# Competitor Review Monitor (`ulitron34/competitor-review-monitor`) Actor

Monitor authorized public review pages, normalize reviews and identify new items against a previous dataset. Configurable selectors and cost controls.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ulitron34/competitor-review-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [ulises salgado diaz](https://apify.com/ulitron34) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Competitor Review Monitor - Apify Actor

Version 1.0.0 - built 2026-10-11

### What it is

Apify-ready review monitoring source, change detection, schemas, tests and commercial copy.

### Quick start

1. Keep the original file as a clean backup.
2. Open the XLSX in current Excel, LibreOffice, or import it into Google Sheets.
3. Delete or replace every row labeled `DEMO`.
4. Edit only the yellow input cells; formulas and dashboards update automatically.
5. Verify all third-party data before outreach or business decisions.

### Important boundaries

- Demo records are fictional and are not sales leads.
- Results are planning estimates, not guaranteed outcomes.
- Follow privacy, platform, anti-spam, licensing, and local legal requirements.
- No workbook contains macros, credentials, or hidden subscriptions.

### Included

- Main workbook or actor source package
- CSV example/output sample where applicable
- English/Spanish guide PDF
- Store listing copy
- Cover image
- License

### Support and maintenance

The buyer supplies their own platform accounts, API keys, proxies, and usage budget when an external service is required. Re-check platform schemas after provider changes.

# Actor input Schema

## `reviewPages` (type: `array`):

Public review pages you are authorized to monitor.

## `selectors` (type: `object`):

Selectors matching each review card and its fields.

## `maxReviewsPerPage` (type: `integer`):

Hard result limit per page.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Parallel browser requests, limited to five.

## `previousDatasetId` (type: `string`):

Optional prior dataset used to label reviews as existing or new.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "reviewPages": [],
  "selectors": {
    "item": "body",
    "author": "h1",
    "rating": "[data-rating]",
    "published": "time",
    "text": "p"
  },
  "maxReviewsPerPage": 50,
  "maxConcurrency": 2
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Normalized reviews labeled as new or existing.

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ulitron34/competitor-review-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ulitron34/competitor-review-monitor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call ulitron34/competitor-review-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ulitron34/competitor-review-monitor"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/3YXLXjapadauWisWW/builds/tY5EiibQ62sxS1F7X/openapi.json