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Apify: what it sells, price and AI features

Apify is on the social monitoring map. We record 15 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Sept. 19, 2026.

Updated . Launches and events from Nov. 24, 2023 to Sept. 19, 2026.

Marketplace of third-party scrapers ('Actors') billed per result; includes many LinkedIn post/profile actors, plus an official MCP server so an agent can call any Actor. Source: apify.com.

Site
apify.com
Founded
2015
Category
Social data APIs and scrapers
Status
Active

On the research maps

  • The social monitoring map

    Marketplace of third-party scrapers ('Actors') billed per result; includes many LinkedIn post/profile actors, plus an official MCP server so an agent can call any Actor. Source: apify.com.

    Category
    Social data APIs and scrapers
    Price
    Platform plans: Free $0 ($5 usage); Starter $19; Scale $199; Business $999; actor results billed separately per Actor (see actor rows).
    Platforms
    LinkedIn
    Scale
    Funded challenger: institutional funding disclosed (Raised about EUR 2.8M in 2024 from J&T Ventures and Reflex Capital; press reports 200,000+ users.)
    Founded
    2015

    Sources: apify.com, apify.com and apify.com.

    Apify on the social monitoring map

Launches and dated events, newest first

  1. Rental price replaced by pay-per-event $0.0005 per result

    Pricing change, . Price fell from $30/month rental (since 2024-03) to $0.50 per 1,000 results plus a $0.0005 start fee; still needs LinkedIn cookies.

    Source: Apify API. From the social monitoring map.

  2. Pay for Apify Actors with x402

    Launch, . Agents can run and pay for eligible Actors in USDC on Base without an Apify account; blog dated 2026-06-30 says 20,000+ Actors.

    Source: Apify changelog. From the social monitoring map.

  3. Announcing MCP connectors

    Launch, . Actors can use connected apps (Notion, GitHub, Slack) through an MCP proxy without receiving credentials.

    Source: Apify blog. From the social monitoring map.

  4. Pay per event: tweet

    Pricing change, . $0.0004 per tweet on all Apify tiers including free.

    Source: Apify API. From the social monitoring map.

  5. Fixed monthly rental fees are going away

    Pricing change, . Apify said all rental Actors migrate to pay-per-event within six months; 2,000 Actors already moved from pay-per-result to PPE.

    Source: Apify blog. From the social monitoring map.

  6. Migration to pay-per-event pricing with Apify store tier discounts

    Pricing change, . Per-post price stays $0.002 (FREE/BRONZE), falls to $0.00175 SILVER and $0.0015 GOLD+; adds $0.00005 start fee and charges for 0-result queries.

    Source: Apify API. From the social monitoring map.

  7. Pay per event: tweet

    Pricing change, . Moved to pay-per-event: $0.0004/tweet on paid Apify plans, $0.04/tweet on the free plan.

    Source: Apify API. From the social monitoring map.

  8. Is web scraping legal? Apify position updated

    Policy, . Apify says public data scraping is generally legal; caution for logins and personal data; notes Meta dropped its Bright Data case and X's claims were partly dismissed.

    Source: Apify blog. From the social monitoring map.

  9. LinkedIn Company Posts Scraper (No Cookies)

    Launch, . Company page post feed at $0.002 per post.

    Source: Apify API. From the social monitoring map.

  10. Linkedin Post Search Scraper (No Cookies)

    Launch, . Keyword/filter LinkedIn post search with no cookies, $0.002 per post. Now 37,017 users.

    Source: Apify API. From the social monitoring map.

  11. LinkedIn Profile Posts Scraper (No Cookies)

    Launch, . Actor created at $0.002 per post, no cookies required.

    Source: Apify API. From the social monitoring map.

  12. Posts Search Scraper for LinkedIn | No Cookies

    Launch, . Keyword LinkedIn post search without login at $0.005 per result.

    Source: Apify API. From the social monitoring map.

  13. First release v0.1.1 of the Apify MCP server (apify/apify-mcp-server, formerly actors-mcp-server)

    Launch, . First tagged release of the MCP server exposing Actors as tools. Repo created 2025-01-02; 12,819 stars on 2026-10-23.

    Source: GitHub. From the social monitoring map.

  14. Price per tweet $0.0003

    Pricing change, . Price raised from $0.0001 to $0.0003 per tweet ($0.30 per 1k).

    Source: Apify API. From the social monitoring map.

  15. Tweet Scraper V2

    Launch, . Actor created on Apify; initial price $0.10 per 1,000 tweets (pay per dataset item).

    Source: Apify API. From the social monitoring map.

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