Apify

Apify is a cloud platform for web scraping and browser automation. Its programs, called Actors, run in Apify’s cloud and can open pages, click through sites and collect data into datasets you can download or send to other tools. A public store offers ready-made Actors for common sites and tasks, so many jobs need no code at all.

Developers can write their own Actors, often with the open-source Crawlee library, and run them on a schedule with proxies and storage handled by the platform. An API connects results to other systems, and integrations exist for automation platforms. Check each site’s terms and the rules on personal data before collecting anything, and keep collection to what your workflow actually needs. Schedules and webhooks make it easy to rerun a job and pass fresh results on.