Apify shines when you need quick‑fire, well‑defined data‑extraction jobs—think: pulling product prices daily for a competitor dashboard, running one‑off real‑estate crawls to feed your CRM, or powering lightweight n8n automations that enrich leads before they hit your email pipeline. The managed Actors, built‑in proxy pool, and scheduling UI get you from “idea” to “running in prod” absurdly fast, without wrestling with headless browsers or infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Where it starts to creak is at hyperscale or near‑real‑time use cases—e.g., millions of pages per hour, complex, multi‑step scraping that needs sub‑second latency, or mission‑critical flows that demand fine‑grained cost control. At that point, rolling your own microservice with a dedicated scraper cluster (or serverless workers) usually gives better throughput, lower unit costs, and tighter SLA guarantees. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While social media pages often change their layouts and our in-house web-scraping method sometimes struggles to keep up, we rely on Apify actors as a dependable backup. In the meantime, while waiting for our developers to implement a permanent fix, Apify provides us with a fast, flexible, and highly reliable solution. We truly appreciate the versatility of the available tools and the overall quality of the service — it’s been a genuine life-saver for our workflows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only drawback we’ve encountered with Apify is that occasionally some available scrapers don’t capture 100% of the data — for example, not all comments from a post. It’s rare, but worth keeping in mind for highly data-sensitive projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like the most in Apify is its diverse options and features for web scraping tools, including those created by other users and customized by you. So far, I have only used majority of Facebook posts scraper tools, and I can say that they have been highly effective and well-aligned to my needs. Additionally, this software is beginner-friendly. Anyone can easily grasp the fundamentals of scraping through this platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One of the downsides of Apify is its runtime reliability. Whenever I try to scrape a large amount of data, sometimes it fails to do an accurate work and only scrape a few posts. This might be due to the limits of a free account. Additionally, this runtime errors still consumes credit, which makes the free trial credit quota deplete faster than expected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I've been using Apify extensively in automation workflows built on Make.com and n8n, primarily to gather information, generate leads, and scrape data from a variety of platforms. The experience has been seamless from day one.

What sets Apify apart is how easy it is to use — from the intuitive interface to the well-structured, detailed documentation, everything feels thoughtfully designed. I’ve never encountered issues with any of the actors. The platform is fast, reliable, and the actor store is impressively robust, covering almost any use case you can imagine.

From a business perspective, the impact has been substantial. Apify has allowed us to build outreach campaigns faster, cut down the time needed to collect contact details, and most importantly, we've reduced data acquisition costs by over 70%.

Whether you're an automation engineer or a business handling large volumes of data, Apify is a powerful ally. It's especially effective for social media scraping, lead generation, and scaling outreach workflows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing so far. The experience was positive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I’ve used Apify extensively to power parts of my lead generation engine, and it’s become a core tool in my tech stack.

What makes Apify stand out is how easy it is to go from idea to production. Whether you’re scraping websites, automating data collection, or building scalable agents, Apify makes the process incredibly smooth. The actor system is flexible, reliable, and well-documented — perfect for both technical users and no-code workflows.

I particularly appreciate:

Wide range of ready-made actors — you can find scrapers for LinkedIn, Google Maps, Amazon, and more.

Scalability — handles large-scale crawls without breaking a sweat.

API-first design — integrates easily into workflows using tools like n8n and Zapier.

Helpful support & community — their team is active and responsive when you hit roadblocks.

If you’re serious about automation, lead generation, or structured web data at scale, Apify is absolutely worth it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Apify is central to my data-gathering workflow. My main use case is running an Amazon product scraper, which is critical for my affiliate marketing strategy. It helps me move beyond manual research and systematically identify top products. I also regularly employ it as a general website content crawler, which is invaluable when I need to extract text data from targeted websites for analysis or to feed into other tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The pricing and cost structure can be challenging to anticipate, which makes budgeting a bit tricky. There is also a significant learning curve, and I feel that the user interface could use some improvements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The platform’s flexibility and scalability are outstanding. We can build custom scrapers with Puppeteer, schedule or trigger runs via API, and integrate seamlessly with automation tools like n8n. It reliably extracts structured data from complex, dynamic sites like LinkedIn, saving us significant time and costs in lead research. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The learning curve is steep for non-developers, especially around session management and proxy setup. Error logs can be vague when actors fail due to site changes. Also, some marketplace actors are inconsistently maintained, requiring manual intervention. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like most about Apify is that it empowers non-technical users to build complex web scrapers without writing much code. The platform is incredibly flexible, and combining it with generative AI makes the learning curve a lot smoother. It has a great ecosystem of ready-made Actors, and the documentation is surprisingly user-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The biggest drawback is that it can feel overwhelming at first if you're new to web scraping or API-based platforms. Some parts of the interface, like dataset management or error tracing in large workflows, could be more intuitive. Also, the costs can escalate quickly if you run large or frequent jobs without careful configuration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Google Maps Scraper is a game-changer — it pulls structured business data from specific locations with high accuracy. The interface is clean, tasks are easy to monitor, and scheduling scrapes means we’re no longer wasting time on repetitive manual research. It’s flexible enough for technical users yet intuitive for business roles. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some scraping jobs occasionally time out or stall, especially when handling large datasets. The postal code targeting could be more precise — sometimes it pulls in listings from neighboring areas. A built-in de-duplication feature and better bulk URL input interface would also go a long way in boosting efficiency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I've used this tool for multiple purposes: scraping tiktok profiles, emails from websites, enriching people information, scraping comments from many sites like twitter or instagram, getting information from linkedin profiles, etc. It works great, has multiple payment options and its really flexible. Plus, the API works great to connect it with services like n8n to automate things Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes it's a little tricky finding the exact actor that you need to performs tasks like scraping Linkedin or Tiktok Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.