Know what your competitors
are doing — automatically
Monitor competitor websites, product listings, pricing, reviews, and social presence using Apify actors. Get structured data instead of manual screenshots and spreadsheets.
The problem
Competitive intelligence is typically done manually — checking competitor websites, taking screenshots, copying data into spreadsheets. It is time-consuming, inconsistent, and impossible to do at scale across dozens of competitors.
The solution
Apify actors turn competitor monitoring into an automated pipeline. Scrape product listings for pricing changes, monitor review scores and counts, track social media follower growth, and detect website content changes. Schedule runs daily or weekly and get structured data ready for analysis.
How it works
Map your competitors
List competitor websites, product pages, social profiles, and review pages you want to track. Group them by data type: pricing, reviews, content, social.
Select actors per data source
Use different actors for different sources — a product scraper for pricing, a review scraper for ratings, a social scraper for follower counts. The Recommender helps match needs to actors.
Schedule and automate
Set up recurring runs to build historical data. Daily pricing checks, weekly review monitoring, monthly content audits. Use n8n or Make.com templates for the scheduling.
Analyse and act
Compare your metrics against competitors over time. Spot trends, react to pricing changes, and identify gaps in competitor offerings that you can exploit.
What does it cost?
Monitoring 20 competitors across pricing, reviews, and social costs approximately $5-15/month in PPE charges. Significantly cheaper than dedicated competitive intelligence platforms.
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Ready to get started?
Connect your Apify account and start running actors in under 2 minutes. Free.
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