# The Manifest Agency Scraper — Global B2B Agencies API (`umararshad2/manifest-agency-scraper`) Actor

Scrape The Manifest (themanifest.com) B2B agency & company listings by category and location into JSON. Ratings, hourly rates, team size, websites. Global agency lead-gen. Unofficial. PPE $1.20/1k.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/umararshad2/manifest-agency-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Umar Arshad](https://apify.com/umararshad2) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.20 / 1,000 company scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## 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.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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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

## The Manifest Agency Scraper — Global B2B Agencies API

Scrape **[The Manifest](https://themanifest.com)** (Clutch’s sister B2B directory) agency and company listings into clean JSON: name, rating, reviews, hourly rate, min project size, team size, location, website, and profile URL.

**Unofficial community Actor — not affiliated with The Manifest, Clutch, or The Manifest’s parent company.** Uses only publicly available directory and profile HTML. Please respect robots.txt, rate limits, and The Manifest’s terms; enable Apify Proxy and keep concurrency modest.

Store: [apify.com/umararshad2/manifest-agency-scraper](https://apify.com/umararshad2/manifest-agency-scraper)

### Why use this

The Manifest indexes global marketing, design, and software agencies with client-review scores and budget bands. Lead-gen, vendor research, and market-mapping teams need those cards as structured rows — not copy-paste from a 3,000-page directory.

This Actor walks public `/{category}/agencies` or `/{category}/companies` pages (Cheerio, no browser), optionally enriches each `/company/{slug}` profile, and charges **pay-per-event** only for companies written to the dataset.

### Pricing (PPE)

**$1.20 / 1,000 companies** via custom event `company-scraped` ($0.0012 each), plus a small `apify-actor-start`. No usage pass-through. Do **not** enable synthetic `apify-default-dataset-item` alongside `company-scraped` (avoids double billing). Memory: **512–2048 MB** (default 1024).

### Input

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `category` | Friendly slug: `web-design`, `digital-marketing`, `seo`, `software-development`, `web-development`, `app-development`, … |
| `location` | Optional geolocation filter (`United States`, `United Kingdom`, `Berlin`, …) → `?geolocation=` |
| `startUrls` | Directory or `/company/{slug}` URLs (overrides/adds to category) |
| `maxCompanies` | Cap on output rows (default 100) |
| `maxPages` | Max directory pages per start URL (default 5) |
| `includeProfileDetails` | Fetch profile pages for website / richer fields (default true) |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Apify Proxy (recommended) |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "category": "web-design",
  "location": "United States",
  "maxCompanies": 50,
  "maxPages": 3,
  "includeProfileDetails": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}
```

### Example output

```json
{
  "companyId": "3-media-web",
  "providerId": "41165",
  "name": "3 Media Web",
  "profileUrl": "https://themanifest.com/company/3-media-web",
  "website": "https://www.3mediaweb.com/contact",
  "rating": 4.9,
  "reviewCount": 44,
  "minProjectSize": "$10,000+",
  "hourlyRate": "$100 - $149",
  "employees": "10 - 49 employees",
  "city": "Milton Keynes",
  "region": null,
  "country": "GB",
  "locationText": "Milton Keynes, England",
  "phone": "+44 7944 7…",
  "description": null,
  "imageUrl": "https://img.shgstatic.com/…",
  "sponsored": true,
  "category": "web-design",
  "position": 1,
  "source": "themanifest",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-02T04:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Use cases

- Build international agency lead lists by service line and country
- Benchmark hourly rates / min project sizes for a category
- Enrich CRM records with The Manifest ratings and review counts
- Monitor sponsored vs organic directory placements

### Compliance & ethics

- Public directory and profile pages only — no login, no private CRM data
- Unofficial — do not present results as an official The Manifest / Clutch API
- Prefer Apify Proxy; keep `maxConcurrency` low (Actor default 5)
- Suitable for legitimate B2B research and lead generation; do not use for spam or harassment

### Related umararshad2 Actors

- [GoodFirms Scraper](https://apify.com/umararshad2/goodfirms-scraper)
- [TechBehemoths Scraper](https://apify.com/umararshad2/techbehemoths-scraper)
- [SelectedFirms Scraper](https://apify.com/umararshad2/selectedfirms-scraper)
- [SoftwareSuggest Scraper](https://apify.com/umararshad2/softwaresuggest-scraper)
- [Adzuna Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/umararshad2/adzuna-jobs-scraper)

### Keywords

The Manifest scraper, themanifest.com API, Manifest agency directory scraper, Clutch sister directory scraper, B2B agency leads scraper, web design agencies scraper, digital marketing agencies scraper, global agency directory Apify, PPE company-scraped, Cheerio Crawlee Apify Actor.

# Actor input Schema

## `category` (type: `string`):

Friendly category slug when startUrls is empty. Examples: web-design, digital-marketing, seo, software-development, web-development, app-development, branding, advertising. Builds https://themanifest.com/{category}/agencies or /companies.

## `location` (type: `string`):

Optional The Manifest geolocation filter (country, state, or city), e.g. United States, United Kingdom, New York, Berlin. Passed as ?geolocation=…

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Optional The Manifest directory URLs (…/agencies, …/companies) or /company/{slug} profile URLs. When set, crawled instead of (or in addition to) category+location.

## `maxCompanies` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap on companies written to the dataset (after dedupe). Default 100, maximum 5000. The form is prefilled with 20 for a quick first run.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Max paginated directory pages to crawl per start URL (?page=1,2,…). Default 5.

## `includeProfileDetails` (type: `boolean`):

When true, fetch each /company/{slug} profile for website, employees, location, and description. When false, emit directory card fields only (faster).

## `useMockData` (type: `boolean`):

Testing only: return bundled sample companies instead of scraping The Manifest (no live requests, never charged). Leave off for real data.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify Proxy settings. The default (automatic) usually works; blocked directory/search pages are retried on a fresh session and then on residential IPs automatically. Blocked profile pages keep the directory-card data.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "category": "web-design",
  "maxCompanies": 20,
  "maxPages": 5,
  "includeProfileDetails": true,
  "useMockData": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `companies` (type: `string`):

Dataset of The Manifest company rows (name, rating, hourly rate, location, website, profile URL).

# 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 = {
    "category": "web-design",
    "location": "",
    "maxCompanies": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("umararshad2/manifest-agency-scraper").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 = {
    "category": "web-design",
    "location": "",
    "maxCompanies": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("umararshad2/manifest-agency-scraper").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 '{
  "category": "web-design",
  "location": "",
  "maxCompanies": 20
}' |
apify call umararshad2/manifest-agency-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,umararshad2/manifest-agency-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/Z0tTLVHSakJSKLZJA/builds/jW7T81ATYN0wTV6LO/openapi.json