Compare Apify vs. ScrapBot

Apify provides the infrastructure developers need to build, deploy, and monetize web automation tools. The platform centers on Apify Store, a marketplace featuring 10,000+ community-built Actors. These are serverless programs that scrape websites, automate browser tasks, and power AI agents. Developers create Actors using JavaScript, Python, or Crawlee (Apify's open-source crawling library), then publish them to the Store. When other users run your Actor, you earn money. Apify manages the infrastructure, handles payments, and processes monthly payouts to thousands of active developers. Apify Store offers ready-to-use solutions for common use cases: extracting data from Amazon, Google Maps, and social platforms; monitoring prices; generating leads; and much more. Under the hood, Actors automatically manage proxy rotation, CAPTCHA solving, JavaScript-heavy pages, and headless browser orchestration. The platform scales on demand with 99.95% uptime and maintains SOC2, GDPR, and CCPA compliance. For workflow automation, Apify connects to Zapier, Make, n8n, and LangChain. The platform also offers an MCP server, enabling AI assistants like Claude to discover and invoke Actors programmatically.

ScrapBot is capable of navigating through websites, authenticating users, and extracting as well as inserting data seamlessly. Utilizing JavaScript for task execution, it eliminates the need for server installations or additional software. The system provides real-time visibility of all navigation activities within its user interface, allowing users to monitor interactions. The main.js script runs in a distinct frame separate from the navigation frame, yet it retains the ability to access the complete content of the page without any limitations. This design ensures both efficiency and transparency in data handling processes.