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Apify
Marketplace of 76K+ ready-to-run web scrapers and automation tools for AI agents
Apify vs Steel
Apify and Steel are both listed under the same category. Prices are as shown on each vendor's pricing page; the check date is in the table. On listed entry price, Apify starts lower (from $19/mo).
| Apify | Steel | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Entry price | from $19/mo | from $250/mo |
| Prices on pricing page | $19/mo · $199/mo · $999/mo | $250/mo |
| Verified | Not yet | Not yet |
| Key features | Marketplace of 76,000+ pre-built Actors for web scraping and automation, Serverless cloud runtime to build and deploy custom Actors (JavaScript, Python, TypeScript), Residential and datacenter proxy rotation with anti-blocking infrastructure, Native MCP server, CLI, and Skills integrations for AI agents, Open-source Crawlee web crawling and browser automation library, Scheduled runs, monitoring, and API access for every Actor | On-demand cloud browser sessions via Sessions API, Built-in automated CAPTCHA solving, Proxy and browser fingerprinting controls to avoid bot detection, Long-running sessions up to 24 hours, Cookie and local storage persistence and injection across sessions, One-line integration with Puppeteer, Playwright, and Selenium |
| Platforms | API | API |
| Last checked | 2026-10-02 | 2026-10-02 |