Apify

Apify is a marketplace where you can use or publish AI-powered automation tools (called Actors). It’s for teams that need web data, competitor and social monitoring, lead generation, or a way to connect automation into their existing apps and agents.

You can start with tools that are already built, or build your own Actors and deploy them on Apify.

• Trusted tool marketplace: Use thousands of ready-to-run Actors for common automation jobs
• Real-time web data: Pull data from websites at scale for workflows that need current info
• Business monitoring and lead gen: Track competitors, monitor social media, and generate leads
• Mid-run workflow linking (MCP): Connect Actors to tools like Notion, Slack, and GitHub so workflows can read, write, and trigger while running (without sharing credentials)
• Build and publish: Create your own Actors using open-source tools and deploy them through the platform
• Web crawling and browser automation support: Works with Python and JavaScript, and tools like Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium, Scrapy, and Crawlee

Apify is also positioned as an enterprise-grade data option, including high uptime and compliance claims (SOC2, GDPR, and CCPA). If you’re evaluating it as a directory of automation tools, it fits best when you want a place to find trusted, ready-made solutions, plus a path to publish and scale your own.