Best Apify Actors 2026
ApifyForge ranks the best Apify actors for web scraping, lead generation, compliance screening, and data extraction. This page ranks 336 actors and 105 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.
| Category | Top Actor | Price | Runs (30d) | Pulse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Generation | Company Deep Research — SEC, GitHub, DNS & Social | $1.00/event | 0 | 98 |
| SEO & Search | Trustpilot Review Analyzer — Sentiment, Trends & Response Rates | $0.15/event | 0 | 96 |
| Compliance | Actor Compliance Scanner — PII, GDPR & TOS Risk Audit | $0.15/event | 0 | 90 |
| Ecommerce | Amazon Product Scraper - BSR, Buybox & Review Monitor | $0.15/event | 0 | 90 |
| MCP Servers | Academic Commercialization Pipeline MCP | $0.08/event | 0 | 90 |
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 66 actors in this category. Extract contacts, emails, and company data from Google Maps, websites, and business directories at $0.01-$0.25 per result.
Company Deep Research — SEC, GitHub, DNS & Social
Research any company from a domain. Get website metadata, Wikipedia summary, GitHub repos & stars, SEC EDGAR filings & ticker, academic papers, DNS records, and
Website Lead Intelligence — Find the Right Person, Verified
Turn company websites into ready-to-email decision-makers. Verified emails, named contacts ranked by seniority, buying-committee classification, A/B/C decision
Email Pattern Finder - Discover Company Email Formats
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
Google Maps Lead Extractor with Website Email Enrichment
Extract emails from Google Maps businesses. Searches by keyword + location, scrapes each business website for emails, phones, and social links. Classifies perso
Bulk Email Verifier — MX, SMTP & Disposable Detection at Scale
Verify email deliverability in bulk — MX records, SMTP mailbox checks, disposable detection (55K+ domains), role-based flagging, catch-all detection, domain hea
Trustpilot Review Analyzer — Sentiment, Trends & Response Rates
Scrape Trustpilot reviews for any business. Extract TrustScore, star ratings, review text, sentiment analysis, response rates, and keyword trends. No API key ne
Waterfall Contact Enrichment — Email & Phone Lookup
Find business emails, phones, and social profiles from a name + company domain. Cascades through MX validation, website scraping, pattern detection, and SMTP ve
B2B Lead Generation Suite - Find Emails, Score & Qualify Leads
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
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.
Trustpilot Review Analyzer — Sentiment, Trends & Response Rates
Scrape Trustpilot reviews for any business. Extract TrustScore, star ratings, review text, sentiment analysis, response rates, and keyword trends. No API key ne
Website Tech Stack Detector — 100+ Technologies
Detect 100+ web technologies on any website. Identifies CMS, frameworks, analytics, marketing tools, chat widgets, CDNs, payment systems, hosting, and more. Bat
Website to Markdown — AI-Ready Content for RAG
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
Brand Protection & Trademark Monitor
Detect typosquatting domains, social media impersonation & brand abuse. Checks DNS resolution, HTTP activity, IP addresses, risk scores, and username status on
Google Maps Reviews Scraper + Reputation Intelligence
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
SERP Rank Tracker — Track Google Keyword Rankings by Domain
Track keyword rankings in Google search results. Monitor domain positions, check desktop vs mobile, get People Also Ask and related searches. Bulk keyword check
WCAG Accessibility Auditor — Score & Fix 30 Rules
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
Domain Security & Email Deliverability — DNS, SPF, DMARC, DKIM
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
Best Compliance & Due Diligence Actors
Best Apify actors for compliance screening in 2026, covering 12 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.
