Apify pricing in 2026: plans, TikTok costs and an alternative
Apify pricing starts free with $5 of monthly usage, then $19, $199 or $999 a month (checked 20 Oct 2026). For TikTok data, TokConnect is the simpler buy: one credit per call, failed calls free.
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Key statistics
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Apify's plans cost $0, $19, $199 and $999 a month on 20 October 2026, each paid fee comes back as the same amount of prepaid usage, and unused usage does not roll over.
Clockworks' TikTok Scraper on Apify charges $0.003 per result on the Starter plan and $0.0037 on Free, plus $0.001 per Actor start, as of 20 October 2026.
Pulling 1,000 TikTok profiles, their latest 30 videos and up to 50 comments per video costs $1,560 on Apify Starter with Clockworks' Actors, against $796 at TokConnect's Pro rate for the same 32,000 calls, worked out on 20 October 2026.
On that job, TokConnect's Pro rate costs less than Apify Starter once videos average 25 or more comments, because TokConnect bills one credit per comments page of up to 50 and Apify bills $0.001 per comment.
The top air fryer on TikTok Shop US, the Ninja Crispi Pro 6-in-1 Glass Air Fryer, made an estimated $831.22K from 2,780 units in the 30 days to 18 October 2026.
Apify's TikTok Shop sales data comes from a third-party Actor that charged $0.019 per product row with daily revenue on Starter on 20 October 2026; TokConnect returns 10 such rows in one $0.0249 to $0.098 call.
Apify pricing plans, checked 20 October 2026
Apify sells a platform plan. The monthly fee is not a seat price: it comes back as the same dollar amount of prepaid usage, which then pays for Actors, compute, proxies and storage. Paid plans are 10% cheaper billed yearly.
| Plan | Monthly | Yearly, per month | Usage included | Compute unit | Store discount | Concurrent runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | $5 | $0.20 | None | 5 |
| Starter | $19 | $17 | $19 | $0.20 | Bronze | 32 |
| Scale | $199 | $179 | $199 | $0.16 | Silver | 128 |
| Business | $999 | $899 | $999 | $0.13 | Gold | 256 |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | Custom | Custom | Custom | Custom |
Source: apify.com/pricing, checked 20 October 2026. Residential proxies run $8, $8, $7.50 and $7 per GB on Free, Starter, Scale and Business.
What the fee buys
Prepaid usage. Apify's FAQ says the platform charges for "Actors, proxies, data transfer, and storage" against it. Most pay-per-event Actors fold platform usage into their own event price.
When you go over
On a paid plan, extra usage is added to the next invoice. On Free, runs are blocked until the next billing cycle.
What you lose
Unused usage. The pricing page says it is not rolled over to the next billing cycle.
The Store discount
Each Store Actor sets its own price per tier. Starter gets Bronze prices, Scale Silver, Business Gold. Free pays the full rate.
What the Apify TikTok scraper costs per result
The TikTok Actors most people run on Apify are made by Clockworks and priced per event: a fee per result, plus add-on events for filters, downloads and transcripts. These are the prices in Apify's public API on 20 October 2026, by plan.
| Clockworks Actor and event | Free | Starter | Scale | Business |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TikTok Scraper: per result | $0.0037 | $0.003 | $0.0023 | $0.0017 |
| TikTok Scraper: per Actor start | $0.001 | $0.001 | $0.001 | $0.001 |
| Profile Scraper: per video result | $0.003 | $0.002 | $0.0015 | $0.001 |
| Comments Scraper: per comment | $0.00125 | $0.001 | $0.00075 | $0.0005 |
| Add-on: date filter, popularity filter, search sorting or video download (each) | $0.0013 | $0.001 | $0.0008 | $0.0006 |
| Add-on: follower or following profile | $0.004 | $0.003 | $0.002 | $0.0015 |
| Add-on: transcript, per started minute | $0.048 | $0.041 | $0.034 | $0.027 |
Source: Apify public API records for clockworks/tiktok-scraper, tiktok-profile-scraper and tiktok-comments-scraper, checked 20 October 2026. Store pages show "from $1.70", "from $1.00" and "from $0.50" per 1,000. Plan names map to Apify's Free, Bronze, Silver and Gold tiers.
