Pick Apify if
teams who will burn the Free $5 prepaid usage on a Store Actor or a Crawlee job, then buy Starter at $19/month ($17 billed annually) when they need chat support and 32 concurrent runs.
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Our take
Pick Apify if teams who will burn the Free $5 prepaid usage on a Store Actor or a Crawlee job, then buy Starter at $19/month ($17 billed annually) when they need chat support and 32 concurrent runs. Pick ScrapingBee if developers who will spend the 1,000 signup credits (no card) on a first Request Builder, then Hobby at $19/month (75,000 credits, 25 concurrent) when the trial is gone — not Freelance $49 unless they
Best for
Apify Scrapes, browsers, and published Actors metered in prepaid usage
ScrapingBee An HTML request you configure at a public $
Free plan
Apify $0 · $5 prepaid usage / month. No card. $0.2/CU. 16 GB max RAM. 5 concurrent runs. Community support. No Store discount. When prepaid is gone, the account blocks until next cycle
ScrapingBee $0 · $49/month. 250,000 credits. 50 concurrent
Lowest paid
Apify Creator $1/mo
ScrapingBee Hobby $19/mo
Next step up
Apify Proxy (list) $8
ScrapingBee Startup $99/mo
Runs where
Apify Hosted
ScrapingBee Hosted
Watch out
Apify Free blocks when the $5 is gone
ScrapingBee No ongoing Free tile on the pricing page
Last checked
Apify 2026-10-22 · apify.com/pricing
ScrapingBee 2026-10-23 · scrapingbee.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick ScrapingBee if
developers who will spend the 1,000 signup credits (no card) on a first Request Builder, then Hobby at $19/month (75,000 credits, 25 concurrent) when the trial is gone — not Freelance $49 unless they need 250,000 credits.
Read the ScrapingBee page