Comparison

Scrapfly - Web Scraping API, Cloud Browser, Screenshot API vs Apify

Scrapfly - Web Scraping API, Cloud Browser, Screenshot API and Apify both land on Depends.

Scrapfly - Web Scraping API, Cloud Browser, Screenshot API

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you're a developer or data team running serious, recurring scraping against anti-bot-protected sites.

Depends

Confidence: High

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

Scrapfly - Web Scraping API, Cloud Browser, Screenshot API versus Apify
Compare	Scrapfly - Web Scraping API, Cloud Browser, Screenshot API	Apify
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Developers building scrapers	Lead-gen and sales data teams
Who it's not for	Non-technical users wanting one-off scrapes	One-off scrapes . a freelancer or free tool is cheaper
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.^³	SOC 2 Type II compliant with a public trust center, but 2026 CVEs and a reported email-data breach exist.¹⁵
Support quality	No direct support evidence found	No supporting evidence found
Public sentiment	The site displays a 4.9/5 rating from 236 reviews, with testimonials citing consistent performance and simple integration.^²	Users rate Apify very highly, with pricing surprises the most common complaint.^⁹
Biggest gotcha	Credit-based pricing: Discovery gives 200k credits, 5 concurrent, scaling to $500/mo^²	Usage-based billing can balloon: one developer reported a bill 5x higher than expected¹¹

Non-technical users wanting one-off scrapes
Small projects . $30/mo entry is overkill
Teams needing audited security posture . no public security page
Buyers relying on independent reviews . much coverage is competitor AdsCrawl's blog