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Guides and tutorials for building, testing, pricing, and scaling actors on Apify. Written by developers managing 250+ actors in production.
Getting Started with Apify Actors
A complete walkthrough from zero to your first deployed actor. Covers project structure, Actor.main(), input schema, Dockerfile, and your first Apify Store listing.
Read guideUnderstanding PPE Pricing
How Pay Per Event works, how to set prices that attract users while covering costs, and common pricing mistakes that leave money on the table.
Read guideHow to Monetize Your Actors
Revenue strategies beyond basic PPE. Tiered pricing, free-tier funnels, bundling actors into MCP servers, and tracking revenue with ApifyForge analytics.
Read guideActor Testing Best Practices
Use the ApifyForge test runner and regression suite to validate actors before every deploy. Define test cases, set assertions, and integrate with CI/CD.
Read guideStore SEO Optimization
How Apify Store search works, what metadata matters, and how to write READMEs that rank. Includes the quality score breakdown and how ApifyForge tracks it.
Read guideManaging Multiple Actors
Fleet management strategies for 10, 50, or 200+ actors. Bulk operations, shared configs, maintenance monitoring, and the ApifyForge dashboard workflow.
Read guideCost Planning Tools: Calculator, Plan Advisor & Proxy Analyzer
How to use ApifyForge's cost planning tools to estimate actor run costs, choose the right Apify subscription plan, and pick the most cost-effective proxy type for each scraper.
Read guideAI Agent Tools: MCP Debugger, Pipeline Builder & LLM Optimizer
How to use ApifyForge's AI agent tools to debug MCP server connections, design multi-actor pipelines, optimize actor output for LLM token efficiency, and generate integration templates.
Read guideSchema Tools: Diff, Registry & Input Tester
How to use ApifyForge's schema tools to compare actor output schemas, browse the field registry, and test actor inputs before running — preventing wasted credits and broken pipelines.
Read guideCompliance Scanner, Actor Recommender & Comparisons
How to use ApifyForge's compliance risk scanner to assess legal exposure, the actor recommender to find the best tool for your task, and head-to-head comparisons to evaluate competing actors.
Read guideThe ApifyForge Testing Suite
Five cloud-powered testing tools for Apify actors: Schema Validator, Test Runner, Cloud Staging, Regression Suite, and MCP Debugger. How they work together and when to use each one.
Read guideThe Complete ApifyForge Tool Suite
All 14 developer tools in one guide: testing, schema analysis, cost planning, compliance scanning, LLM optimization, and pipeline building. What each tool does, when to use it, and how they work together.
Read guideFrequently asked questions about Apify and ApifyForge
14 free tools for testing, cost estimation, and more
Definitions of Apify terms: PPE, actors, datasets, and more
Step-by-step guides for lead gen, price monitoring, SEO, and more
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