How much does a custom Apify actor cost?

$150 for one site and up to 1,000 pages per run, $300 for up to 5,000 pages with scheduled runs, and $600 for up to 50,000 pages with a 30-day break monitor. Apify platform usage is billed by Apify to your own account.

Yes. The actor is delivered into your Apify account with its source code, input schema and README. If you allow it, a generic version without your inputs or data is also published on our Apify Store page, and the build costs $50 less.

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Custom Apify actors

A custom Apify actor for one website, delivered in 1 to 3 days.

You name the site and the fields. You get a working actor in your own Apify account, its source code, an input form, a README and a CSV and JSON sample from a real run. Fixed prices from $150. Many sites are already covered by one of our public Apify actors, so check yours below first: a covered site is usually a configured run or a light fork, not a build from scratch.

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Is your site already covered?

Website or URL you need data from Pages per run (listings, profiles or result pages) Run it on a schedule (daily, weekly) Add the 30-day break monitor (email alert when a run returns no rows or empty fields) A generic version may be published on our Apify Store page ($50 off; your inputs and data stay private)

Starter, delivered in 1 day $150

Type a site to see which of our actors already read it.

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The email opens prefilled with your answers. You get a reply with a source check and a fixed quote before anything is paid.

Three fixed prices

One-off export

Starter

For a single dataset from one public site.

One site, up to 1,000 pages per run
Actor, source code, input form and README in your account
CSV and JSON sample from a real run
Two revision rounds within 7 days

$150, delivered in 1 day$100 if a generic version may go on our Store page.

Request a Starter build

Recurring data

Standard

For a feed you refresh on a schedule.

One site, up to 5,000 pages per run
Scheduled runs set up in your Apify account
Stable row IDs so repeat runs can be merged
Everything in Starter

$300, delivered in 2 days$250 if a generic version may go on our Store page.

Request a Standard build

Feeds an app or a client

Production

For data another system depends on, where a silent empty run costs you.

One site, up to 50,000 pages per run
30-day break monitor: a daily check run that emails you when rows drop to zero or a required field comes back empty
Fixes for site changes inside those 30 days
Everything in Standard

$600, delivered in 3 days$550 if a generic version may go on our Store page. Over 50,000 pages per run: quoted after a source check.

Request a Production build

What happens after you email

The source and its terms are checked, and you hear which existing actor (if any) is the starting point.
You get a fixed quote with the package, the fields and the delivery day. Nothing is paid before that.
The actor is built or configured, run once on your input, and the sample rows are sent to you.
After you accept the sample, the actor is transferred to your Apify account with its README.

How this compares

Option	Published starting price	What you get
This page	$150 to $600 fixed	An actor in your Apify account, source code, sample, optional 30-day break monitor
ScrapeHero on demand	$550 minimum per site	Managed data delivery, price depends on site complexity and pages
Apify Professional Services	From $1,000 per month	Fully managed scrapers and pipelines under an SLA
Grepsr Starter Pack	From $100, one-time	A one-time extraction from simple standard websites, priced by data records

Prices as published on each page on October 28, 2026. A managed service makes sense when you never want to touch the actor; this page is for teams that want to own and run it.

Questions

Who pays for Apify usage?

You do, on your own Apify account, at Apify's rates. The sample run shows what one run costs before you schedule anything.

Do I own the actor?

Yes. It is delivered into your Apify account with its source code, input schema and README. If you tick the Store option, a generic version without your inputs, data or branding is also published on our Apify Store page, and the build costs $50 less.

Which sites are out of scope?

Pages behind a login you are not authorized to use, personal data you have no legal basis to collect, and sites whose terms forbid automated collection for your use case. The source and its terms are checked before you pay. Paid proxies or CAPTCHA services, when a site needs them, run on your account and are named in the quote.

What happens when the site changes its layout?

Production builds include 30 days of a daily check run that emails you when a run returns zero rows or a required field comes back empty, and the fix is included in that window. Apify's own daily test of public actors only checks that a run succeeds with some rows, so a run that quietly loses a field can pass it. After 30 days, fixes are quoted per change, or you can move to a managed feed.

How is this different from the managed feeds?

A managed feed is a monthly service where the data is delivered to you. This is a one-time build: you own the actor and run it yourself.

Questions before you order: benthepythondev0@gmail.com.