Best Apify Actors 2026

ApifyForge ranks the best Apify actors for web scraping, lead generation, compliance screening, and data extraction. This page ranks 149 actors and 1 MCP servers across 5 categories, scored by 30-day usage (run count and unique users), maintenance pulse (0-100 scale measuring build frequency, version recency, and issue response time), and per-event pricing. The top-ranked lead generation actor, Website Contact Scraper, has over 11,000 runs and a 98 pulse score.

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Top Apify Actor by Category — Quick Comparison

The highest-ranked Apify actor in each of the 5 categories on ApifyForge, compared by price, 30-day runs, and maintenance pulse score.

Rankings based on 30-day run count, then pulse score as tiebreaker. Data from ApifyForge actor registry, updated after every deploy.

Best Lead Generation Actors

The best Apify actors for B2B lead generation in 2026, selected from 57 actors in this category. Extract contacts, emails, and company data from Google Maps, websites, and business directories at $0.01-$0.25 per result.

#1

Company Deep Research — SEC, GitHub, DNS & Social

$1.00/event

Research any company from a domain. Get website metadata, Wikipedia summary, GitHub repos & stars, SEC EDGAR filings & ticker, academic papers, DNS records, and

98 pulse0 runs/mo0 users
#2

Website Lead Intelligence — Find the Right Person, Verified

$0.15/event

Turn company websites into ready-to-email decision-makers. Verified emails, named contacts ranked by seniority, buying-committee classification, A/B/C decision

98 pulse0 runs/mo0 users
#3

Email Pattern Finder - Discover Company Email Formats

$0.10/event

Detect the email naming convention any company uses (first.last, flast, first-last, etc.) from 5 public sources. Generate verified email addresses with MX check

97 pulse0 runs/mo0 users
#4

Google Maps Lead Extractor with Website Email Enrichment

$0.15/event

Extract emails from Google Maps businesses. Searches by keyword + location, scrapes each business website for emails, phones, and social links. Classifies perso

97 pulse0 runs/mo0 users
#5

Bulk Email Verifier — MX, SMTP & Disposable Detection at Scale

$0.005/event

Verify email deliverability in bulk — MX records, SMTP mailbox checks, disposable detection (55K+ domains), role-based flagging, catch-all detection, domain hea

96 pulse0 runs/mo0 users
#6

Trustpilot Review Analyzer — Sentiment, Trends & Response Rates

$0.15/event

Scrape Trustpilot reviews for any business. Extract TrustScore, star ratings, review text, sentiment analysis, response rates, and keyword trends. No API key ne

96 pulse0 runs/mo0 users
#7

Waterfall Contact Enrichment — Email & Phone Lookup

$0.20/event

Find business emails, phones, and social profiles from a name + company domain. Cascades through MX validation, website scraping, pattern detection, and SMTP ve

96 pulse0 runs/mo0 users
#8

B2B Lead Generation Suite - Find Emails, Score & Qualify Leads

$0.25/event

All-in-one B2B lead pipeline. Enter company URLs, get enriched leads with emails, phone numbers, contacts, email patterns, quality scores (0-100), grades, and b

95 pulse0 runs/mo0 users

Best SEO & Search Actors

Top 9 Apify actors for SEO data in 2026. Track rankings, audit websites, detect tech stacks, and monitor search performance at $0.05-$0.10 per query.

#1

Trustpilot Review Analyzer — Sentiment, Trends & Response Rates

$0.15/event

Scrape Trustpilot reviews for any business. Extract TrustScore, star ratings, review text, sentiment analysis, response rates, and keyword trends. No API key ne

96 pulse0 runs/mo0 users
#2

Website Tech Stack Detector — 100+ Technologies

$0.35/event

Detect 100+ web technologies on any website. Identifies CMS, frameworks, analytics, marketing tools, chat widgets, CDNs, payment systems, hosting, and more. Bat

95 pulse0 runs/mo0 users
#3

Website to Markdown — AI-Ready Content for RAG

$0.05/event

Convert any website into clean, structured Markdown text ready for RAG pipelines, LLM context windows, and knowledge bases. Provide one or more URLs and get bac

95 pulse0 runs/mo0 users
#4

Brand Protection & Trademark Monitor

$0.50/event

Detect typosquatting domains, social media impersonation & brand abuse. Checks DNS resolution, HTTP activity, IP addresses, risk scores, and username status on

90 pulse0 runs/mo0 users
#5

Google Maps Reviews Scraper + Reputation Intelligence

$0.001/event

Scrapes Google Maps reviews from a business name, postcode, or place URL. Returns the complete review set with a coverage audit (claimed vs collected), sentimen

90 pulse0 runs/mo0 users
#6

SERP Rank Tracker — Track Google Keyword Rankings by Domain

$0.003/event

Track keyword rankings in Google search results. Monitor domain positions, check desktop vs mobile, get People Also Ask and related searches. Bulk keyword check

