Apify is simply amazing with scraping
August 02, 2021

Apify is simply amazing with scraping

Dhrumil Bhankhar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Apify

Many of my clients use Apify to extract data from various sources. We provide the software that is Apify platform-based and it helps them to create intelligence out of that data really quickly.

Most of the time, it's data that is most important for organizations. Apify makes it easy to deliver clean data compared to other available platforms.
  • Extracting well structured data from web
  • Exposing data as an API and in multiple formats
  • Built in proxy support with rotation
  • Very rich and open source SDK
  • Whole platform available as an API to be connected with your own software
  • Handling small scale to very large scale easily and quickly
  • Scheduling over the cloud is very easy
  • Organizing tasks/actors at large scale
  • Better monitoring system for larger scale
  • Enhance dataset APIs to provide search and replacements
  • Built in proxy support
  • Dataset as an API
  • Platform can be connected to your system as an API
  • It makes scraping much more productive
  • Less development time in data harnessing
  • Less DevOps time spent in setting up infrastructure
Apify has been my first choice always.

Do you think Apify delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Apify's feature set?

Yes

Did Apify live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Apify go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Apify again?

Yes

- Very good at extracting data from web
- When regular/scheduled extraction is required, Apify is good and quick
- Very cost effective and comes with built-in proxies so that rotating proxies is easy and available
- When you want to run any NodeJS script on regular basis, Apify is good
- You can do headless browser puppeteer in no time on Apify.

Evaluating Apify and Competitors

  • Price
  • Product Features
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Apify Support

I have contacted Apify support many times and every time it was nice experience.
ProsCons
Quick Resolution
Good followup
Knowledgeable team
Problems get solved
No escalation required
Immediate help available
Support understands my problem
Support cares about my success
Slow Initial Response
Not Applicable
Yes - Yes, resolved within 24 hours
During June 2021 was the last instance I remember