Apify

What Is Apify
‍Apify is a cloud-based platform that helps developers, analysts, and growth teams extract data from websites and automate browser-based tasks at scale. It allows you to treat any website like an API, whether you’re pulling pricing data, monitoring competitor content, or feeding datasets into AI systems. The platform emphasizes speed, scalability, and minimal setup so users can focus on insights rather than infrastructure.

Core Capabilities
Apify offers a rich store of pre-built scraping tools (called “Actors”) that cover social media, e-commerce, search results and more. You can run these via API, schedule tasks or integrate into workflows with tools like Zapier. The platform supports custom scraper development with SDKs, handles proxy management and anti-blocking measures, and delivers output in formats like JSON, CSV or Excel. With monitoring, versioning, platform-wide automation and enterprise security features, Apify is well-suited for both rapid experiments and ongoing data pipelines.