Apify

Apify is a cloud-based web scraping and browser automation platform built for developers, data teams, and AI companies that need structured data from websites at scale. It combines ready-made scraping tools, serverless infrastructure, proxy management, and automation workflows.

Apify is a full-stack web scraping and browser automation platform designed for developers, data teams, researchers, and businesses that rely on structured web data. The platform runs on a cloud infrastructure built around “Actors”, serverless programs that scrape websites, automate browser tasks, process datasets, and connect external services together.

Apify supports JavaScript and Python natively and integrates with popular frameworks including Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium, and Scrapy. It can handle static websites, JavaScript-heavy applications, infinite scrolling pages, and complex workflows that traditional scraping tools often struggle with.

One of the strongest parts of the platform is the Apify Store, which includes more than 31,000 ready-made Actors covering websites like Amazon, Google Maps, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, and countless others. You can launch prebuilt scrapers immediately or customize your own Actors for your specific requirements.

Apify also fits naturally into modern AI workflows. Dedicated tools help you clean website content for LLM training, retrieval-augmented generation pipelines, vector databases, and AI agents. MCP support allows AI systems to trigger Actors directly using live web data.

Key features

• Built-in proxy management — Apify includes rotating residential and datacenter proxies that help reduce rate limits, CAPTCHAs, and blocking issues when scraping websites that actively monitor and restrict automated traffic patterns.
• Marketplace monetization opportunities — You can publish Actors publicly through the Apify Store and generate recurring revenue from usage while Apify manages hosting, billing, scaling, and payment processing behind the scenes.
• Apify Store with ready-made Actors — The Apify Store includes more than 31,000 prebuilt Actors covering social media platforms, ecommerce sites, search engines, review websites, and marketplaces, helping you launch scraping workflows quickly without building everything manually.