Great company with a great service, they offer an easy solution for scraping and for our workflows in n8n, it's a seamless integration with consistency and quality. If you're looking for an easy scraping solution, definitely consider Apify.
Pros
Web scraping
Social media scraping
Strong community features
Cons
Making actor code public
Likelihood to Recommend
We run a competitor insights workflow inside of n8n where we monitor lists of users on Instagram and YouTube. That wouldn't be possible without Apify as we have dedicated actors running for those tasks to get the data and be able to analyse properly.
We use Apify to scrape data on scale. It integrates super easily to our systems thanks to their API. They have thousands of such called actors that perform tasks for every need. Also it really helps that the pricing is very predictive so we can plan accordingly. We use Apify mainly for lean generation and lead enrichment.
Pros
Scrape Data
Integrate with our systems
Automate lead gen
Cons
Expensive sometimes for rent actors
Some actor may not work so you have to try them first
Likelihood to Recommend
It is really appropriate for lead generation. Thanks to their actors we can extrac leads from linkedin and google maps with really ease. It laks a bit with automation or if you try to create workflows in their platform. It is better to leave the logic in your backend and make api calls
I do social selling using my LinkedIn and Apify helps me a lot to scrape and qualify my leads.
Pros
scraping the data
easy to implement
very good API endpoints
Cons
probably crwel integration with any automation tool
less tech more non-tech dashboard
Likelihood to Recommend
What i like is easy test for each actor what i dont like is the description of how to use APIs. I will include video for each actor how it should be integrate with tools such as n8n or Make.
I use Apify all the time when automating sales systems. My top use cases are: scraping lead info from databases, scraping personal info from websites, linkedin profiles, etc. I also use Apify in make.com scenarios, which run daily in my business. I've tried to create webscraping tech before, but it's way easier to pay a few cents in API calls than to build it yourself. Would highly recommend.
Pros
comprehensive array of actors. whatever you need, there's an actor for it. I don't have to go on multiple websites with different logins - everything is all in one place.
Integrations with make.com and other no-code platforms.
Super easy-to-use api endpoints, have not had many issues at all.
Cons
sometimes the devs are working on one of the scrapers when it breaks and you don't really get a notice for that, it just doesn't work. Esp starts to be a problem when it's supposed to be running in the background.
Loading cookies into the different actors is kind of a pain.
vague pricing models. all the actors are priced differently, and the difference between "usage" "result" and "event" is pretty confusing
Likelihood to Recommend
I love Apify for consolidating all my webscraping needs into one platform. If there is data on the internet you need, you can probably scrape it with Apify. I use a lot of their actors daily for my business and it saves me a ton of time. Would highly recommend.
I discovered Apify while setting up automation for monitoring information in my work. I find Apify very practical and effective for my needs. J'ai découvert Apify dans la cadre de la mise en place d'automatisation pour réaliser de la veille informationnelle dans mon travail. Je trouve Apify très pratique et efficace pour mon usage.
Pros
scrapper sites web
n8n Configuration Paramétrage n8n
association with make.com association avec make.com
attractive pricing. tarification attractive.
Cons
More intuitive help on the use of APIs Aide plus intuitive sur l'usage des API
Likelihood to Recommend
For the use that I make of it, it is very practical for implementing information monitoring solutions. Pour l'usage que j'en fait il est très pratique pour mettre en place des solutions de veille informationnelle.
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Employee in Information Technology (Education Management company, 201-500 employees)
