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Apify

Partially Agent-Ready
Agent-Ready SaaS Index · apify.com · scored 2026-05-04 · rubric v1.1
Score 63 / 100
Data Scraping APIs
Free tier
Public API

Apify publishes a pricing page with 5 discoverable plan tier(s). Per-unit pricing is published — an agent can forecast cost per task before committing. All advertised paths route to a sales conversation rather than a self-serve checkout. Public API documentation is reachable without an auth wall. A free or freemium tier is offered. Notably, Apify also publishes an agent-skills index — explicit agent-commerce surfaces.

See Apify pricing summaryLive pricing page
Pricing snapshot
Flexible plan + pay as you go — Get data with ready-made web scrapers for popular websites
As of 2026-05-04 · derived from apify.com/pricing
Per-unit pricing

$2.5 / 1,000 SERPs

Free

$0

No card
Entry paid

$29

per month
Enterprise

Contact sales

6 additional priced steps detected — typically a volume slider or bulk-purchase ladder. See live page for full list.Snapshot rendered from xpay's extracted pricing signals. The full tier list lives on the live page — see source link above.
Score breakdown · rubric v1.1
How Apify scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Public pricing

15 / 15

Usage-based / metered

25 / 25

Self-serve checkout

0 / 15

Public API

15 / 15

Low / no minimum

8 / 10

Unauth automated payment

0 / 10

Bonus (machine-readable pricing)On top of /100 base

0 / 5

Total
63 / 100
Agent purchase simulation
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Apify?
✓

Discover price

https://apify.com/pricing — full tier table, headline "Flexible plan + pay as you go"
✓

Select a plan

Four programmatically distinguishable tiers (Free, Starter $29, Scale $199, Business $999)
✓

Pay per task

Per-CU billing on every tier ($0.20 → $0.13)
✓

Avoid a sales call

All tiers self-serve checkout
✓

API docs without auth

docs.apify.com publicly accessible
✓

Estimate cost upfront

Per-CU rate visible; per-actor CU consumption not declared upfront on actor pages
Analysis
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-04. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.
✓ For an AI agent
  • Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
  • Per-unit billing is published, so an agent can budget for a single task before committing.
  • Every advertised tier is self-serve; no tier requires scheduling a call.
  • API documentation is reachable without a login — discovery and integration can happen in one session.
  • Per-unit rate is concrete enough that an agent can model expected spend before issuing a request.
◐ Opportunities for the provider
  • No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
One-line fix
How Apify could lift its score

Add at least one self-serve paid tier with a checkout link, so an agent can pay without a sales call.

pricing_visible

true

headline_phrasing

Flexible plan + pay as you go — Get data with ready-made web scrapers for popular websites

tier_count

6

lowest_paid_entry_usd

29

free_tier

true

free_tier_terms

null

per_unit_price

$2.5 / 1,000 SERPs

annual_required

true

self_serve_paid_tiers

0

sales_only_tiers

1

public_api_docs_url

https://docs.apify.com/

api_docs_auth_walled

false

ai_pricing_json_present

false

agents_txt_present

false

anonymous_purchase_path

false

per_unit_classification

{"unit_class":"other","confidence":"medium","agent_task_price_forecastable":"yes","rejected_reason":null,"evidence_text":"$2.5 / 1,000 SERPs"}

usage_headline_present

true

custom_tier_present

true

agent_friendly

{"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":true,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":true,"x402_supported":false}

View raw extracted page text →
Page heading: Flexible plan + pay as you go
CTAs (40): Skip to content · Get started · Log in · Product · Back · Start here!Get data with ready-made web scrapers for popular websitesBrowse 28,0 · Apify StorePre-built web scraping tools · ActorsBuild and run serverless programs · IntegrationsConnect with apps and services · MCPGive your AI access to Actors · Anti-blockingScrape without getting blocked · ProxyRotate scraper IP addresses
Price tokens (50): $1 · $3 · $500 · $0 · $5 · $0.2 per compute unitCommun · $29/ month · $29 · $0.2 per compute unitChat s · $199/ month · $199 · $0.16 per compute unitPriori
Skip to contentGet startedLog inProductBackStart here!Get data with ready-made web scrapers for popular websitesBrowse 28,078 ActorsApify platformApify StorePre-built web scraping toolsActorsBuild and run serverless programsIntegrationsConnect with apps and servicesMCPGive your AI access to ActorsAnti-blockingAnti-blockingScrape without getting blockedProxyRotate scraper IP addressesOpen sourceCrawleeWeb scraping and crawling librarySolutionsBackMCP server configurationConfigure your Apify MCP server with Actors and tools for seamless integration with MCP clients.Start buildingWeb data forEnterpriseStartupsUniversitiesNonprofitsUse casesData for generative AIData for AI agentsLead generationMarket researchView more →ConsultingApify Professional ServicesApify PartnersDevelopersBackDocumentationFull reference for the Apify platformGet startedCode templatesPython, JavaScript, and TypeScriptWeb scraping academyCourses for beginners and expertsMonetize your codePublish your scrapers and get paidLearnAPI referenceCLISDKMCPCrawleeEarn from your code$1M paid out last month. Many developers earn over $3k.Start earning nowResourcesBackHelp and supportAdvice and answers about ApifyActor ideasGet inspired to build ActorsChangelogSee what’s new on ApifyCustomer storiesFind out how others use ApifyCompanyAbout ApifyContact usBlogLive eventsPartnersJobsWe're hiring!Join our DiscordTalk to scraping expertsPricingContact salesCreateDevs get $500 extra usageFlexible plan + pay as you goBill mo…
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Agent-Ready Spec
Apify
Partially Agent-Ready

63

/ 100 (rubric v1.1)
Category

Data Scraping APIs

Pricing model

Flexible plan + pay as you go — Get data with ready-made web scrapers for popular websites

Tier count

6

Free tier

Yes

Lowest paid entry

$29/mo

Per-unit price

$2.5 / 1,000 SERPs

Self-serve / sales-only tiers

0 / 1

Public API docs

Public

Anonymous purchase path

No

Machine-readable pricing

Not published

Last refreshed

2026-05-04

Actions
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Verdict reflects Partially Agent-Ready status under rubric v1.1. Source observed at https://apify.com/pricing.
Agent-friendly features3 of 7 present
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.

ai-pricing.json

agents.txt

llms.txt

sitemap.xml

MCP Server Card

Agent Skills

x402 / MPP

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