Apify - Web Scraping Tool

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Apify

Free Trial, PaidWeb Scraping

Platform for building, running, and monetizing web scraping and automation workflows.

Founded by: Jan Čurnin 2015
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Use Apify to extract data from websites, automate browser tasks, or create AI agents without managing infrastructure. It offers thousands of ready-made ‘Actors’ (serverless scripts), easy scheduling, proxy rotation, and data export tools. With a built-in marketplace, you can also publish and monetize your own Actors. Whether for market research, lead generation, monitoring, or AI pipeline integration, Apify accelerates development and scales from hobby projects to enterprise-grade automation.

Use Cases

Market research and price monitoring
Lead generation from web directories
Content aggregation for AI training
Automating repetitive browser tasks
Integrating live web data into dashboards

Standout Features

5,000+ ready-made Actors in the store
Serverless execution with proxy rotation
Real-time scheduling, webhooks, data export
Open-source Crawlee SDK for JS/Python
Monetization & marketplace for scripts

Who is it for?

Data Engineer, Software Developer, Product Manager, AI Engineer, Market Research Analyst

Tasks it helps with

Extract data from any website with Actors
Automate form submissions, navigation, downloads
Rotate proxies and avoid scraping blocks
Schedule recurring jobs and trigger via webhooks
Publish and monetize custom Actors in marketplace
Integrate Actor outputs with data pipelines or AI agents

Overall Web Sentiment

People love it

Time to value

Quick Setup (< 1 hour)
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