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Apify alternatives

At 10,000 pages scraped a month, Apify costs $199 a month. 2 web scraping tools cost less, from $15 (Bright Data). The closest match, Bright Data, covers 77% of what Apify does. Each one shows how much of it it covers, capability by capability, next to the price.

What Apify does

Core: Custom code steps, Browser and desktop RPA (partly), URL scraping API, Site crawling, Pre-built scrapers, Custom scraper hosting.

Important: Webhooks and HTTP requests (partly), Custom connector builder (partly), Tools for external agents, Anti-bot unblocking (partly), Proxy network (partly), LLM-ready output, Search engine results, Cloud browsers (partly), Scheduling & change alerts (partly), Exports & integrations, AI agent integrations.

Also has: Multi-step workflows (partly), Built-in AI steps (partly), AI agents (partly), Built-in tables and forms (partly), Team collaboration and governance (partly), Security and compliance (partly), AI data extraction (partly), Web search API (partly), No-code visual scraper (partly), Open source & self-hosting (partly), Compliance & ethical sourcing (partly).

Alternatives to Apify at 10,000 pages scraped a month, best match first

  • Bright Data: $15/mo Web Unlocker pay as you go; free tier is 5K/month (Pay as you go: Web Unlocker at $1.5 per 1,000 requests). It covers 77% of Apify; missing or partial: URL scraping API (partly), Site crawling (partly), Custom scraper hosting (partly), LLM-ready output (partly), Exports & integrations (partly). Free plan: Free Tier: 5K requests a month (Web Unlocker, SERP API) and 5K credits plus 1 GB a month (Browser API), no credit card needed.. Last price hike: Jan 2025.
  • Firecrawl: $44/mo Assumes 1 credit per basic scrape (JS cost unstated) (Hobby plan at $19/month billed monthly, plus 5,000 extra credits bought at $5 per 1,000). It covers 77% of Apify; missing or partial: Pre-built scrapers, Custom scraper hosting (partly), Search engine results (partly), Exports & integrations (partly), No-code visual scraper. Free plan: 1,000 credits and 500 searches per month with no card needed; pay-as-you-go is not available on free.. Last price hike: Sep 2026.

Prices at every size

  • Apify: 10,000 pages scraped a month $199/mo, 5,000 web searches a month $19/mo, 100 cloud browser hours a month not offered (Headless pages at Apify's approximate $0.5-5 per 1k)
  • Bright Data: 10,000 pages scraped a month $15/mo, 5,000 web searches a month $7.50/mo, 100 cloud browser hours a month $160/mo (Web Unlocker pay as you go; free tier is 5K/month)
  • Firecrawl: 10,000 pages scraped a month $44/mo, 5,000 web searches a month $44/mo, 100 cloud browser hours a month $54/mo (Assumes 1 credit per basic scrape (JS cost unstated))

Prices are USD per month on monthly billing for three jobs: scraping 10,000 JavaScript-rendered pages (the headline), running 5,000 web search queries and using 100 hours of cloud browser time, each on the cheapest self-serve plan or pay-as-you-go rate that fully covers it. A product that does not do a job shows no price for it.

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