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Apify
✓ verifiedFreemium
Full-stack platform for web scraping, data extraction, and automation; category leader.
4.4M visits/mo2.0K saves
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Zapier MCP
✓ verifiedFreemium
Widely used no-code automation platform connecting thousands of apps, now extended with AI agents, chatbots, and an MCP server.
6.0M visits/mo
Pricing
No public pricing
Free: $0/mo ($5 included usage)
Starter: $29/mo ($26/mo billed annually)
Scale: $199/mo ($179/mo billed annually)
Business: $999/mo ($899/mo billed annually)
Free trial available
No public pricing
Core features
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- ✦Web scraping
- ✦Data extraction
- ✦Browser automation
- ✦AI agents
- ✦Anti-blocking
- ✦Proxy rotation
- ✦Open-source tools (Crawlee)
- ✦Ready-made tools and code templates
- ✦Zap workflows linking triggers and actions across 9,000+ apps
- ✦No-code AI agent builder for task-specific assistants
- ✦Chatbots for answering customer questions with AI
- ✦Canvas for visually planning and mapping workflows
- ✦Tables for storing data that workflows can read and update
- ✦Forms for capturing inputs that trigger automations
- ✦Zapier MCP server to connect AI chat tools to app integrations
Use cases
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- →Data for generative AI
- →Lead generation
- →Market research
- →Sentiment analysis
- →Teams automating cross-app workflows without engineering resources
- →RevOps/Sales teams routing leads and updating CRMs automatically
- →Support teams deploying AI chatbots for common questions
- →Developers connecting AI coding agents to thousands of apps via MCP
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