Apify
Scraping & Extraction Free tier (card may be required)
AuthenticationFree tier (card may be required)
Rate limit$5 of platform credit free each month; individual Actors have their own usage prices. Check each Actor's pricing page
Documentation: docs.apify.com ยท Checked Sep 13, 2026
About
Apify is a cloud platform where you can run pre-built scrapers called Actors for sites like Instagram, Google Maps, and e-commerce stores. No servers to manage. You schedule runs, get results as clean datasets, and pull them through the API or webhooks. The free plan includes $5 of platform credit every month.
Details
Free tier, but a card may be required to sign up.
Auth: Free tier (card may be required)
Rate limit: $5 of platform credit free each month; individual Actors have their own usage prices. Check each Actor's pricing page
Verified: 2026-09-13
Best for: developer business personal
Setup
- Create a free Apify account.
- Find an Actor in the Apify Store for your target site.
- Copy your API token from your account settings.
- Start a run and read results from the dataset via the API.
Example
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/apify~web-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"startUrls":[{"url":"https://example.com"}]}'Use cases
- Scrape Google Maps listings for lead generation
- Monitor prices or reviews on retail sites on a schedule
- Collect social media posts for research without running your own crawler