The Apify web scraping, data extraction, and automation platform
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Very good experience overall
What do you like best about the product?
Easy of use;
Many available options for APIs;
You can develop your own APIs and sell them in the marketplace;
Many available options for APIs;
You can develop your own APIs and sell them in the marketplace;
What do you dislike about the product?
Infraestructure costs add up fast, it gets significantly lower with large scale, but prototyping can become expensive.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Apify allows me to quickly implement my ideas by abstracting many of the logic with APIs.
Changed the direction of my business
What do you like best about the product?
I had no idea of web scraping. Once I learned about it and looked at a few of the players I landed on Apify. Building lists of prospects in minutes has been an absolute game-changer.
What do you dislike about the product?
You could say the cost makes it a bit hard to swallow but if I consider the amount of time it saves me every month then it is a non-starter. Getting started with Apify and learning what an actor is and finding the right one for your purpose takes some time.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I consult with local businesses on how they can best use the Internet to grow their business. One of the pieces of information I deliver my clients is a market overview; all their competitors analyzed and the results presented in a for they can understand. Apify actors make this simple.
excellent platform
What do you like best about the product?
I like how intuitive the platform is, as well as the environment it provides us, especially with actors that are totally useful and a console response that is easy to understand.
What do you dislike about the product?
The limit is very low, I would like the limit to be increased.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Extract information from websites for which it is ideal, makes it easier for me to obtain and standardize data, to have good information management.
this is a good solution when I doing my research project, it save me a lot of time
What do you like best about the product?
capture the multiple Google Popular Times data for multiple places,
it can allow me to set up the scheduling for me to capture the data over 20 places
it can allow me to set up the scheduling for me to capture the data over 20 places
What do you dislike about the product?
no automation function to download multiple files at the same time, need to access the result one by one to download the result files
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
since we don't have much budget for this research project, Apify representative was very nice to offer me special plan for their service to save my money.
A developer friendly scraping solution
What do you like best about the product?
Certainly! The aspect I find most appealing about Apify is how effortlessly it facilitates the creation of Apify actors. This functionality significantly reduces the complexity typically associated with building web scraping and automation tools. The process of developing these actors feels intuitive and user-friendly, even for individuals with varying levels of coding expertise.
Apify's approach to creating actors simplifies the journey from writing the code to deploying a functional application. With the platform's user-friendly interface and detailed documentation, I found it surprisingly easy to translate my scraping requirements into functional actors. The availability of pre-built libraries and templates further accelerates the development process, allowing me to leverage established coding practices and patterns.
The ease of creating Apify actors isn't just limited to the initial setup. The platform continues to impress during subsequent stages as well. Once the actor is crafted, the process of deploying it is seamless, ensuring that my code runs efficiently without the need for extensive configurations. This convenience drastically reduces the time and effort required to get a scraping or automation task up and running.
In essence, the simplicity of creating Apify actors empowers developers like me to focus on the core functionality of our scraping projects rather than getting bogged down by the intricacies of infrastructure and deployment. This feature undoubtedly enhances productivity and encourages more developers to explore the possibilities of web scraping and browser automation, even if they might not have extensive experience in these areas.
Apify's approach to creating actors simplifies the journey from writing the code to deploying a functional application. With the platform's user-friendly interface and detailed documentation, I found it surprisingly easy to translate my scraping requirements into functional actors. The availability of pre-built libraries and templates further accelerates the development process, allowing me to leverage established coding practices and patterns.
The ease of creating Apify actors isn't just limited to the initial setup. The platform continues to impress during subsequent stages as well. Once the actor is crafted, the process of deploying it is seamless, ensuring that my code runs efficiently without the need for extensive configurations. This convenience drastically reduces the time and effort required to get a scraping or automation task up and running.
In essence, the simplicity of creating Apify actors empowers developers like me to focus on the core functionality of our scraping projects rather than getting bogged down by the intricacies of infrastructure and deployment. This feature undoubtedly enhances productivity and encourages more developers to explore the possibilities of web scraping and browser automation, even if they might not have extensive experience in these areas.
What do you dislike about the product?
