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Scrape.do vs Apify

Scrape.do and Apify both land on Depends.

Scrape.do

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you're a developer unblocking protected sites at volume and want low per-request costs.

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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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Scrape.do versus Apify
Compare	Scrape.do	Apify
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Developer teams scraping at volume	Lead-gen and sales data teams
Who it's not for	Non-technical buyers . it's a raw API; you must code	One-off scrapes . a freelancer or free tool is cheaper
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.^⁸	SOC 2 Type II compliant with a public trust center, but 2026 CVEs and a reported email-data breach exist.¹⁶
Support quality	No support evidence in sources	No supporting evidence found
Public sentiment	Reviews are sparse but positive . easy setup, reliable unblocking, and a 5/5 Trustpilot score across 69 reviews.^¹	Users rate Apify very highly, with pricing surprises the most common complaint.¹⁰
Biggest gotcha	Rival prices quoted on vendor comparison pages; verify current rates directly^⁶	Usage-based billing can balloon: one developer reported a bill 5x higher than expected¹²

Pick Scrape.do when

Developer teams scraping at volume
Targets with heavy anti-bot protection
E-commerce and finance data extraction

When Scrape.do is not a fit

Non-technical buyers . it's a raw API; you must code
Compliance-strict enterprises . no public security page
One-off scrapes . overkill; use a simple script instead
Teams wanting managed, done-for-you datasets

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

Sources

Trustpilot . Scrape.do reviewstrustpilot.com
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G2 . Scrape.do reviewsg2.com
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SoftwareAdvice . Scrape.do profilesoftwareadvice.com
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Scrape.do homepagescrape.do
official
Scrape.do pricingscrape.do
official
Scrape.do vs ScraperAPI (vendor comparison)scrape.do
official
Usage statistics docs . 10B+ requests monthlyscrape.do
official
Scrape.do security page checkscrape.do
security
Scrapfly . Scrape.do alternative comparisonscrapfly.io
news
Apify Products . 616 G2 reviewsg2.com
review
Apify on Trustpilot . 4.8/5 Excellenttrustpilot.com
review
My Apify Bill Was 5x Higher Than Expected (DEV Community)dev.to
review
Confusion on Apify Pricing (Reddit)reddit.com
review
Apify pricing pageapify.com
official
Apify Security documentation (SOC 2)docs.apify.com
official
CVE-2026-50143: Apify MCP Server Auth Bypasssentinelone.com
security