Apify

Apify is a web scraping and automation platform that turns any website into an API. You can extract data, crawl pages, or automate browser tasks without writing a single line of code — or use their SDK to build custom scrapers in JavaScript or Python.

What it does

Apify provides a cloud-based infrastructure for running web scrapers and browser automations at scale. You pick from hundreds of pre-built scrapers (called Actors) in their Store, or build your own using their open-source Crawlee library. Each Actor runs in a serverless container and outputs structured data like JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Best for

• Data analysts who need to collect e-commerce prices or product catalogs
• Developers building apps that rely on external web data
• Marketers scraping competitor content or lead lists

Strengths

• Pre-built Actors for 1,000+ websites — Amazon, Google Maps, LinkedIn, and more
• Serverless execution with automatic scaling and proxy rotation
• Open-source Crawlee library for custom scrapers with anti-blocking features

• Pre-built Actors — 1,000+ ready-to-use scrapers for popular sites like Amazon, Twitter, and Google Maps
• Custom scrapers — Build with JavaScript or Python using the Crawlee library
• Serverless execution — Runs in the cloud with automatic scaling and proxy management
• Data export — Output to JSON, CSV, Excel, or push to Google Sheets, S3, or webhooks
• Webhooks & API — Trigger Actors programmatically and get results in real-time
• Proxy rotation — Built-in residential and datacenter proxies to avoid blocks