The TikTok jobs Clockworks does not cover
TikTok's own search demand and TikTok Shop sales are on Apify only through third-party Store Actors, each with its own price and inputs. On 20 October 2026:
- lergassy/tiktok-shop-top-products-scraper charged $0.0027 per product row on Starter, or $0.019 per row with daily revenue analytics. Its record schedules $0.038 per analytics row plus $0.005 per Actor start from 22 October 2026. It had 37 users in the last 30 days.
- cunning_soil/tiktok-creator-search-insights charged $0.01 per API request and had 45 users in the last 30 days, against 29,244 for Clockworks' TikTok Scraper.
Apify public API, checked 20 October 2026. Our Apify TikTok scraper guide covers what each Actor returns.
One fixed TikTok job: 1,000 profiles, 30 videos each, their comments
The job: take 1,000 TikTok creators, pull each profile and its latest 30 videos, then the first comments page of every video. That is 30,000 videos. On Apify it runs as two Clockworks Actors. On TokConnect it is 32,000 tool calls from a script with an API key.
| Route and plan | What you pay for | Job cost |
|---|---|---|
| Apify Starter | 30,000 video results at $0.002, 1,500,000 comments at $0.001 | $1,560 |
| Apify Scale | 30,000 at $0.0015, 1,500,000 at $0.00075 | $1,170 |
| Apify Business | $780 of usage inside a $999 monthly fee | $999 |
| TokConnect, Pro rate | 32,000 calls at $0.0249 (four months of Pro's 8,000 credits) | $796 |
| TokConnect, Growth rate | 32,000 calls at $0.0495 | $1,584 |
Which is cheaper, job by job
| TikTok job | Apify (checked 20 Oct 2026) | TokConnect |
|---|---|---|
| Profiles, 30 videos and full comment pages (25+ comments a video) | $1,560 on Starter at 50 comments | $796 at the Pro rate |
| Same job, quiet videos (under 25 comments a video) | $660 on Starter at 20 comments | $796 at the Pro rate |
| Top 10 TikTok Shop US products for a keyword, with daily revenue | $0.19 on Starter via a third-party Actor | 1 call: $0.0249 to $0.098 |
| A product's sales trend, creators and videos behind it | Not in Clockworks' Actors | 1 call each (product methods) |
| TikTok search demand for a phrase | $0.01 per API request via a third-party Actor | Built in: demand_find_topics, demand_topic |
| A call that fails | Not stated as free; run cost "depends on the number of retries" | Free |
The break-even sits at about 25 comments a video on Apify Starter and 33 on Scale. Above that, one TokConnect credit per page of up to 50 comments beats paying per comment, and every TokConnect plan adds the Shop and search-demand data Clockworks does not have.
What one TokConnect call returned for "air fryer"
The row Apify's own TikTok Actors do not have: TikTok Shop sales estimates for 17 markets. One product_top_selling call on 20 October 2026 matched 308 air fryer listings and returned the top 10 by estimated revenue, each with units, price, commission, creator count and a 30-day daily trend.
| Air fryer | Est. revenue | Est. units | Price | Creators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ninja Crispi Pro 6-in-1 Glass | $831.22K | 2,780 | $299.00 | 595 |
| Midea Flexify French Door | $208.02K | 1,357 | $153.30 | 592 |
| Sweetcrispy 6.34QT Stainless | $93.50K | 1,612 | $58.00 | 321 |
| Ninja Foodi Grill and 4-qt Air Fryer | $91.65K | 512 | $179.00 | 66 |
| Midea Flexify Pro French Door | $90.04K | 503 | $179.00 | 119 |
| Sweetcrispy 9QT Dual Basket | $55.82K | 725 | $77.00 | 286 |
| Ninja 6.5-QT Air Fryer Pro AF181 | $51.42K | 423 | $121.55 | 90 |
| Ninja French Door Premier | $39.90K | 143 | $279.00 | 142 |
{
"product_title": "Ninja Crispi Pro 6-in-1
Glass Countertop Air Fryer - AS101",
"revenue": "$831.22k",
"sale": 2780,
"unit_price": "$299.00",
"video_revenue": "$729.86k",
"live_revenue": "$95.08k",
"revenue_grouping_rate": "225.7%",
"commission_rate": "5%",
"creator_num": 595,
"revenue_trend": [..., 39468, 38571, 37674]
}product_top_selling {"keyword": "air fryer", "window": "30d", "limit": 10}, compact output, 20 Oct 2026. One credit.TokConnect Shop Analytics, TikTok Shop US, 30 days to 18 October 2026. A cookbook the keyword also matched and one row with an unreliable price are left out. Open the data.
product_top_selling.
product method trend, 19 Sep to 18 Oct 2026.Two more calls finished the picture. product method trend showed the Ninja Crispi Pro's sales climbing from $46,046 in its first 7 days of the window to $217,373 in the last 7. product method creators showed one creator with 17.1K followers drove an estimated $127.97K of it, 428 units, almost all from video. Three credits in all.
