Apify’s store has 73,000+ Actors, most built, priced and maintained by independent creators, each with its own output and pricing. Monocrawl is one maintained API across 70+ platforms: the same field names, one credit balance and monitors built in.
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Monocrawl vs Apify
Apify is a marketplace: each Actor has its own creator, output and price. Monocrawl is one product we build and maintain end to end.
| Feature | MonocrawlOne maintained API | AApifyA marketplace of Actors |
|---|---|---|
| Data | ||
| Who maintains it | Monocrawl, for every endpoint | Mostly independent creators1 |
| Field names | The same across platforms | Set by each Actor2 |
| Cost | ||
| What you pay for | One credit balance, priced per endpoint | Actor prices, compute units, proxies and storage3 |
| Pages that return 404 | Free | Creators are advised to charge for them4 |
Built in
Monitors, agent access and templates come with every plan and use the same credits.
Put an endpoint on a schedule. Monocrawl checks it, finds what changed and sends the alert to email, Slack, Discord or your webhook.
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Connect Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or VS Code over MCP. Your agent can find and call any endpoint with the same key.
$npx --yes monocrawl-mcp@latestSet up MCPStart from a template for a common job, add your inputs and run it from the dashboard or the API.
Browse templatesFailed calls cost nothing and cached repeats are free. Every endpoint’s cost is published before you call it.
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Note the Actors you run and the fields your app reads from each dataset.
Search the platform catalogue for each one, or ask your AI agent to find it over MCP.
Profiles share field names such as handle and followers across platforms. One reader replaces the per-Actor mappings.
Pricing
No compute units, proxies or storage on top. Each endpoint’s cost is published, so you can price a feature before you build it.
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Questions
If you want one maintained API rather than Actors from different creators, yes. 70+ platforms return the same field names, from one credit balance, with monitors built in.
Plans start at $19 a month, which includes $19 of usage at $0.20 per compute unit. On top come each Actor’s own price, proxies and storage. Monocrawl publishes one price per endpoint and starts at $29 a month, with 150 free credits at sign-up.
Most are built, priced and maintained by independent creators rather than by Apify. Every Monocrawl endpoint is built and maintained by Monocrawl.
No. Each Actor defines its own output. Monocrawl profiles share field names such as handle and followers across platforms.
Yes. Monocrawl monitors run on a schedule, work out what changed and alert you by email, Slack, Discord or webhook.
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