Stop overpaying for your Apify plan
ApifyForge Plan Advisor is a subscription optimization tool that scans your Apify actor fleet and the last 30 days of run history, calculates your actual monthly compute usage, and models it against Free ($5/month), Starter ($49/month), and Scale ($499/month) plans. Get a cheapest-fit recommendation with plain-English reasoning and memory optimization tips — all for $0.15 per analysis.
Many Apify users overpay by $50-450/month because they chose a plan based on expected usage rather than actual usage. ApifyForge Plan Advisor analyzes your real data — monthly runs, compute costs, memory allocations — and tells you exactly which plan is cheapest, including overage calculations.
Scans the last 30 days of runs across up to 50 actors. Calculates monthly runs, total compute costs, and average memory usage per actor from your real Apify account data.
Models your workload against Free ($5 credits), Starter ($49), and Scale ($499) plans. Shows credit allowance, your usage, and whether each plan fits — with overage calculations when it doesn't.
Tells you which plan costs least for your actual usage with plain-English reasoning. Not just 'Starter' but 'Starter because your $12.50/mo compute fits within the $49 credit allowance.'
Shows when your usage exceeds a plan's credit allowance and calculates the exact overage cost. Sometimes Starter + overage is cheaper than Scale — the advisor does this math for you.
Identifies actors using more memory than needed. Reducing an actor from 1GB to 256MB can cut its compute cost by 75%. The advisor flags specific actors with specific memory reduction recommendations.
Just click Run. ApifyForge Plan Advisor reads your actor fleet, run history, and usage data automatically from your connected Apify account. Zero configuration needed.
There are several ways to choose the right Apify plan. Each trades off accuracy, effort, and how often you need to re-evaluate.
| Method | Data basis | Accuracy | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| ApifyForge Plan Advisor | 30 days of actual usage data | High — based on real compute costs | $0.15/analysis |
| Apify pricing page comparison | Plan features and credit allowances | Low — requires manual usage calculation | Free (30+ min time cost) |
| Apify Console billing page | Current month usage summary | Medium — no plan comparison | Free |
| Gut feeling / default plan | Intuition | Low — often results in overpaying | Free (but $50-450/mo potential waste) |
{
"currentUsage": {
"monthlyRuns": 340,
"monthlyComputeUsd": 12.50,
"totalActors": 45,
"avgMemoryMb": 512
},
"planComparison": [
{ "plan": "Free", "monthlyCost": 0, "fits": false, "overage": 7.50 },
{ "plan": "Starter", "monthlyCost": 49, "fits": true, "overage": 0 },
{ "plan": "Scale", "monthlyCost": 499, "fits": true, "overage": 0 }
],
"recommendation": "Starter",
"reasoning": "Your $12.50/mo compute fits within Starter's $49 credit."
}Connect your Apify token — no other input needed
ApifyForge Plan Advisor scans your fleet and 30 days of run history automatically
Get a plan recommendation with reasoning, overage calculations, and memory optimization tips
Several approaches exist for choosing the right Apify plan, from reading the pricing page to manual usage analysis.
Read Apify's pricing page and compare plan features and credit allowances. Requires you to manually calculate your usage and compare against each plan's limits. No overage calculations or memory optimization tips.
Best for: new users choosing their first plan before they have usage history.
Check your current month's usage in the Apify Console. Shows total compute cost but doesn't compare against other plans or calculate overage scenarios. You see what you spent but not whether you're on the optimal plan.
Best for: a quick check of current month spending.
Export run history from the Apify API, calculate average compute costs, and build a spreadsheet comparing plans. Thorough but time-intensive (1-2 hours) and requires re-doing the analysis whenever usage changes.
Best for: teams that need custom analysis beyond plan recommendation.
Reach out to Apify's sales team for plan guidance. They can provide Enterprise quotes and custom recommendations. Longer turnaround time (days) and focused on upselling rather than finding the cheapest plan.
Best for: enterprise users considering custom plans above Scale tier.
Automated 30-day usage analysis with plan comparison, cheapest-fit recommendation, overage calculations, and memory optimization tips. $0.15 per analysis with zero input required. Data-driven recommendation in under 30 seconds.
Best for: developers who want a fast, data-backed plan recommendation without manual calculation.
Every plan analysis executes on your own Apify account at the standard pay-per-event rate of $0.15 per analysis. ApifyForge has no platform fee or subscription. If ApifyForge Plan Advisor saves you even one month of plan overpayment, it pays for itself thousands of times over.
ApifyForge Plan Advisor scans up to 50 actors in your fleet and the last 30 days of run history. It calculates your actual monthly compute usage (memory, duration, proxy), total monthly runs, and average memory allocation per actor. Then it models this workload against Apify's Free ($5/month credits), Starter ($49/month), and Scale ($499/month) plans to find the cheapest option that covers your usage without overages.
Each ApifyForge Plan Advisor run costs $0.15, charged as a pay-per-event (PPE) fee on your own Apify account. The tool reads your run history and account metadata via the Apify API — it does not trigger any actor runs. Apify's free tier includes $5/month in credits, enough for approximately 33 plan analyses per month.
Apify's pricing page shows plan features and credit allowances, but you have to manually calculate whether your usage fits each plan. ApifyForge Plan Advisor automates this: it reads your actual usage data, calculates your monthly compute cost, and compares it against each plan's credit allowance including overage charges. The difference between reading a pricing page and getting a data-backed recommendation is 30+ minutes of manual calculation.
Yes. ApifyForge Plan Advisor calculates overage costs for each plan tier. If you're on the Scale plan ($499/month) but your actual compute usage is only $12/month, the advisor recommends Starter ($49/month) — saving you $450/month. It also identifies when a higher plan is cheaper than overages on a lower plan.
ApifyForge Plan Advisor identifies actors using more memory than they need. An actor defaulting to 1GB of memory but actually peaking at 200MB wastes compute credits on every run. The advisor flags these actors with specific recommendations like 'Reduce memory from 1024MB to 256MB — saves approximately $X/month in compute'. Memory optimization can reduce your total compute cost by 20-40%.
No. ApifyForge Plan Advisor requires zero input beyond your Apify API token. It reads everything automatically: your actor fleet, run history, compute costs, and memory allocations. Just click Run and get your recommendation.
Run ApifyForge Plan Advisor monthly or whenever your usage changes significantly — for example, after deploying new actors, increasing run frequency, or changing memory allocations. Plan recommendations are based on 30-day usage history, so seasonal variations may affect the recommendation. Running quarterly is sufficient for stable workloads.
ApifyForge Plan Advisor compares Free, Starter, and Scale plans because their pricing is publicly available. Enterprise plans have custom pricing negotiated directly with Apify. If your usage exceeds Scale plan capacity, the advisor notes this and suggests contacting Apify's sales team for an Enterprise quote.