What is the Cost Calculator?
By Ryan Clinton · Updated Mar 1, 2026
The Cost Calculator estimates what any actor will cost at various volumes before you spend credits. Enter an actor ID and get a breakdown of PPE pricing, average compute cost per run, average events per run, and volume projections from 1x to 100x.
The calculator fetches the actor's current PPE configuration and analyzes the last 20 successful runs for real compute costs — duration, memory, and platform charges. Projections separate PPE charges from compute charges so you see exactly where your money goes. This is especially valuable when comparing competing actors: two scrapers might both extract the same data, but one costs 3x more at high volume.
Cost Calculator costs $0.20 per calculation and does not run the target actor. Visit apifyforge.com/tools/cost-calculator for documentation.
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An Apify Compute Unit (CU) is a measure of computing resources consumed by an actor run, calculated as memory allocated (in GB) multiplied by run duration (in hours).
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