The day we last read the vendor's page. Our last read of it, on 2026-11-10, found the same terms as an earlier read we had declined to record. We hold no confirmation of the terms we publish — the 2026-09-27 beside this date is not one we can source to a read that confirmed them.
Free Tier Details
Web scraping and automation platform. The Free plan is $0 with $5 of prepaid usage a month to spend in Apify Store or on your own Actors, at $0.2 per compute unit, with up to 16 GB of Actor RAM and community support; no credit card is required. Starter is $19/month with $19 of usage a month.
We read that on 2026-11-10 from https://apify.com/pricing, and our check recorded: the page names Apify as "apify" and states "$0" and "$5" and "$0.2" and "$19". A source check reads the cited page for the service's name and a price; the limits above are from our own record.
From apify.com/pricing, read 2026-11-10:
Free $0 $5 to spend in Apify Store or on your own Actors $0.2 per compute unit Community support No Apify Store discount Start for free No credit card required.
Apify's Creator plan, for developers who run their own Actors, costs $1/month paid six months in advance, adds a one-time $500 of usage for those six months, and limits access to Apify Store Actors. (From apify.com/pricing/creator-plan, read 2026-11-09.)
When You'll Outgrow Apify's Free Tier
When your usage exceeds the free tier limits, you'll need to upgrade.
Retracted — this record was our error (2026-09-27). Retracted 2026-09-27: Apify's free limits did not increase. Our listing already said $5 of platform usage a month, and the reading's "unlimited Actor runs" counts runs, not concurrent runs, which Apify still caps on the Free plan (5 on its pricing page, 25 in its limits documentation). Source ↗
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Yes, Apify offers a free tier: Free. Web scraping and automation platform. The Free plan is $0 with $5 of prepaid usage a month to spend in Apify Store or on your own Actors, at $0.2 per compute unit, with up to 16 GB of Actor RAM and co...
What is Apify's free tier?
Apify's free tier is called "Free". Web scraping and automation platform. The Free plan is $0 with $5 of prepaid usage a month to spend in Apify Store or on your own Actors, at $0.2 per compute unit, with up to 16 GB of Actor RAM and community support; no credit card is required. Starter is $19/month with $19 of usage a month. Apify's Creator plan, for developers who run their own Actors, costs $1/month paid six months in advance, adds a one-time $500 of usage for those six months, and limits access to Apify Store Actors. (From https://apify.com/pricing/creator-plan, read 2026-11-09.)
Is Apify's free tier reliable?
Apify's free tier is considered stable. The one record we hold was our own error and has been withdrawn. See the pricing history below.
Is Apify's free tier good for production?
Apify's free tier can be suitable for small production workloads and side projects. We rate it stable and it offers Web scraping and automation platform…, so it's a reasonable starting point. The one record we hold was our own error and has been withdrawn. Monitor your usage against the limits and have an upgrade plan ready.
What changed in Apify's pricing?
The one record we hold was our own error and has been withdrawn.
When will I outgrow Apify's free tier?
When your usage exceeds the free tier limits, you'll need to upgrade. When you outgrow the free tier, evaluate paid plans against alternatives — sometimes a competitor's free tier covers what you need.
What category is Apify in?
Apify is categorized under Web Scraping on AgentDeals.