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AI Tool Comparison
Apify vs Relay.app
A side-by-side breakdown to help you pick the right tool for your workflow.
Review Score assesses product quality; Fit Score is specific to a use case. Limited reviews do not establish overall product quality. How reviews work.
Apify
Pull structured data from any website using 30,000+ ready-made scrapers and managed proxies, without running your own servers. Now has an MCP server so agents can invoke Actors directly.
Automation
freemium
Relay.app
Was a workflow automation platform built around human-in-the-loop approval steps. Relay.app shut down on September 14, 2026 (free accounts ended Aug 15, 2026); it is listed for historical reference only. Use Zapier or Make for approval-gated automation.
Automation
freemium
Bottom Line
Catalog updated: August 2026
Relay.app is no longer an active product (discontinued: Relay.app shut down September 14, 2026 (free accounts ended Aug 15, 2026; paid accounts closed at 23:59 PT on Sep 14, 2026). No signups.), which settles this comparison in Apify's favor before you weigh anything else below. Apify and Relay.app both compete in Automation, overlapping most directly on automation.
Choose Apify if…
Best for teams that need to extract data from websites at scale without building and maintaining scrapers in-house, and its edge is a marketplace of 1,000+ pre-built scrapers covering common targets like Amazon listings and LinkedIn data. The most complete scraping infrastructure available, costs add up fast at high usage volume. Lean toward Relay.app instead if was known for building structured human decision points directly into automations, before announcing its shutdown matters more for your use case.
Choose Relay.app if…
Best for historical reference only, this service is shutting down, and its edge is was known for building structured human decision points directly into automations, before announcing its shutdown. Shut down September 14, 2026. Use Zapier or Make for human-in-the-loop automation instead. Lean toward Apify instead if a marketplace of 1,000+ pre-built scrapers covering common targets like Amazon listings and LinkedIn data matters more for your use case.
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| Attribute | Apify | Relay.app |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Automation | Automation |
| Pricing | freemium | freemium |
| Pricing Detail | Free $0 ($5 monthly usage) / Starter $19/month (includes $19 prepaid usage) / Excess usage and Actor-specific charges apply | Discontinued: Relay.app shut down September 14, 2026 (free accounts ended Aug 15, 2026; paid accounts closed at 23:59 PT on Sep 14, 2026). No signups. |
| TWF Review Score | Not yet reviewed | Not yet reviewed |
Key Features
Apify
- 2,000+ pre-built scrapers (Actors)
- AI web scraping from natural language
- Proxy management
- Scheduled runs
- API and webhooks
Relay.app
- Human approval steps
- AI actions
- Shared workflow visibility
- Template library
- Collaboration tools
Pros
Apify
- •Largest library of pre-built scrapers anywhere
- •AI can scrape any site without code
- •Reliable proxy rotation
- •Excellent for large-scale data collection
Relay.app
- •Best for workflows requiring human review
- •Transparent and auditable
- •Good team features
- •Clean interface
Cons
Apify
- Can get expensive for high usage
- Some sites actively block scraping
- Setup complexity for custom scrapers
Relay.app
- Less powerful than Make for complex flows
- Small app library
- Newer product