# Apify

> Platform of actors (scrapers) for collecting web data and automating tasks

- Category: Agents & dev (`agents`)
- Tags: `free`, `mcp`
- Official: https://apify.com/
- Wunderlust: https://wunderlust.xyz/r/apify
- Image: https://wunderlust.xyz/media/apify-og.jpg
- Video preview: https://wunderlust.xyz/media/apify.webm
- Added: 2026-11-05

## What it is

Apify is a cloud marketplace and platform of actors: serverless programs, usually built by third parties, that take JSON in and return structured data. It has an API, SDKs, an MCP server and the open source library Crawlee.

## What it’s for

For collecting web data, such as businesses from Google Maps or job listings, and analyzing it in a spreadsheet or report, including through agents.

## Benefits

- Catalog of ready-made actors in the Apify Store
- In Cowork, the agent picks the actor and returns a spreadsheet
- Hosted MCP server and Agent Skills
- Proxies, scheduling and storage included

## Caveats

- There is a free plan with US$ 5 of monthly credit; paid plans charge a monthly fee plus usage, according to the page.
- The Apify token should be kept secret.
- Statistics such as 2% of job listings requiring AI and 8% mentioning it come from a convenience sample and don't represent the market.

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