Apify Alternative
HasData is the faster Apify alternative: structured JSON in 1.9s from one REST API, against Apify actors that cold-start for 8 to 60 seconds per run.
HasData vs Apify
Both match on price, free tier, and JS rendering. HasData leads on named APIs, concurrency, and team access.
| Feature | HasData | Apify |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 1,000 credits every month, no card | $5 credit renews monthly |
| Starting price | $59/mo 200k credits | $29/mo + pay-as-you-go |
| Delivery model | one REST API request in, JSON out | rentable actors containerized batch jobs |
| Median response | 1.9s synchronous API call | 26s actor run, cold start 8–60s |
| Named/dedicated APIs | 50+ first-party, one format | 29k+ actors third-party, format varies by creator |
| No-code scrapers | Yes templates + scheduled jobs | Yes via Store actors |
| Per-scraper fees | none all from one credit balance | varies some actors add monthly rental |
| Max concurrency | 500 | RAM-limited 8 GB on free caps it near 2 runs |
| Residential proxies | 7 providers auto-routed | $8/GB billed on top of actor cost |
| Output formats | JSON · HTML · CSV · Markdown · Plain Text | JSON · CSV · Excel · XML |
| Pay per success | Yes anti-bot stubs not billed | No actor-start and empty runs still charge |
| Support | Live chat, email, Discord | Community chat from $29 Starter |
The real cost per request
Apify charges per result, and the rate drops only as you climb subscription tiers via the Store discount. HasData credits are cheaper and the rate is the same on every plan.
| Configuration | HasData | Apify |
|---|---|---|
| Google SERP structured JSON | $0.75–2.45 | $1.80–4.50 + $1 per 1k actor starts |
| Google Maps places, ratings, contacts | $0.37–1.23 | $1.50–4.00 |
| Amazon products price, offers, reviews | $0.37–1.23 | $3.00–5.00 |
| Instagram profiles, posts | $0.37–1.23 | $1.50–2.70 |
| Web scraping any URL, JS, residential | $0.07–3.68 static to anti-bot | compute units $0.13–0.20 per CU + proxy |
| Subscription floor to unlock cheaper rates | none same rate on every plan | $999/mo Gold discount tier |
| Feature | HasData | Apify |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | $0 1,000 credits every month | $0 $5 credit, renews monthly |
| Chat support | Included from free tier | 🔒 $29 ↑ Starter, community below |
| Cheapest per-result rate | Any plan flat on every tier | 🔒 $999 ↑ Gold Store discount |
| Account manager | $249 ↑ Growth | 🔒 $999 ↑ Business |
| Annual discount | 2 mo free all plans | 10% off all plans |
Response time by site
Response time per request from 2026 benchmarks. HasData is a synchronous API; Apify figures are wall time of the smallest possible actor run via their sync endpoint.
What developers actually say
The patterns G2, Capterra, and Trustpilot reviewers keep flagging in HasData and Apify.
"HasData delivers exactly what we need: speed and comprehensive search features. It's the fastest API we've used in this space. Plus, their customer support is fantastic."
- –Confusing credit billing 255 reviewsCompute units and per-event charges make spend hard to predict, with reports of unexpected overages
- –Steep learning curve 191 reviewsConfiguring actors, inputs, and the platform takes time before the first clean result
- –Slow or scripted support 102 reviewsBilling disputes and broken actors flagged as slow to resolve
- –Actors break or go stale 46 reviewsCommunity actors get abandoned or stop matching the target site, with no single owner to fix them
- –Synchronous API, no cold startA request returns parsed JSON in about 1.9s. No container to spin up, no run to poll.
- –One vendor, one formatEvery endpoint is first-party and follows the same response conventions. No actor to vet, no creator to chase when it breaks.
- –Flat credit pricingCredits cost the same on every plan. No Store discount tiers, no compute units, no subscription floor to reach a fair rate.
- –Blocked requests cost nothingFailed and anti-bot requests are refunded. Apify charges actor-start and empty runs regardless.
Built for production scraping, not toy demos
Production scraping needs more than an API, and HasData includes the full stack on every plan.
7 proxy providers, auto-routed
Residential, datacenter, and mobile proxies routed automatically by target. No manual pool management, no per-IP billing.
50+ named APIs return structured JSON
Google SERP, Amazon, Zillow, and 50+ more endpoints. Send a URL, get parsed JSON. No CSS selectors, no parser to maintain.
Every scrape saved automatically
Every scraping job is saved automatically, so nothing gets lost. Download results whenever you need them or pipe them straight into your pipeline via webhook.
Connects to Make, Zapier, n8n, MCP, CLI
Webhooks, scheduled jobs, AI agent workflows, and native integrations with the tools your team already uses.
REST API with SDKs for Python, Node.js, Go
Full API reference, SDK for three runtimes, pay-per-success billing. Start with a curl call, scale to production without changing the interface.
Up to 500 concurrent requests
Auto-scaling with no servers to manage and no queue to maintain. Public plans reach 500 concurrent requests, custom plans scale beyond that.
Flexible Pricing
Start for free. Scale as you grow.
Free
Startup
Basic
RecommendedGrowth
Monthly request volume
Custom price based on required volume
Past 20M credits a month, or terms the self-serve plans do not cover. We shape the contract around your workload. Past 20M credits a month, or need terms the self-serve plans do not cover? We shape the contract, concurrency, and support around your workload.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions from teams considering HasData for production scraping.
HasData gives 1,000 credits every month with no card required, and the allowance renews on the same date each month. Unused credits do not carry over. Apify gives a $5 platform credit that renews each month.
Yes. Start with 1,000 free credits and run HasData against the exact sites you scrape today. For larger stress tests, contact us. We can extend the trial to match your current Apify usage so you can benchmark at real volume before moving.
Apify is a marketplace where you rent actors, containerized jobs built by different creators, each with its own pricing, input schema, and output format. HasData is a single REST API. You send a request and get parsed JSON back in about 1.9s, with no actor to spin up, no run to poll, and one consistent format across every endpoint.
No. Apify's marketplace wins on long-tail reach, but HasData's 50+ scrapers are first-party and maintained, and the Web Scraping API covers any site without a dedicated one.
Yes, by a wide margin on single requests. In our benchmarks a HasData Google search returns in 1.7s while the equivalent Apify actor takes about 8s, and the gap reaches 30× on Indeed and Booking. Apify actors run as batch jobs that cold-start a container for 8 to 60 seconds before returning data. HasData answers synchronously.
Per result, HasData runs about 3 to 6 times less. Google Maps costs $0.37 to $1.23 per 1,000 places on HasData versus $1.50 to $4.00 on Apify, and the Apify rate only reaches its floor on the $999/mo Business plan through the Gold Store discount. HasData charges the same credit rate on every plan, with no compute units and no subscription needed to unlock a fair price.
You don't pay for it. HasData retries on its own and refunds failed or anti-bot requests. Apify charges an actor-start fee and bills compute for runs that return nothing, so empty results still cost money.
Yes. Public plans reach 20M credits a month and 500 concurrent requests, and custom plans scale beyond that. Apify concurrency is bounded by actor memory, and the free plan's 8 GB ceiling caps you near two parallel runs.
Yes. Share the website URL and the exact fields you need, and our team will scope and build the scraper. You get a first-party endpoint with support behind it, instead of renting a community actor that may go unmaintained.
