Compare Apify vs. Scrapely

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.

Scrapely serves as a comprehensive solution for web scraping and automation, offering features such as infinite CAPTCHA resolution, web crawling, and browser automation all included in one concurrency-focused pricing plan. Instead of charging based on each request, Scrapely's model only bills for the number of concurrent threads being utilized, ensuring users have access to unlimited CAPTCHA solving, crawls, and bandwidth without unexpected fees. Noteworthy attributes include: - CAPTCHA Solver API: Simply provide a sitekey to obtain a token; compatibility with reCAPTCHA v2/v3 is included. - Smart Crawler API: Input a URL and receive the fully rendered DOM in real-time. - Browser Automation: Engage with dynamic web pages through actions like clicking and scrolling via a REST API or Python SDK. - BYOP (Bring Your Own Proxy): Seamlessly integrate your preferred residential or datacenter proxies with no added markup. - MCP Server: Directly link to AI agents such as Claude or Cursor for fully autonomous scraping capabilities. Pricing starts at an affordable $12 per month for five threads, and users can take advantage of a free trial with one thread to explore the service. This flexible approach allows users to tailor their usage according to their specific scraping needs.