" or "E.ON"
• The actor saves debug HTML and screenshots to the Key-Value Store when no results are found — check these for troubleshooting

Limitations

• Verivox serves only the German market (DE postal codes)
• Internet (DSL) and insurance comparisons use a different Verivox app and are not covered
• Some promotional tariffs may have regional restrictions
• The comparison returns Verivox's recommended tariff set (typically 20-25 tariffs per postcode)

Cost of usage

A typical run finishes in under a minute and returns the full recommended tariff set for the postal code in one pass.