4.7/5
G2 rating
616 reviews
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Should I Use Apify?
Thousands of tools to automate your business. Get real-time web data, track competitors, generate leads, and integrate your apps and AI agents.
Depends
DependsBuy if your team needs recurring web data, lead gen, or scraping APIs feeding apps or AI agents.
Powerful scraping marketplace rated 4.7/5 on G2 — great for data-hungry teams, bill-shocking overkill for casual users.
Confidence: High
4.8/5
Trustpilot
Rated 'Excellent'
Yes
Free tier
$5 monthly credits
10,000+
Customers
Per LeadIQ estimate
Value for money
3
Good when usage is managed; surprise bills reported
Ease of use
3
Powerful but a learning curve; beginners steered elsewhere
Feature depth
5
Thousands of prebuilt actors plus full scraping platform
Security posture
3
SOC 2 Type II, but 2026 auth-bypass CVE reported
Pros
Cons
Gotchas
- highUsage-based billing can balloon: one developer reported a bill 5x higher than expected³
- mediumPlan prices have shifted; Starter reportedly fell from $29/mo, breaking user budgets⁹
- mediumReviewers say pricing is their main gripe despite loving the product²
- mediumEach marketplace actor prices separately (roughly $7–8/GB), so costs stack across tools
Best for
- Lead-gen and sales data teams
- Developers automating web scraping
- AI teams feeding agents real-time data
- Price and competitor monitoring
Not for
- One-off scrapes — a freelancer or free tool is cheaper
- Non-technical teams wanting plug-and-play simplicity
- Anyone who hates variable usage-based bills
- Small teams with a single simple automation
Pricing
Free
$0
- $5 monthly platform credits
- Test actors before committing
Starter
Paid; price has changed over time (formerly ~$29/mo)
- For regular individual use
- Platform fee plus usage
Scale / Business
Usage-based, scales with compute
- Higher usage allowances
- For teams and heavy workloads
Security
SOC 2 Type II compliant with a trust center, but 2026 CVEs and a reported email-data breach exist.
- CVE-2026-50143: MCP Server auth bypassAuthentication bypass vulnerability disclosed in Apify's MCP server.⁷
- CVE-2026-46341: Medium vulnerabilityMedium-severity vulnerability associated with Apify tracked in public databases.
- Reported email data exposureThird-party report claims an Apify security breach exposed email data on the dark web; treat as unverified.⁸
What users say
Users rate Apify very highly (4.7/5 G2, 4.8/5 Trustpilot), with pricing surprises the most common complaint.
Alternatives
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ScraperAPI
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No-code scraping for non-developers
Thunderbit
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Full analysis
Based on 20+ public sources: G2, Trustpilot, Reddit, vendor docs, CVE databases, and pricing analyses.
Sources
review
- Apify on Trustpilot — 4.8/5 Excellenttrustpilot.comreview
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- Confusion on Apify Pricing (Reddit)reddit.comreview
- Apify pricing pageapify.comofficial
- Apify Security documentation (SOC 2)docs.apify.comofficial
- CVE-2026-50143: Apify MCP Server Auth Bypasssentinelone.comsecurity
- Apify.com Security Breach Exposes Email Datainsecureweb.comsecurity
- Apify Pricing 2026 Review (imisofts)imisofts.comreview
- Apify Revenue & Funding (GetLatka)getlatka.comnews
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