Apify vs ScrapeHero Cloud

Apify8.7Visit SScrapeHero Cloud7.7Visit

Higher score Apify #2 in Web Scraping Tools 8.7/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 2 features Visit Apify

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S ScrapeHero Cloud #7 in Web Scraping Tools 7.7/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 1 of 2 features Try ScrapeHero Cloud

• Apify fits best

  Teams building and automating cloud scraping workflows

• ScrapeHero Cloud fits best

  Users who can use ready-made website scrapers

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Side by side

Feature	Apify 8.7/10 Visit ↗	SScrapeHero Cloud 7.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.7	7.7
Ranking	#2 in Web Scraping Tools	#7 in Web Scraping Tools
Best for	Teams building and automating cloud scraping workflows	Users who can use ready-made website scrapers
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$19/mo	$5/mo (best)
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	30 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Live chat, Community, Docs	Email
Integrations	10 integrations	3 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market
Features Apify 0/2 · ScrapeHero Cloud 1/2
JavaScript rendering	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Scheduled runs	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Scraping modes	Not checked yet	Ready-made scrapers; real-time APIs; no-code projects
Export formats	Not checked yet	Excel, CSV, JSON
Deployment options	Not checked yet	Cloud
Our review
Pros	Runs cloud Actors with Playwright, Puppeteer, and Selenium Schedules runs and stores results in datasets, key-value stores, and queues Connects workflows through APIs, webhooks, and integrations	Ready-made scrapers with configurable URLs and site-specific filters Run projects now or schedule recurring runs with record limits Export to Excel, CSV or JSON; connect cloud storage on eligible plans
Cons	Usage charges apply in addition to monthly plan fees Compute-unit pricing remains $0.20 on Free and Starter Cloud deployment only; no self-hosted option	Custom dynamic scraping flexibility is comparatively limited API integration and premium proxies start at Standard The free plan is non-renewing and capped at 400 credits
Our verdict	Apify brings web scraping and browser automation into a cloud platform built around serverless Actors. Developers, data teams, AI builders, and organizations can run ready-made Actors from Apify Store or build and deploy their own. Actors… Read the review →	ScrapeHero Cloud is a hosted, no-code service for collecting structured data from websites through ready-made scrapers and real-time APIs. It suits people who can work with prebuilt crawlers rather than needing to design a custom scraping… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Apify — where it wins

  • Runs cloud Actors with Playwright, Puppeteer, and Selenium
  • Schedules runs and stores results in datasets, key-value stores, and queues
  • Connects workflows through APIs, webhooks, and integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • Usage charges apply in addition to monthly plan fees
  • Compute-unit pricing remains $0.20 on Free and Starter
  • Cloud deployment only; no self-hosted option

• ScrapeHero Cloud — where it wins

  • Ready-made scrapers with configurable URLs and site-specific filters
  • Run projects now or schedule recurring runs with record limits
  • Export to Excel, CSV or JSON; connect cloud storage on eligible plans

  Where it doesn't

  • Custom dynamic scraping flexibility is comparatively limited
  • API integration and premium proxies start at Standard
  • The free plan is non-renewing and capped at 400 credits

• Apify8.7/10 · Free plan

  A cloud platform for running, scheduling, and integrating web-scraping workflows.

  Visit ApifyFull verdict →
• SScrapeHero Cloud7.7/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  A managed route to ready-made scrapers, scheduled runs and structured data exports.

  Try ScrapeHero CloudFull verdict →