# Apify

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/apify/  
**Website:** https://apify.com  
**APIs profiled:** 6

Apify is a full-stack web scraping and browser automation platform that enables developers to build, run, and scale web scrapers, crawlers, and data extraction tools using a cloud-based infrastructure with built-in proxy management, scheduling, and storage. The platform hosts thousands of ready-made Actors for scraping social media, search engines, maps, e-commerce sites, and more.

## Kin Score — 36.1 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 36.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 27.7 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 59.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 32.9 |
| Access Clarity | 32.9 |

## Agent readiness — 43.4 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | documented |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | yes |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (6)

- **Apify Actor Runs API** — Monitor and manage Actor run executions.
- **Apify Actors API** — Manage and run Apify Actors.
- **Apify Datasets API** — Manage structured data storage from Actor runs.
- **Apify Key-Value Stores API** — Manage persistent key-value storage.
- **Apify Request Queues API** — Manage URL queues for web crawling.
- **Apify Users API** — User and account management.

## MCP servers (1)

- **MCP Server**

## Agentic access (1)

- **Apify Agentic Access** — 13 operations · 3 acting

## Security (3)

- **Apify Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Apify Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC
- **Apify Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Apify Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (5)

- **AI Training Data Collection** — Extract structured data from websites for LLM training datasets, RAG pipelines, and AI applications.
- **E-commerce Price Monitoring** — Scrape product prices, availability, and reviews from e-commerce websites for competitive intelligence.
- **Social Media Data Extraction** — Extract posts, profiles, and engagement data from social media platforms.
- **Search Engine Data** — Scrape search engine results, SERP data, and web listings for SEO and market research.
- **Lead Generation** — Extract business data from directories, LinkedIn, and other professional platforms.

## Tags

Actors, Browser Automation, Crawling, Data Aggregation, Data Extraction, Web Automation, Web Scraping

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/apify/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.