Apify
Apify is a cloud platform for web scraping, browser automation, and data extraction with an Actor marketplace and developer SDKs.
Apify is a comprehensive, full-stack web scraping platform that provides cloud infrastructure, ready-made tools, and SDKs for extracting data from web pages at scale.
Key Features:
- Cloud Infrastructure - Run scrapers on managed servers with automatic scaling
- Proxy Management - Built-in residential and datacenter proxy rotation
- SDK Support - Official SDKs for Python and JavaScript with Crawlee integration
- Storage - Datasets, key-value stores, and request queues for managing crawl data
- AI-Ready Data - Extract structured data optimized for LLMs, RAG, and AI pipelines
Whether you're a data engineer, AI developer, or business analyst, Apify provides a complete scraping ecosystem from development to production deployment.
Apify is a commercial hosted platform; its SDKs and Crawlee are separate open-source projects.
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2026-10-15License
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Frequently asked questions
What is Apify used for?
Apify is a cloud platform for web scraping and automation. It provides the infrastructure to run programs, store results, schedule jobs and integrate workflows through APIs. Target coverage depends on the program selected.
Sources (checked ): Apify platform documentation; Actor-specific behavior
What are Apify Actors?
Actors are programs that run on Apify to perform tasks such as scraping or automation. Each Actor has its own input, behavior and outputs. You can use existing Actors from the Store or develop your own, so capabilities and pricing depend on the Actor you choose.
Sources (checked ): Apify Actors
How can I use Apify?
Choose an Actor for your task, review its input and pricing, configure it in Apify Console and run it. Inspect the run’s logs and outputs, then retrieve the data through the Console or API. Saved configurations and schedules support recurring workflows.
Sources (checked ): Apify Actors; Apify platform capabilities
How do I get an Apify API token?
Find your API token in the API & Integrations section of Apify Console. It authenticates API requests made on your account’s behalf. Actor execution and platform usage still follow your account’s limits and billing.
Sources (checked ): Apify API authentication
How do I connect Apify to ChatGPT?
Apify provides an MCP integration for ChatGPT. Availability depends on your ChatGPT plan and workspace settings. Follow Apify’s connection instructions, authorize only the tools you need, and remember that running Actors incurs Apify usage.
Sources (checked ): Apify ChatGPT integration; ChatGPT MCP app availability and permissions
How can I use Apify with Claude Code?
Apify’s Claude Code CLI plugin includes its MCP server and tools for discovering, running and developing Actors. Install the documented plugin and authorize access when you need account actions. Actor runs consume Apify platform usage in addition to any Claude usage.
Sources (checked ): Apify Claude Code CLI integration
How much does Apify cost?
Apify combines plan allowances with platform and Actor usage charges. The Free plan includes $5 of usage each month. Compute, storage, proxies and individual Actors can have separate charging rules, so estimate costs using the plan rate card and the selected Actor’s pricing.
Sources (checked ): Apify pricing
Is Apify self-hosted?
Apify’s platform is a hosted cloud service. Actors can be developed and tested locally, but a local Actor is not a self-hosted copy of the full platform, Store, scheduling and managed services.
Sources (checked ): Apify cloud platform; Local Actor development
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Sources
Verified against the apify/apify-sdk-python repository and the npm package.