Comparison

Apify vs ScraperAPI

Apify and ScraperAPI both land on Depends.

Apify

Depends

Confidence: High

Buy if your team needs recurring web data, lead gen, or scraping APIs feeding apps or AI agents.

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ScraperAPI

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you're a developer running recurring scrapes and want proxies, browsers, and CAPTCHAs handled for you.

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Apify versus ScraperAPI
Compare	Apify	ScraperAPI
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Lead-gen and sales data teams	Developer teams scraping at recurring volume
Who it's not for	One-off scrapes . a freelancer or free tool is cheaper	Non-technical users . it's an API, not a no-code tool
Privacy	SOC 2 Type II compliant with a public trust center, but 2026 CVEs and a reported email-data breach exist.^⁷	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed; no public security page, and one Cloudflare misuse controversy.
Support quality	No supporting evidence found	Trustpilot complaints about misleading communication
Public sentiment	Users rate Apify very highly, with pricing surprises the most common complaint.^¹	Ratings land at 4.3/5 on G2 and 8.0/10 on GetApp with ease-of-use praise, but some Trustpilot reviewers call the company's communication misleading.¹¹
Biggest gotcha	Usage-based billing can balloon: one developer reported a bill 5x higher than expected^³	Credit cost varies by request type; effective spend often exceeds list price¹⁶

Pick Apify when

Lead-gen and sales data teams
Developers automating web scraping
AI teams feeding agents real-time data
Price and competitor monitoring

When Apify is not a fit

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

Pick ScraperAPI when

Developer teams scraping at recurring volume
Teams avoiding proxy and CAPTCHA management
Price intelligence and market research scrapes

When ScraperAPI is not a fit

Non-technical users . it's an API, not a no-code tool
One-off or tiny scrapes . free tools are cheaper
Cost-sensitive small teams . hidden limits inflate bills
Compliance-strict buyers . no public security page

Sources

Apify Products . 616 G2 reviewsg2.com
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Apify on Trustpilot . 4.8/5 Excellenttrustpilot.com
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My Apify Bill Was 5x Higher Than Expected (DEV Community)dev.to
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Confusion on Apify Pricing (Reddit)reddit.com
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Apify pricing pageapify.com
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Apify Security documentation (SOC 2)docs.apify.com
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CVE-2026-50143: Apify MCP Server Auth Bypasssentinelone.com
security
Apify.com Security Breach Exposes Email Datainsecureweb.com
security
Apify Pricing 2026 Review (imisofts)imisofts.com
review
Apify Revenue & Funding (GetLatka)getlatka.com
news
Scraper API on G2 . 15 reviews, 4.3 starsg2.com
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Trustpilot reviews of ScraperAPItrustpilot.com
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ScraperAPI Reviews, Cost & Features . GetAppgetapp.com.au
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ScraperAPI Pricing pagescraperapi.com
official
ScraperAPI Review 2026 . Hex Proxieshexproxies.com
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ScraperAPI Review: Real Costs, Hidden Limits . Thunderbitthunderbit.com
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