Apify review
February 18, 2026

Apify review

Bogdan Pascari | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Apify

I use Apify as a platform that can breathe new life into my old or pet projects realted to automation, scrapers, and AI. The platform provides and opportunity to create valuable and profitable products without the need for advertising or any additional steps that can be taken when setting up a startup.

Pros

  • It gives solo developers and freelancers the opportunity to make a profit from publishing their applications
  • It provides the server infrastructure to publish applications to world web in minutes
  • It provides guidance and previews to help you understand what the platform is aobut and how to use it
  • Good documentation that covers all relevant aspects
  • The inbuild proxy allows you to avoid blocking

Cons

  • A more generous free tier would provide developers with more opportunities
  • I had some difficulties rebuilding the application using cache, as it seemed to me that it was not working
  • The large number of documnetation options when setting up schemas makes it difficult to choose the correct one
  • Durin my development process, I never bypass the 5$ free tier, although I often have to rebuild anda test applications
  • According to statistics, my applications have been viewed in various countries the world, and they could attract customers
  • It gave me the opportunity to earn passive income
Apify provides excellent documnetation fro both devs and customers. There os excelent guidance in the form of videos and articles. The variety of applications and their categories allow you to choose the right product. Great infrastructure for app's deploynment and API provide you the opportunity to use what you need in minutes.

Do you think Apify delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

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

From a developer perspective Apify is great if you are solo developer, a freelance or you have small team of enthusiasts who want to try to build and present something to the world, with the opportunity to make some profit from it. Apify provides easy to understand infructructure in teams of deploying your application and make it run in minutes. From the point of customers it's also great to have a variety of ready-made solutions to choose from. You don't need to think about building it you can just use it.

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