Run the same three calls for your own product
Paste this into TokConnect Chat, or into ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor once you connect TokConnect. It costs three credits, and the free plan has 50.
- Ranking (
product_top_selling): "Top 10 [product] listings on TikTok Shop US by estimated revenue, last 30 days." - Trend (
productmethodtrend): "Daily estimated revenue for number one." - Creators (
productmethodcreators): "Which creators sold the most of it, with follower counts?"
Which [product] listings sell best on TikTok Shop US in the last 30 days? Rank the top 10 by estimated revenue with units, price, commission and creator count. For number one, show the daily revenue trend and the 10 creators who sold the most.
Apify and TokConnect for TikTok, row by row
Every Apify cell links to the page we checked on 20 October 2026. To see all 23 tools compared feature by feature, open the TikTok data tools comparison.
| What you need | TokConnect | Apify (checked 20 Oct 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| TikTok search demand (Creator Search Insights) | Yes: demand_find_topics, demand_topic (search popularity, content gaps, searcher audience) | Third-party Actor cunning_soil/tiktok-creator-search-insights (source) |
| TikTok Shop sales estimates | Yes: Shop Analytics, 17 TikTok Shop markets, US by default (products, shops, brands, creators, videos, LIVEs, categories) | Third-party Actor lergassy/tiktok-shop-top-products-scraper, 15 markets (source) |
| Shop listings and reviews | Yes: shop_browse, product (page, reviews, videos), shop | Third-party Actors for products and reviews (source) |
| Profiles and posts | Yes: creator profile and posts | Yes: clockworks/tiktok-profile-scraper (source) |
| Comments and replies | Yes: comments and replies, up to 50 a page | Yes: clockworks/tiktok-comments-scraper (source) |
| Transcripts | Yes: video transcript and captions | Yes: subtitles, or AI transcription as a per-minute add-on (source) |
| Places and LIVE | Yes: place_search, place, live_search, live | Third-party Actors (places, LIVE) |
| Followers and following lists | Partial: creator followers and following when TikTok shows them (usually hidden) | Yes: clockworks/tiktok-followers-scraper (source) |
| Scheduled runs and dataset export | Your script or agent runs the calls | Yes: schedules and dataset export (JSON, CSV, Excel and more) (source) |
| MCP sign-in | Yes: one-click OAuth for ChatGPT and Claude; API key for scripts | mcp.apify.com with OAuth or a Bearer token; the agent searches and runs Actors (source) |
| Chat app | Yes: TokConnect Chat | Not found (source) |
| Free tier | 50 free credits, no card, every tool | $5 of usage a month (source) |
| Starting price | $49 a month for 500 credits | $19 a month Starter, $19 of usage (source) |
| Pricing unit | 1 credit per tool call | Set per Actor: per result and per add-on event, or platform usage (source) |
| Failed calls billed? | No: failed calls are free | Not stated; a maximum charge per run can be set (source) |
Checked 20 October 2026. Apify cells from its pricing page, docs, Store pages and public API. TokConnect: pricing and tools/list v3.1.0 (32 tools, 129 lookups). Every fact with its link. Head to head: Apify vs TokConnect. Ranked list: Apify alternatives. Across vendors: TikTok API pricing.
What TokConnect costs for the same TikTok work
One price list for 32 tools and 129 lookups. Every plan includes every tool, Shop Analytics too, and a failed call is never charged.
| Plan | Per month | Credits | Per call | Per 1,000 calls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 | $0 | n/a |
| Starter | $49 | 500 | $0.098 | $98 |
| Growth | $99 | 2,000 | $0.0495 | $49.50 |
| Pro | $199 | 8,000 | $0.0249 | $24.88 |
From tokconnect.com/pricing, 20 October 2026. Price anchor: Clockworks' TikTok Scraper is $3.00 per 1,000 results on Apify Starter; a TokConnect call on Pro is $0.0249 and can return a ranked table, a 30-day trend or a page of 50 comments.
