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Apify Automates Competitive Research with Scheduled Facebook Ad Library Scraping
What do you like best about the product?
Apify saved us from doing competitive research by hand. We set up the Facebook Ad Library scraper to run on a schedule — it pulls live ad data across dozens of brands in seconds, automatically. What used to take an afternoon of manual browsing now happens before we open our laptops. The more useful thing, though, is that it runs whether we remember to check or not. For a small team with too many things to track, that's the part that actually matters.
What do you dislike about the product?
Where it's less appropriate: anything requiring real-time data. The scheduling and run queues introduce latency that makes it unsuitable for anything time-sensitive. It's also not the right tool when you need highly customized extraction logic on a platform that doesn't have a maintained actor, building and maintaining your own actor is more work than it looks.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
1. Competitive research that used to take a full afternoon now runs automatically in the background. We stopped paying attention to that task entirely, it just happens.
2. We caught a gap in our market early. One scraper run showed us that most competitors in our space were running fewer than 5 active ads. We scaled our own campaigns while that window was open. Hard to put an exact number on that, but the timing mattered.
3. The biggest ROI is honestly just not having to build and maintain scrapers ourselves. Every homegrown script we've written has broken within a month. Apify actors stay maintained by people whose only job is that specific site. That reliability compounds over time, you stop budgeting engineering hours for something that should just run.
2. We caught a gap in our market early. One scraper run showed us that most competitors in our space were running fewer than 5 active ads. We scaled our own campaigns while that window was open. Hard to put an exact number on that, but the timing mattered.
3. The biggest ROI is honestly just not having to build and maintain scrapers ourselves. Every homegrown script we've written has broken within a month. Apify actors stay maintained by people whose only job is that specific site. That reliability compounds over time, you stop budgeting engineering hours for something that should just run.
Flexible, Great-Value Service with Great Support
What do you like best about the product?
Tons of choice, flexibility, great value for money - very affordable, good customer support. Easy to use manually, easy to integrate too.
What do you dislike about the product?
No strong dislikes, but you may come across some faulty actors
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Using Apify in my marketing agency for scraping, enrichment, automation and research.
Ready-Made Web Scrapers and Automation Bots That Save Time
What do you like best about the product?
There are ready made web scrapers and automation bots
What do you dislike about the product?
Free tier is limited, usage based building
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
There is a huge amount of useful data spread across on internet which is scattered across different websites
The Actor Store Is a Huge Time-Saver
What do you like best about the product?
The Actor Store is the single biggest time-saver. Instead of building and maintaining scrapers from scratch, there's almost always a pre-built Actor for the platform you need.
What do you dislike about the product?
The credit based pricing is the biggest frustration. It's genuinely hard to estimate what a run will cost before you execute it, and a poorly optimized Actor or an unexpectedly large crawl can burn through credits faster than expected.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The core problem Apify solves for us is reliable access to data that doesn't come with an API. Apify handles the infrastructure, anti-bot measures, and proxy rotation so we don't have to. The direct benefit is that we can take on data-driven client projects without scoping in significant engineering overhead.
Powerful Scraping & Automation Tools with an Excellent Free Tier
What do you like best about the product?
A number of small and big tools for scraping and automation
Convenient to navigate when armed with proper guides
Easy access to API
Best free tier I have ever seen
Works wonderfully with n8n
Convenient to navigate when armed with proper guides
Easy access to API
Best free tier I have ever seen
Works wonderfully with n8n
What do you dislike about the product?
Some tools in the store are hard to set up (and probably are not useful)
A complicated tool for beginners
A complicated tool for beginners
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
With Apify, I can find task-specific tools for my n8n workflows to perform scraping. The store provides affordable solutions and provides monthly credits, so I can use it regularly. It saves a lot of time and helps me replace comlex workflows or nodes that don't work properly in n8n for some reason.
Faster Actor Updates and Powerful JavaScript-Heavy Web Scraping
What do you like best about the product?
The recent update on actor has made things faster, think of it as server less functions, that can run on demand. The use cases are vast. The scraping ability for javascript heavy websites is too good.
What do you dislike about the product?
It's UI is a bit crowded for me to start as learning curve can be harder. Can't estimate costs. As it can steep very high easily without any warnings.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Getting data from the website that don't usually allow scrapers, I've made a few scrapers for clients uch as keepa.com scraper and it's faster than any other scraper
Fast and Efficient Data Scraping Experience
What do you like best about the product?
I like that Apify's pricing is competitive and that access to the scraper is easy. I also appreciate the quality of the data obtained, which is really good and provided quickly at a very good price. I also find that the customer support is excellent, especially Thomas Gabic who resolved my issues very quickly. Finally, I appreciate the scrapers for the main social networks because they make it easier to obtain data that is normally difficult to scrape.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is a lack of a credit rollover system, meaning that credits cannot be carried over from one month to the next. Additionally, the input for structuring an API call could be slightly improved.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Apify to scrape data from large platforms like Instagram and LinkedIn, which is normally very complex. This allows me to have a CRM with up-to-date and qualitative data, obtained quickly and at a very good price.
Prebuilt Actors Make Data Collection Fast and Code-Light
What do you like best about the product?
There are many pre built actors for common platforms like Google Maps, Amazon, LinkedIn, and others. I can often start collecting data without writing code from zero.
What do you dislike about the product?
If I run large scale scraping jobs or many actors in parallel, compute costs increase quickly. It is scalable, but not cheap at volume.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Apify helps collect structured data from websites at scale. Instead of manually copying information or building scraping infrastructure from scratch, I can use ready made actors or create my own. It is useful for lead generation, market research, price monitoring, and data extraction. In short, it turns websites into datasets.
Efficient and Scalable Web Data Automation for Business Insights
What do you like best about the product?
Apify’s platform is intuitive, well-organized, and powerful. Setting up Actors, configuring inputs, and managing datasets is straightforward, and the built-in concurrency, retries, and scheduling features make it reliable for both small and large-scale tasks. It combines ease of use with advanced functionality, making it suitable for a wide range of users.
What do you dislike about the product?
Steep learning curve for beginners
Limited built-in data cleaning
Debugging and error logs can be confusing
Mobile management is clunky
High costs for large-scale use
Limited built-in data cleaning
Debugging and error logs can be confusing
Mobile management is clunky
High costs for large-scale use
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Manual Data Collection – Automates scraping, saving time and labor.
Bulk Monitoring & Checks – Handles thousands of usernames or listings efficiently.
Data Integration – Provides structured outputs for dashboards and decision-making.
Bulk Monitoring & Checks – Handles thousands of usernames or listings efficiently.
Data Integration – Provides structured outputs for dashboards and decision-making.
Powerful Web Scraping and Scalable Cloud Automation
What do you like best about the product?
Apify offers a very complete ecosystem for web scraping and automation. The platform provides a large catalog of ready-made actors, which reduces setup time for common use cases such as data collection from e-commerce sites, social networks, or search engines. The documentation is clear, structured, and technical enough for advanced users. Integration with APIs, cloud storage, and external tools works reliably. Scalability is a strong point, with stable execution even for high-volume workloads.
What do you dislike about the product?
The pricing model can become restrictive for intensive or long-running tasks, especially for small teams or individual users. Some actors require fine configuration to reach optimal performance, which can slow down initial adoption. Debugging complex runs may feel less intuitive for users who lack strong technical skills. The learning curve remains noticeable for advanced custom actors.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
. It fits well within data-driven, research, or monitoring contexts. Despite a few cost and complexity constraints, Apify stands as a reliable solution for scalable web data operations.
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