# Apify (apify.com): agent-readiness 87/100, grade B

> Rank 6 of 1000 on Qomvia (rubric v2.3.0). Last scanned 2026-10-08T20:40:35.162Z. Page: https://qomvia.com/site/apify-com  JSON: https://qomvia.com/api/score/apify-com

## Summary
Category: Software and SaaS
{
  "known": true,
  "confidence": "high",
  "summary": "Apify is a cloud-based platform and marketplace that offers web scraping, data extraction, and web automation tools. It allows users to build, run, and integrate \"Actors\" for tasks like lead generation, competitor tracking, and real-time web data acquisition.",
  "offerings": [
    "Web scraping tools",
    "Data extraction services",
    "Web automation platform (Actors)",
    "Marketplace of ready-to-run tools",
    "Cloud infrastructure for task execution",
    "APIs for integration"
  ],
  "audience": "Developers, data scientists, businesses needing web data, AI agents, and integrators.",
  "geography": "Global",
  "strengths": [
    "Comprehensive marketplace of pre-built web scraping and automation tools",
    "Robust platform for custom data extraction and automation script development",
    "Scalable cloud infrastructure for running demanding web tasks",
    "Strong community and developer support",
    "Integration capabilities with AI agents and other applications"
  ],
  "unknowns": [
    "Current specific pricing plans and tiers without real-time data",
    "Real-time customer support metrics or satisfaction",
    "Latest features or product roadmap beyond general offerings",
    "Specific legal or data compliance details for niche use cases",
    "Precise number of active users or actors on the platform currently"
  ],
  "alternatives": [
    "zyte.com",
    "brightdata.com",
    "oxylabs.io",
    "scrapingbee.com",
    "octoparse.com"
  ],
  "business": "Apify is a cloud platform providing web scraping and automation tools and a marketplace of ready-to-run solutions for developers and businesses globally.",
  "competitors": [
    "zyte.com",
    "brightdata.com",
    "oxylabs.io",
    "scrapingbee.com",
    "octoparse.com",
    "parsehub.com",
    "crawlbase.com"
  ]
}

## Score by group
- Machine access: 24/24
- Content legibility: 21/26
- Discovery surface: 18/20
- Identity & policy: 8/12
- Agent-facing performance: 8/8
- Agent protocols: 8/10
Failing checks:
- [improvement] No stated policy for automated access
- [improvement] Nothing says when the content changed
- [polish] Language and market are declared
- [polish] Agents not published in DNS
- [polish] No Web Bot Auth support

## AI mentions and rivals
Named in 10 AI assistant answers.
- zyte.com: not measured
- brightdata.com: 78/100 https://qomvia.com/site/brightdata-com
- oxylabs.io: not measured
- scrapingbee.com: not measured
- octoparse.com: not measured

## FAQ
Q: Is Apify readable by AI agents?
A: Apify (apify.com) scores 87 out of 100 for agent readiness, grade B, measured 2 days ago, on 08.10.2026. 1 of 3 agent classes we test can use the site, and 0 checks currently block agents outright.

Q: What stops agents from using apify.com?
A: The heaviest problems are: No stated policy for automated access; Nothing says when the content changed; Language and market are declared; Agents not published in DNS; No Web Bot Auth support. Each one is scored from a public HTTP response, and the fix for each is listed in the signed-in report.

Q: How is the Apify agent-readiness score calculated?
A: Qomvia fetches public pages of apify.com as an AI agent would and runs the core checks every site gets across 6 groups: Machine access, Content legibility, Discovery surface, Identity & policy, Agent-facing performance, Agent protocols. Checks are weighted by how much an agent loses when they fail, and the score is expressed out of 100.

Q: How often is this score updated?
A: Public scores are re-checked when the site is re-scanned; tracked domains are re-scanned weekly and their owners are alerted when a check regresses. This page shows the scan from 2 days ago, on 08.10.2026.

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