Actor Compliance Scanner — PII, GDPR & TOS Risk Audit
Scan any Apify actor for PII risk, Terms of Service exposure, and regulatory obligations (GDPR, CCPA, CAN-SPAM, CFAA, PIPEDA). Returns structured risk report wi
Financial Crime Screening · AML for BI + Pipelines
AML/CFT composite screening as a scheduled Apify actor. Same deterministic engine as the MCP twin, dataset-output shape. For Zapier / Make / n8n / BI tools and
Startup Due Diligence — VC-Grade Deal Memo
Startup due diligence in 3 minutes. Queries 8 sources in parallel — USPTO & EPO patents, GitHub, OpenCorporates, jobs, ArXiv, tech stack, competitors — and retu
Counterparty Due Diligence MCP Server
KYB/due diligence MCP server wrapping 18 actors across global corporate registries, OFAC, Interpol, SEC, and CFPB. Produces Counterparty Risk Scores 0-100 with
Crypto Compliance Intelligence MCP
Crypto compliance MCP: sanctions screening (OFAC + OpenSanctions), shell company detection, corporate verification (OpenCorporates + GLEIF), regulatory velocity
Export Control Screening MCP
Export control screening MCP: OFAC denied party screening, dual-use technology classification, COMTRADE diversion detection, country restrictions, EAR regulator
Financial Crime Screening MCP Server
AML/CFT screening MCP wrapping 13 actors: OFAC, OpenSanctions, Interpol, FBI, FARA, FEC, OpenCorporates, GLEIF, SEC, CFPB, FDIC. Produces LOW/MEDIUM/HIGH/PROHIB
Franchise Due Diligence MCP
Franchise investment intelligence MCP: franchisor health score, CFPB complaint analysis, market saturation via Maps density, corporate structure investigation,
Best Ecommerce Intelligence Actors
Top 7 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.
Amazon Product Scraper - BSR, Buybox & Review Monitor
Scrapes Amazon products, reviews, and sellers. Returns a ranked incident queue: buybox changes, BSR trajectory, defect emergence from review themes, comp-set po
E-Commerce Price Tracker — Deal & Opportunity Intelligence
Track prices across Shopify and any e-commerce store and get a decision for every product: buy now, wait, or skip. Detects fake sales, scores deals and opportun
Google Maps Reviews Scraper + Reputation Intelligence
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
SaaS Competitive Intelligence
Deterministic competitive decision infrastructure for SaaS teams. Monitors competitor pricing, hiring, AI adoption, enterprise expansion, GTM shifts, and strate
Shopify Store Intel — Products, Prices & Apps
Extract products, prices, themes, and 40+ installed apps from any Shopify store. Get catalog size, avg price, sale counts, vendors, tags, and stock status. No A
CPSC Product Recall Monitor
Search US Consumer Product Safety Commission recalls by keyword, product, manufacturer, or date. Get hazard details, remedy options, injury reports, UPCs, image
FDA Food Recall Monitor
Search FDA food recalls and enforcement actions via the openFDA API. Filter by contaminant (salmonella, listeria, E. coli), company, recall class, state, date r
Best MCP Servers for AI Agents Actors
Best Apify MCP servers in 2026, selected from 105 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.
Academic Commercialization Pipeline MCP
Academic commercialization intelligence MCP. Citation velocity, patent-publication cross-ref, NIH funding flows, clinical translation pipeline, TRL 1-9 assessme
Academic Institution & Talent MCP
Academic research technology scouting MCP for AI agents. 8 live data sources (OpenAlex, ArXiv, USPTO, EPO, NIH, Grants.gov, ORCID) + 4 scoring models. Returns A
Academic Research Intelligence MCP Server
MCP server for multi-database academic literature search. Wraps 6 specialized actors: PubMed (biomedical), Semantic Scholar (all disciplines with AI summaries),
Actor Fleet Operator: Fleet Ops & Analysis for Apify Developers
Talk to your Apify fleet from Claude. Quality scoring, input and output validation, deploy gates, compliance triage, revenue rollups, decay forecasting, pricing
Adversarial Corporate Opacity MCP Server
MCP server with 8 anti-concealment tools for beneficial ownership detection. BFS ownership graphs, cross-lingual transliteration screening, DBSCAN address clust
Adversarial Geopolitical Equilibrium MCP Server
Game-theoretic geopolitical analysis for AI agents. 8 tools: sanctions cascade modeling, escalation dynamics, alliance stability, and strategic misperception ac
Adversarial Regulatory Arbitrage MCP Server
Multi-jurisdiction regulatory evasion detection with game-theoretic enforcement modeling. This MCP server cross-references corporate registries across 7 jurisdi
Agricultural Commodity Climate MCP
Crop risk MCP wrapping 8 actors. Weather-yield threats, pest emergence via GBIF, trade dependency analysis, price shock probability, growing season forecasts. C
How ApifyForge ranks actors
ApifyForge ranks 336 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 336 actors are built and maintained by Ryan Clinton (apify.com/ryanclinton).