90 pulse0 runs/mo0 users
#7

WCAG Accessibility Auditor — Score & Fix 30 Rules

$0.25/event

Audit any website for WCAG 2.1 accessibility violations. Checks 30 rules across 4 severity levels, returns a 0-100 score with letter grade, and provides actiona

90 pulse0 runs/mo0 users
#8

Domain Security & Email Deliverability — DNS, SPF, DMARC, DKIM

$0.003/event

Audit a domain portfolio for email spoofing, broken SPF, DMARC enforcement, DNSSEC and shadow-SaaS senders. Returns a posture score, what to fix first, vendor d

90 pulse0 runs/mo0 users

Best Compliance & Due Diligence Actors

Best Apify actors for compliance screening in 2026, covering 1 specialized actors. Search OFAC, Interpol, and SEC sanctions lists, screen entities, verify beneficial ownership, and automate KYC checks at $0.05-$0.50 per entity.

Best Ecommerce Intelligence Actors

Top 6 Apify actors for ecommerce in 2026. Monitor competitor prices, scrape product data, track listings, and analyze market trends at $0.05-$0.25 per product.

Best MCP Servers for AI Agents Actors

Best Apify MCP servers in 2026, selected from 1 available servers. Connect AI agents like Claude, Cursor, and Windsurf to real-time data via Model Context Protocol at $0.05-$0.50 per tool call.

How ApifyForge ranks actors

ApifyForge ranks 149 actors using data from the Apify Store API. The primary sort is 30-day run count (higher is better), with maintenance pulse score as the tiebreaker. Rankings update automatically after every deploy.

Usage (primary sort)

30-day run count and unique users, pulled from the Apify Store API. The top actor (Website Contact Scraper) has 11,000+ runs and 190+ unique users in 30 days.

Maintenance Pulse (tiebreaker)

Scored 0-100 based on 4 factors: days since last build, days since last version, number of builds in 30 days, and issue response time in hours. Scores 90+ are “excellent,” 70-89 “good,” 50-69 “fair,” and below 50 “stale.”

Per-Event Pricing

All actors use pay-per-event (PPE) pricing with no monthly subscription. Prices range from $0.01/event (AI Email Writer) to $1.00/event (Personal Data Exposure Report). Displayed per actor for cost comparison.

Data source: Apify Store API v2. Pulse data generated from build and version history. All 149 actors are built and maintained by Ryan Clinton (apify.com/ryanclinton).

Frequently asked questions

What are the best Apify actors in 2026?
The best Apify actors in 2026 include Website Contact Scraper for lead generation (11,000+ runs, 98 pulse score), Google Maps Email Extractor for local business data ($0.15/business), and OFAC Sanctions Search for compliance screening. ApifyForge ranks 149 actors across 5 categories by 30-day usage, maintenance pulse (0-100), and per-event pricing.
How does ApifyForge rank Apify actors?
ApifyForge scores actors on three dimensions: 30-day usage (run count and unique users), maintenance pulse (build frequency, version updates, and issue response time on a 0-100 scale), and cost efficiency (price per event relative to output quality). Actors with pulse scores below 40 are flagged as stale. Rankings update after every deploy.
What are the best Apify actors for lead generation in 2026?
For lead generation, the top Apify actors are Website Contact Scraper ($0.15/site, extracts emails, phones, and social links from any website), Google Maps Email Extractor ($0.15/business, Maps search with email extraction), Waterfall Contact Enrichment ($0.20/contact, ten-step multi-source enrichment with SMTP verification), and B2B Lead Gen Suite ($0.25/lead, full-pipeline generation with scoring).
What are the best Apify MCP servers for AI agents in 2026?
ApifyForge indexes 1 MCP servers that connect AI agents like Claude, Cursor, and Windsurf to real-time data via Model Context Protocol. Top MCP servers include Counterparty Due Diligence MCP (18 data sources, KYB screening), Financial Crime Screening MCP (OFAC, Interpol, SEC), and Entity Attack Surface MCP (DNS, SSL, CVE scanning). Each costs $0.05-$0.50 per tool call.
How much do Apify actors cost?
Apify actors on ApifyForge use pay-per-event (PPE) pricing. Lead generation actors cost $0.01-$0.25 per result. SEO tools cost $0.05-$0.10 per query. Compliance screening actors cost $0.05-$0.50 per entity. MCP servers cost $0.05-$0.50 per tool call. There are no monthly subscriptions — you pay only for results you use.
What is an Apify actor maintenance pulse score?
The maintenance pulse score is a 0-100 metric that measures how actively an actor is maintained. It factors in build frequency (how often the code is rebuilt), version update recency, builds in the last 30 days, and issue response time. Scores above 90 are rated "excellent," 70-89 "good," 50-69 "fair," and below 50 "stale." ApifyForge flags actors below 40 as unmaintained.