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AI Tool Comparison
Apify vs Zapier
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
Zapier
Connect 9,000+ apps to automate multi-step workflows without code, and now build AI teammate Agents that research leads, draft emails, and hand tasks to each other autonomously.
Automation
freemium
Bottom Line
Catalog updated: August 2026
Apify and Zapier 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 Zapier instead if 9,000+ app integrations, now with AI teammate Agents that hand off tasks to each other matters more for your use case.
Choose Zapier if…
Best for connecting apps into automated workflows without writing code, and its edge is 9,000+ app integrations, now with AI teammate Agents that hand off tasks to each other. The default automation platform when you need broad app coverage over deep customization. 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 | Zapier |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Free (100 tasks) / $19.99/mo Professional (Pro) / $69/mo Team |
| 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
Zapier
- Connects 9,000+ apps
- Zap builder
- Interfaces and Tables
- OpenAI integrations
- Multi-step workflows
- Zapier MCP for scoped AI agent access
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
Zapier
- •Massive app ecosystem
- •Extremely reliable
- •No-code required
- •Excellent documentation
Cons
Apify
- Can get expensive for high usage
- Some sites actively block scraping
- Setup complexity for custom scrapers
Zapier
- Can get very expensive at scale
- Complex logic can be hard to build
- Customer support on lower tiers is slow