Apify is a cloud web scraping and browser automation platform designed for data extraction and AI agents. It runs serverless micro-apps called Actors that automate browsers with Playwright, Puppeteer, and Crawlee to collect web data at scale. Users can deploy custom Python and Node.js crawlers or run over 93,000 pre-built scrapers from the Apify Store. The Free plan includes $5 of prepaid compute credits every month with no credit card required.
Free tier quotas
Monthly Platform Credits
$5/month to spend on Actor runs or Apify Store scrapers
Actor RAM
Up to 16 GB RAM allocation
Concurrent Runs
Up to 5 concurrent Actor runs
Included Proxies
5 datacenter proxy IPs included
Storage
Key-value stores, dataset storage, and request queues included
Payment Requirement
No credit card required
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👍 Good boy
+Provides $5 in free compute credits every month to execute custom scrapers or prebuilt Actors.
+Executes headless Chromium browser tasks via Playwright and Puppeteer in managed cloud containers.
+Grants access to 93,000+ community and verified scrapers in the Apify Store.
+Runs up to 5 concurrent tasks with 16GB of allocated memory on the free tier.
👎 Watch out
−Unused $5 monthly usage credits expire at the end of each billing cycle without rolling over.
−Scraping bot-protected websites requires paid residential proxies priced at $8/GB.
−Free accounts halt execution once the $5 credit pool is exhausted until the next monthly reset.
−Support on the free plan relies on community Discord channels and documentation.
The catch
Platform execution pauses when you consume your $5 monthly credit balance until the next cycle.
Free tier value
Generosity
A
Estimated value
$19/mo
Feature parity
Access to Apify Store, custom Actor deployments, and 16GB RAM with $5 monthly credit
Screenshots
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