One aspect I find slightly unfavorable about Apify is the pricing, especially from the perspective of hobbyists like myself. While the platform undoubtedly offers a range of valuable features and functionalities, the cost might pose a barrier for individuals who are exploring web scraping and automation on a smaller scale or as a hobby. As someone looking to experiment and learn, a more budget-friendly pricing structure for hobbyist users would be greatly appreciated.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Apify is addressing the challenge of efficiently converting website scraping scripts into functional APIs, and this solution has been immensely beneficial for me. Previously, transforming scraping scripts into APIs was a time-consuming and intricate process, involving various technical considerations such as infrastructure setup, deployment, and maintenance. Apify streamlines this entire procedure, allowing me to easily convert my scraping scripts into functional APIs without delving into the complexities of server setup and management.
By offering a platform that automates the deployment and hosting of these APIs, Apify has significantly reduced the effort required on my part. This not only saves time but also eliminates the need for me to have a deep understanding of server configurations and networking. The solution effectively bridges the gap between web scraping and API creation, enabling me to quickly and efficiently convert my scraping projects into accessible and usable APIs.
Ultimately, Apify's capability to solve the challenge of converting scraping scripts into APIs has streamlined my workflow, enhanced efficiency, and opened up new possibilities for utilizing the data I extract from websites. It has empowered me to focus more on the creative aspects of my projects and less on the technical intricacies, thereby enriching my overall experience in web scraping and automation.
By offering a platform that automates the deployment and hosting of these APIs, Apify has significantly reduced the effort required on my part. This not only saves time but also eliminates the need for me to have a deep understanding of server configurations and networking. The solution effectively bridges the gap between web scraping and API creation, enabling me to quickly and efficiently convert my scraping projects into accessible and usable APIs.
Ultimately, Apify's capability to solve the challenge of converting scraping scripts into APIs has streamlined my workflow, enhanced efficiency, and opened up new possibilities for utilizing the data I extract from websites. It has empowered me to focus more on the creative aspects of my projects and less on the technical intricacies, thereby enriching my overall experience in web scraping and automation.
The most easy-to-use scrapper tool
What do you like best about the product?
One of the best features of Apify is their own free scrapers. They provide a variety of ready-made solutions for common web scraping tasks, such as extracting product information, reviews and posts from popular websites. These scrapers are easy to use and save a lot of developer's time.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is a huge gap between the free usage limit (5 USD/MONTH) and the minimum balance to up (49 USD/MONTH). This means that if you want to use more than the free limit (like 7-8 USD/MONTH), you have to pay a lot more than you actually need.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use Apify to easily get posts, reviews and other data from popular websites and services, without developing, supporting and wasting time for our personal scrappers. Apify is a powerful web scraping and automation platform that allows us to extract any information we need from the web, with minimal coding and maintenance.
Easy to use and an incredible range of useful tools.
What do you like best about the product?
It lets you spin up a new service in seconds.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only slight problem I had was restarting some of the helpers, but this is dependant upon the tool, not the service itself.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It allows me to be very taregtted in location and organisation type.
Incredibly powerful and underrated automation service
What do you like best about the product?
Apify's pricing is very fair and flexible. Especially compared to other automation companies, Apify constantly releases helpful new features tailored to developers. Apify's web scraping academy is the single best education course from a brand I've ever seen, and it seems like every time I log onto Apify, there's something new to appreciate. I consider Apify the best automation option for small - mid-sized companies
What do you dislike about the product?
There's nothing I dislike about Apify, but if I had to say something that could be improved, the pricing could be a bit more flexible. It's very flexible as it is, but it would be even better if we could customize how many computer units, proxies, and gigs of RAM we want to pay for.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Apify is my go-to vendor for serverless RPA solutions. I plan to eventually provide consulting for smaller businesses wanting to automate their processes, and Apify will be my recommendation for every single business I help. I use their web scraping library Crawlee whenever I need to extract any kind of data from websites.
Great tool for webscrapper specialists to make money
What do you like best about the product?
I can build my code as always, and just put it in the platform, with that I have now a cloud scrapper ready to sell, with api enabled, Its just like magic, and the price is good.
What do you dislike about the product?
The input schema could be better, and I think the market for Brazilians is still low, but I'm working on new with my actor.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Build cloud scrappers quickly.
Great platform
What do you like best about the product?
You can scrape almost everything that you can imagine
What do you dislike about the product?
Apify is very cheap, and they give a free credits each month, but it will be great to have a package between 5-49$
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps me to extract job offers from a few websites
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