Apify — Apify Platform + Store Pricing: claimed
Serverless scraping platform with a marketplace of 3,000+ scraping Actors. The only platform in this directory whose ecosystem we measure directly (see our reports).
Vendor: Apify · Official site ↗
Claimed pricing — copied from the vendor's public pricing pages as of 2026-10-22. We have NOT benchmarked this provider yet; verify on their site before purchasing.
| Model | platform credits (pay per event / per compute) |
|---|---|
| Entry tier | Free plan with $5 credit; Starter $49/mo (claimed) |
| Notes | Actor-level pay-per-result pricing starts around $0.10 per 1k results on the Store — see our cost report. |
Capabilities
vs. the measured ecosystem
For context: the cheapest measured pay-per-result Actor on the Apify Store bills about $0.0100 per 1,000 results at list price, and dedicated anti-bot Actors show 0.00%–3.26% measured 30-day failure rates (see the bypass report). A true head-to-head benchmark against Apify is on our D60 roadmap.
Before you commit — five questions to ask Apify (or any scraping vendor)
- What exactly is a "request"? Apify lists platform credits (pay per event / per compute) pricing (Free plan with $5 credit; Starter $49/mo (claimed)). Per-request, per-credit and per-GB models produce very different bills at the same volume — normalize to $/1k successful before comparing.
- Do failed requests bill? The most common hidden cost. In our 3-day benchmark of two providers, failed JS renders on the same target cost $2.38 vs $0.006 — the billing structure, not the list price, decided that gap.
- What do JS renders and premium IPs multiply by? 5–25× multipliers on rendering or residential exits are common market-wide. Get the full multiplier table in writing before committing volume.
- What's the success rate on your target? Vendor dashboards usually count HTTP 200 — a 200 that carries a block page is still a failure for your business. Pilot on your actual target with a content validator.
- What's the exit cost? Output formats, delivery options, and whether re-pulling historical data is included in the plan.
Frequently asked questions
What does Apify cost?
Claimed entry tier: Free plan with $5 credit; Starter $49/mo (claimed) (pricing model: platform credits (pay per event / per compute), checked 2026-10-22). Real cost per 1k successful responses depends on your success rate on the target — that is exactly what benchmarks are for.
Is Apify independently tested?
Not yet. Everything on this page is vendor-claimed; our benchmark roadmap adds providers over time, and we say so plainly rather than dressing claims up as measurements.
What should I double-check before signing up?
Three things in the contract, not the marketing: failure billing terms, the JS-render/residential multiplier table, and a paid pilot on your actual target site with a content validator — not a demo page.
How to read this data
Everything on this page is vendor-claimed. Pricing checked 2026-10-22. Our own black-box benchmarks (success rate, latency, cost per 1k successful responses) are planned; until then no number on this page is a measurement.