ujeebu
vs
Apify
Ujeebu vs Apify
Apify is a large scraping platform with a marketplace of pre-built Actors and the Crawlee SDK, billed in prepaid usage credits plus pay-as-you-go overage. Ujeebu takes the opposite approach: one unified API and one credit pool across scrape, SERP, AI extraction, screenshots and PDF, with cost you can forecast instead of estimating from compute-unit rates and per-event Actor pricing.
Key differences.
Cost, side by side.
| Pricing model | Ujeebu | Apify |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 (5,000 credits, no card) | $0 ($5 platform usage, no card) |
| Entry | $49/mo (300K credits) | $19/mo (Starter, $19 usage allowance) |
| Mid | $119/mo (1M credits) | $199/mo (Scale, $199 usage allowance) |
| Business | $999/mo (15M credits) | $999/mo (Business, $999 usage allowance) |
Apify plans are prepaid usage allowances billed at $0.20 per compute unit on the Starter plan and $0.13 per compute unit on Business, with pay-as-you-go overage and credits that expire at the end of each billing cycle. Actor Store pricing adds pay-per-event or pay-per-usage charges on top. Ujeebu credits scale with the work done on one pool, which is easier to forecast.
Feature by feature.
| Feature | Ujeebu | Apify |
|---|---|---|
| JavaScript rendering | Yes | Yes |
| Residential proxies | Yes | Yes (Apify Proxy) |
| Geotargeting | Yes | Yes |
| CAPTCHA solving | Built-in | Unknown |
| Google SERP API | Yes (structured, included) | Yes |
| AI / LLM extraction | Yes | Yes |
| Screenshots | Yes | Unknown |
| PDF output | Yes | Unknown |
| Per-success billing | Yes (failed requests free) | Yes (pay-per-event or pay-per-usage on many Actors) |
An honest look at each.
ujeebu- One unified API and one credit pool, no Actor selection or wiring
- Predictable credit pricing instead of compute-unit math and expiring allowances
- Built-in CAPTCHA solving and AI extraction, no add-on Actors needed
- Screenshots and PDF output included natively
- Generous 5,000-credit free trial, no card required
- No marketplace of pre-built scrapers
- No open-source SDK to self-host
- Smaller community than Apify
Apify- Large scraping marketplace with many pre-built Actors
- Open-source Crawlee SDK for custom crawlers
- Strong community, documentation and data-for-AI ecosystem
- Pay-per-event or pay-per-usage pricing on many marketplace Actors
- Flexible serverless platform for complex pipelines
- Prepaid usage credits expire at end of billing cycle, adding waste risk
- Compute-unit billing plus pay-as-you-go overage is hard to predict
- CAPTCHA solving capability is unconfirmed
- Screenshots and PDF output capability is unconfirmed
- Capabilities are spread across many Actors rather than one API
We do our best to keep this comparison accurate and up-to-date. If you notice any discrepancies, please let us know.
Our take: Apify for a marketplace platform, Ujeebu for a simple unified API
Apify is a capable platform, and if you want a marketplace of pre-built Actors or the Crawlee SDK to build on, it offers a broad toolkit. Ujeebu takes the opposite path: one unified API and one credit pool across scrape, SERP, AI extraction, screenshots and PDF, with cost you can forecast instead of estimating from compute-unit rates and expiring allowances. If you want results without picking, wiring and tuning Actors, Ujeebu is the simpler foundation.