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6 Best Apify Alternatives

Compare 6 Apify alternatives for web data, CRM, signal licensing and sales workflows, with published pricing and practical buying criteria.

By Rishabh Ambasta. Updated November 12, 2026. 7 min read

ApifyFree planPlatform services including Actors, proxies, data transfer and storage.
Bright DataFree, then $1Proxy networks, web scraping tools, refreshed datasets, retail and e-commerce intelligence, and managed data services.
PipedriveNot publishedA CRM developed from the salesperson's point of view.
Autobound$29/user/moOEM licensing for embedding signal data in your product with white-label support. Its platform page offers resale of 35 feeds under your own brand.
BardeenNot publishedWeb scraping is a listed product feature.
Revenue.ioOn requestA platform covering dialing, coaching, engagement and AI.
PocusNot publishedAn invite-only Slack community for learning from GTM experts across product-led businesses.

These 6 Apify alternatives belong on a GTM buyer's shortlist when the goal is choosing software for a specific workflow. Start with the shared buying question: what work should the tool cover? The deciding difference is your immediate need, whether that is web data, a salesperson-focused CRM, embedded signals, sales coaching, or product-led sales resources.

Which team fits which

Write down the task you want to complete before comparing subscriptions. A useful evaluation starts with an input, an action and an output: the accounts you begin with, the work your team performs, and the information the next person needs. Keep those three items consistent across demonstrations so that each evaluation answers the same buying question.

Team size and responsibility: Count daily users, occasional reviewers and the person responsible for setup. Ask each vendor to demonstrate the work each role would perform. Include the time needed for training and ongoing maintenance in your buying worksheet.
Channels and workflow: Specify where research begins and where the next action happens. Decide whether your immediate need is collecting data, organizing sales work, adding signals to a product, or helping reps execute. Use your own sample task during the evaluation.
Contract terms and cost units: Ask for billing frequency, included usage, additional charges and cancellation terms in writing. Estimate the cost of a normal month and a busier month. Keep per-user charges separate from charges based on requests, records, credits or data volume.
Reporting and acceptance: Choose the report or export you need before testing. Define acceptable fields, update frequency and a clear way to inspect errors. Ask a future user to review the output and explain what they would do next.
Lead handover: Define the recipient, required context and destination for each lead. Agree on how duplicates, incomplete records and reassignment should work. Document who checks the handover and how the team confirms that the next action happened.

For planning context, use the B2B lead generation guide, the ICP definition framework and the message-market fit guide. Bring a written audience definition and a concrete use case to each tool evaluation.

Inside Apify

What it offers: Platform services including Actors, proxies, data transfer and storage.
Pricing: A free plan provides most platform features with limits. Actors, proxies, data transfer and storage have usage-based charges.

Apify is the reference point for this comparison: its platform charges for usage across services such as Actors, proxies, data transfer and storage. It also offers a free plan that includes most platform features within limits. A buyer evaluating those services can use the free plan as an initial fit check, while recognizing its limits.

Build your evaluation around a repeatable task and record the resources it requires. Ask for a cost estimate at your expected frequency and volume. Separate the quality of the output from the effort involved in operating the workflow, then give both measures an explicit place in your decision.

Inside Bright Data

What it offers: Proxy networks, web scraping tools, refreshed datasets, retail and e-commerce intelligence, and managed data services.
Pricing: Unlocker API starts at $1 per 1,000 requests and has a free tier. Browser API starts at $5/GB. Datasets start at $250 per 100,000 records. Retail Insights starts at $2,000/month. Managed Data Acquisition starts at $1,500/month.

Bright Data suits a web-data brief spanning proxy networks, scraping tools, refreshed datasets, retail and e-commerce intelligence, or managed data services. Its proxy page describes geographic targeting by country, city and ZIP Code, alongside carrier and ASN targeting. These are useful capabilities to inspect when location requirements are part of your collection brief.

Its published starting prices use different units: requests for Unlocker API, gigabytes for Browser API and records for datasets. Translate your sample workload into the relevant unit before comparing costs. Ask what output you will receive and who will maintain the collection process.

