Apify
Depot pick when you need a scraper marketplace / reusable Actors, not just a crawl API. Firecrawl for…
Depot pick when you need a scraper marketplace / reusable Actors, not just a crawl API. Firecrawl for LLM-ready extract; Bright Data for enterprise proxy; Scrapfly/ZenRows for simpler request APIs. Strengths: Huge Actor Store marketplace; Agent-payable prepaid tokens; Proxies + browsers + scheduling in one.
Lock-in risk: higher = more lock-in (worse). Overall already inverts this dimension.
Depot pick when you need a scraper marketplace / reusable Actors, not just a crawl API. Firecrawl for LLM-ready extract; Bright Data for enterprise proxy; Scrapfly/ZenRows for simpler request APIs.
Strengths
- · Huge Actor Store marketplace
- · Agent-payable prepaid tokens
- · Proxies + browsers + scheduling in one
Weaknesses
- · CU math harder than per-request APIs
- · Failed runs still burn compute
- · Overkill for simple LLM-ready crawl
Pricing notes
As of 2026-09-14 (apify.com/pricing): Free $0 ($5 usage). Starter $19/mo ($19 usage). Scale $199. Business $999. CU = 1 GB-RAM-hour: Free/Starter $0.20/CU, Scale $0.16, Business $0.13. Residential proxy $7–8/GB by plan. Agentic pay: x402/MPP prepaid tokens via agi.apify.com (no human account).
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