Actors in Store
Anyone is welcome to publish Actors in the store, and you can even monetize your Actors. For more information about how to monetize your Actor, best practices, SEO, and promotion tips and tricks, head over to the Marketing checklist section of the Apify Developers Academy.
Pricing models
Every Actor in Apify Store uses one of the following pricing models:
- Pay per event, where you pay for specific events the Actor creator defines, such as generating a single result or starting the Actor. Most Actors include platform usage in the price, but some may charge it separately.
- Pay per usage, where you only pay for the platform resources that the Actor consumes. There are no additional charges from the Actor developer.
After a run finishes, any interactions with the dataset - such as reading or writing additional data - incur standard platform usage costs. This applies to all pricing models. Unnamed datasets are automatically removed after your data retention period, so long-term storage is rarely a concern.
Pay per event
The pay-per-event pricing model breaks the cost of running an Actor into specific, chargeable events. Such events might include producing a single result, uploading a file, or starting the Actor.
To view the Actor's events and their prices, go to the Actor's page in Apify Store and select the Pricing tab.
Most pay-per-event Actors include platform usage in the event price. However, some Actors might charge for platform usage separately. Always check the pricing before you run the Actor.
When starting a run, you can define a maximum charge limit to prevent unexpected charges. The Actor terminates gracefully when it reaches that limit. Even if it doesn't stop immediately, you are never charged above the limit.
All your charges appear on your invoices and in the Historical usage tab in the Billing section of Apify Console. The cost of each run also appears on the run detail page.
If charges seem incorrect, open an issue on the Actor's page in Apify Console or contact Apify support.
Pay per usage
When you use a pay per usage Actor, you are only charged for the platform usage that the runs of this Actor generate. Platform usage includes components such as compute units, operations on storages, and usage of residential proxies or SERPs.
With this model, it's very easy to see how many platform resources each Actor run consumed, but it is quite difficult to estimate their usage beforehand. The best way to find the costs of free Actors upfront is to try out the Actor on a limited scope (for example, on a small number of pages) and evaluate the consumption. You can easily do that using our free plan.
For more information on platform usage cost see the usage and resources page.
Actors under maintenance
An Actor gets the Under maintenance label when it fails Apify's automated tests, or when its developer sets it. Its page then shows the This Actor is under maintenance banner, sometimes with a message from the developer. If you run it, the run can fail or return incomplete results.
If an Actor you use is under maintenance:
- Run it with a small input and check the results.
- On the Actor's Issues tab, look for an issue that describes your problem. If there isn't one, create one to ask the developer.
- To find a replacement, select Show similar Actors in the banner, or search Apify Store.
Actors under maintenance rank lower in Apify Store. If an Actor keeps failing the tests, Apify deprecates it.
Report issues with Actors
Each Actor has an Issues tab in Apify Console. There, you can open an issue (ticket) and chat with the Actor's author, platform admins, and other users of this Actor. Please feel free to use the tab to ask any questions, request new features, or give feedback. Alternatively, you can always write to community@apify.com.
Apify Store discounts
Each Apify subscription plan includes a discount tier (BRONZE, SILVER, GOLD) that provides access to increasingly lower prices on selected Actors.
Discount offers are optional and determined by Actor owners. Not all Actors participate in the discount program.
Additional discounts are available for Enterprise customers.
To check an Actor's pricing and available discounts, visit the Pricing section on the Actor's detail page in Apify Store.
In Apify Console, you can find information about pricing and available discounts in the Actor's header section.
