What is Apify?
Apify is a full-stack web scraping and data extraction platform that enables users to build, run, and share web automation tools efficiently. With over 3,000 pre-built web scrapers, known as actors, users can quickly extract data from popular websites like TikTok, Google Maps, and Instagram.
Apify offers seamless integrations with applications and services such as Google Sheets, Slack, and Zapier, making data management straightforward. The platform supports robust anti-blocking measures, ensuring that scrapers operate without interruption.
Developers can leverage Apify's open-source web crawling library, Crawlee, to create customized scrapers using languages like JavaScript and Python. Additionally, Apify provides comprehensive documentation and a community hub for users seeking assistance and collaboration on web scraping projects.
â Key features
Apify core features and benefits include the following:
- âī¸ Web scraping platform.
- âī¸ Pre-built web scrapers.
- âī¸ Integration with applications.
- âī¸ Anti-blocking measures.
- âī¸ Open-source web crawling library.
âī¸ Use cases & applications
- âī¸ Quickly extract and analyze competitor pricing from e-commerce websites using Apify's pre-built scrapers, enabling informed business decisions and market strategy adjustments.
- âī¸ Automate the collection of user-generated content from social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram for brand engagement and marketing campaigns, leveraging Apify's seamless integration with Google Sheets.
- âī¸ Develop a personalized data pipeline that aggregates lead information from Google Maps for local businesses using Apify's customizable scrapers, enhancing outreach efforts and targeted advertising.
đââī¸ Who is it for?
Apify can be useful for the following user groups:
đ° Pricing plans
Apify offers a Freemium pricing model. You can use the tool for free with some restrictions and limitations and upgrade to a paid plan when you are ready.
Apify pricing packages
- Starter plan : $0
- Serps proxy plan : $8/gb
- Scale plan : $49/mo
- Personal tech training plan : $150/hour
- Business plan : $199/mo
- Enterprise plan : $999/mo
- Datacenter proxies plan : $2.5/1000 serps
- Custom plan : custom
- Custom proxy plan : custom
- Support level plan : custom
- Add-ons plan : custom
** Pricing packages are subject to change. Always verify pricing information here
âšī¸ Find more & support
Apify provides an API that developers can use for programmatic access which makes it easy to integrate it with other tools or within your own applications.
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