Scraping API
ScrapeUnblocker vs Apify
Apify is a platform and marketplace for Actors: ready-made or custom programs that crawl, scrape and automate, run on Apify's cloud with storage, scheduling and integrations around them. ScrapeUnblocker is not a competing platform so much as a fetch layer, and it publishes its own Actors on Apify, so the two can work together. The real question is scope: a whole automation platform, or one API call that returns the rendered page.
If you want a marketplace of ready crawlers, a place to host your own and orchestration around them, that is what Apify is built for. If you mostly need a protected page rendered and returned, that is one call to ScrapeUnblocker, from your own code or from inside an Apify workflow through our Actors.
Pricing works differently. According to Apify's pricing page, its Free plan includes $5 a month to spend in Apify Store or on your own Actors, paid plans start at $19 per month plus usage, and platform usage is metered in compute units. ScrapeUnblocker charges per request, €1.00 per 1,000 on pay as you go, with 500 free requests on signup.
Side by side
| Capability | ScrapeUnblocker | Apify |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A single scraping API | Actor platform and marketplace |
| Use together | Official ScrapeUnblocker Actors on Apify | Can run our Actors inside a workflow |
| Rendering and anti-bot handling | Built into every request | Depends on the Actor you use |
| Pricing model | Per request (1 request = 1 credit) | Plan credit plus usage in compute units |
| Free usage | 500 requests on signup, no card | $5 a month to spend (Free plan) |
| Output | Rendered HTML or JSON | Datasets produced by each Actor |
When ScrapeUnblocker may fit better
- You want the page back from one endpoint, not a platform to run.
- Your main problem is getting a protected page rendered, not orchestration.
- You want a per-request price you can predict.
- You want to add page fetching inside an existing Apify workflow.
When they may fit better
- You want a marketplace of ready-made crawlers and a place to host your own.
- You need storage, scheduling and orchestration around your scrapers.
Competitor details come from each provider's public pages as viewed in September 2026 and may have changed. Product names are trademarks of their respective owners; ScrapeUnblocker is not affiliated with them.
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500 requests free on signup. No card, no sales call.