Inside Pipedrive

What it offers: A CRM developed from the salesperson's point of view.
Pricing: Pricing is not published on the pages we reviewed.

Pipedrive is a CRM developed from the salesperson's point of view, making it relevant to a buyer whose immediate brief is a sales-focused CRM. Its customer-service article describes extensive, continuous training for Customer Solutions Experts. That gives a buyer a concrete support topic to explore during evaluation: how the team explains setup choices and helps users work through complex issues.

Bring a representative sales process to the demonstration. Ask a rep to walk through the required steps and identify every manual action. Request written pricing for your intended scope, and ask which assistance is included before making the purchase decision.

Inside Autobound

What it offers: OEM licensing for embedding signal data in your product with white-label support. Its platform page offers resale of 35 feeds under your own brand.
Pricing: The pricing help page lists Pro at $29/user/month with annual billing or $39 with monthly billing. Team is $69/user/month with annual billing or $89 with monthly billing. Enterprise has custom pricing. Integration pricing is on request. The pricing page lists enterprise credit packs from $10,000 for 2.6 million credits to $40,000 for 11.5 million credits.

Autobound suits a product team evaluating licensed signal data: OEM licensing lets customers embed its data with white-label support. Its platform offering also describes reselling all 35 feeds as your own signal product. Those capabilities make embedding and resale specific topics to discuss in a product evaluation.

Autobound's pricing help page lists per-user Pro and Team plans, while its pricing page also describes enterprise credit packs. Its integrations page directs buyers to sales for tailored pricing. Ask which commercial offering applies to your use case and request a written scope connecting the product, usage allowance and billing basis.

Inside Bardeen

What it offers: Web scraping is a listed product feature.
Pricing: Pricing is not published on the pages we reviewed.

Bardeen lists web scraping as a product feature on its Product Hunt page, giving buyers with a scraping requirement a concrete capability to investigate. This makes web scraping the appropriate starting point for a focused evaluation of the tool.

Prepare the exact pages and fields your team needs. Ask for a demonstration that produces the intended output, then inspect its completeness and usability. Confirm how much setup the task requires, what changes need ongoing attention, and what the commercial scope includes. Use the same acceptance checklist for every collection tool you test.

Inside Revenue.io

What it offers: A platform covering dialing, coaching, engagement and AI.
Pricing: Pricing is on request.

Revenue.io suits a sales-workflow brief covering dialing, coaching, engagement and AI. Its Spring 2025 product update describes work on coaching speed, insights and daily sales productivity. The update also names Moments and Revenue AI among its features. Pricing is on request.

Start the demonstration with a task your reps repeat each day. Ask a manager and a rep to assess the same workflow from their respective roles. Request the intended capabilities and commercial scope in writing, then compare that proposal with the operational problem your team needs to solve.

Inside Pocus

What it offers: An invite-only Slack community for learning from GTM experts across product-led businesses.
Pricing: Pricing is not published on the pages we reviewed.

Pocus's reviewed benchmark page invites readers to an invite-only Slack community where GTM experts share learning across the product-led spectrum. That community is relevant to buyers seeking product-led GTM learning and peer input.

For a software purchase, request a current product demonstration that addresses your written requirements. Keep community access and software functionality as separate evaluation questions. Ask for a detailed product scope, implementation responsibilities and pricing before deciding whether the tool belongs in your working shortlist.

How we compared

This comparison is based on each company's own public pages as of November 2026.

We compared public product descriptions and available pricing information. Buyer guidance focuses on defining the job, checking the commercial scope and inspecting a representative output. Bring the same requirements to each vendor, record unanswered questions, and resolve them in writing before purchase.

Frequently asked questions

Can I try Apify through a free plan?

Yes. Apify offers a free plan with most platform features, subject to limits.

What are Bright Data's published API starting prices?

Unlocker API starts at $1 per 1,000 requests and includes a free tier. Browser API starts at $5/GB.

Can Autobound signals be embedded in another product?

Yes. Autobound offers OEM licensing to embed its signal data in your product with white-label support.

Does Revenue.io publish a fixed price in its reviewed pricing statement?

Revenue.io offers a custom quote. Pricing is on request.

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