Four questions developers ask first
Is it accurate?
Shop figures are estimates from TikTok Shop sold counts and listed prices. Search demand is TikTok's own Creator Search Insights data. Everything else is TikTok's public content, returned as compact JSON.
Is it allowed?
TokConnect is read-only and uses public data. It never logs in to your TikTok or Seller Center, and never posts or messages anyone.
What does it cost?
50 free credits with no card, then $49 a month for 500. One call is one credit, and failed calls are free.
Does it work in my AI?
One-click OAuth in ChatGPT and Claude, one line in Cursor, a Bearer key for scripts. Setup is on Connect; code samples on TokConnect for developers.
Apify pricing: questions people ask
How much does Apify cost per month?
On 20 October 2026 Apify's Free plan was $0 with $5 of usage, Starter $19 a month ($17 billed yearly), Scale $199 ($179) and Business $999 ($899). Each fee comes back as the same amount of prepaid usage, and Store Actors charge against it. For TikTok data, TokConnect starts at 50 free credits and $49 a month for 500 calls.
Does unused Apify usage roll over to the next month?
No. Apify's pricing page says unused usage credits are not rolled over to the next billing cycle, checked 20 October 2026. Going over on a paid plan adds the excess to the next invoice, and the Free plan is blocked until the next cycle.
What does it cost to scrape TikTok comments with Apify?
Clockworks' TikTok Comments Scraper charged $0.001 per comment on Starter, $0.00075 on Scale and $0.0005 on Business on 20 October 2026. Fifty comments on each of 30,000 videos is $1,500 on Starter. TokConnect returns up to 50 comments per call, so the same pages cost $746 at the Pro rate.
Does Apify charge for failed or retried runs?
Apify does not say failed runs are free. Its pricing FAQ says run cost also depends on the number of retries when a request fails, and its docs let you set a maximum charge per run (checked 20 October 2026). TokConnect never charges for a failed call.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Apify for TikTok data?
TokConnect, for most TikTok research jobs: one credit per call from $0.0249, failed calls free, and TikTok Shop sales estimates for 17 markets and TikTok search demand built in. A top-10 Shop ranking with daily revenue is one call, against $0.19 through a third-party Apify Actor on 20 October 2026. Full comment pages also come out cheaper above about 25 comments per video.
How we got these numbers
Apify prices. We read apify.com/pricing, the Store pages of the three Clockworks Actors and Apify's docs on 20 October 2026, and took per-event prices from Apify's public API records (pricingInfos, the entry in force on 20 October). The pricing page maps Starter, Scale and Business to the Bronze, Silver and Gold Store tiers. We have no Apify account and ran no Actor; costs are worked from published prices.
The job. 1,000 profiles × 30 latest videos = 30,000 videos. Apify: the Profile Scraper bills one result per video, with profile fields on each, so 30,000 × $0.002 = $60 on Starter; the Comments Scraper at 50 comments per video bills 1,500,000 × $0.001 = $1,500; total $1,560 (Scale: $45 + $1,125 = $1,170; Business: $30 + $750 = $780 of usage inside the $999 fee). TokConnect: 1,000 creator profile calls + 1,000 creator posts calls (limit 30) + 30,000 video comments calls (limit 50) = 32,000 calls × $199 / 8,000 = $796. Break-even on Starter: $60 + 30,000 × $0.001 × c = $796, so c = 24.5 comments a video; on Scale c = 33.4. At 20 comments a video, Apify Starter is $660.
The Shop job. Apify: 10 rows × $0.019 (lergassy Actor, analytics row, Starter) = $0.19. TokConnect: one product_top_selling call returning 10 rows with a 30-day daily trend = 1 credit.
TokConnect data. Pulled on 20 October 2026 through the TokConnect MCP server (v3.0.0): product_top_selling for "air fryer" (window 30d, 308 products matched), then product methods trend and creators on the top row. The window is 19 September to 18 October 2026, the last complete day. Revenue and units are Shop Analytics estimates for TikTok Shop US; a row flagged with an unreliable price and one non-air-fryer row are left out. Creator handles are not shown.