Apify
$204/yr
83% less than Octoparse
Apify vs Octoparse
Price, free plan and alternatives, side by side
The comparison in short
- Apifyhas a free plan
- Octoparsehas a free plan
Apify, Octoparse
With trade-offs
On price, Apify wins.
Side-by-side comparison
| APPLICATION | ApifyAutomation | OctoparseAutomation |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly billing | $19/mo$19Starter | $119/mo$119Standard |
| Per year | $204/yrannual plan · −11% | $1,188/yrannual plan · −17% |
| Billing model | Usage-based | Flat subscription |
| Free tier | $5 platform usage/month, 16 GB RAM, 25 concurrent runs and 5 datacenter proxy IPs; services stop until reset when the $5 is exhausted | 10 tasks, 1 device, 2 concurrent local runs, 10,000 rows per export and 50,000 exported rows per month; no cloud runs, scheduling or API |
| Additional costs | The subscription is prepaid usage, not unlimited service: compute, residential/SERP/datacenter proxies, storage, transfer and paid Store Actor event fees draw down credits or overrun; unused monthly credits expire; extra concurrent runs cost $5/run/month, RAM $1/GB/month and training $150/hour | Residential proxies cost $3/GB; pay-per-result templates cost $0.001-$3 per 1,000 results; CAPTCHA solving costs $1-$1.50 per 1,000; crawler setup starts at $399 and managed data service at $599. |
| Can you rebuild it? | With trade-offsweekend to multi-day | With trade-offsweekend to multi-day |
| Free alternatives | — | |
| Checked on | 10/20/2026 | 10/20/2026 |
| Buy on the official site | Buy View app page | Buy View app page |
The free plan compares up to 2 apps. Pro compares up to 4. See plans →
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Prices from each app’s latest check; confirm on the official site before buying.