FairCrawl vs Apify
Pricing, features & honest comparison — updated 2026
TL;DR
- Apify:
- $49-499/mo. Monthly with compute unit limits.
- FairCrawl:
- $0.002-0.01/page. No subscription. No seat limits.
- Infrastructure cost:
- $0.001/page
FairCrawl
$0.002-0.01/page
per page scraped
No subscription
Apify
$49-499/mo
Monthly with compute unit limits
Free: $5/mo free compute
Why people leave Apify
- Complex compute unit pricing
- Steep learning curve for custom actors
- Expensive for simple scraping tasks
What it actually costs to run
The infrastructure cost for web scraping — servers, APIs, storage, delivery — is roughly $0.001/page. Apify charges $49-499/mo.
Fair charges $0.002-0.01/page — cost plus a small margin.
The verdict
Choose Apify if
Teams needing complex scraping workflows with pre-built actors
Choose FairCrawl if
You use web scraping occasionally and don't want to pay $49-499/mo for the privilege. FairCrawl charges $0.002-0.01/page with full features and no subscription.
Where Apify's pricing model breaks down
- Compute units are hard to estimate
- Overkill for simple data extraction
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