Monitor competitor prices
automatically
Track product prices across e-commerce sites, marketplaces, and competitor websites. Get alerts when prices change, and export historical pricing data for analysis.
The problem
Manually checking competitor prices across dozens of products and websites is impossible to do consistently. By the time you notice a price change, your competitors have already reacted. Subscription price monitoring tools charge $200-500/month and often lack the specific sites you need.
The solution
Apify actors scrape product pages on any schedule you set — hourly, daily, or weekly. Each run extracts current prices, availability, and product details. Over time, you build a pricing history database that reveals competitor pricing patterns, seasonal trends, and promotional strategies.
How it works
Identify products to track
List the product URLs or search queries you want to monitor. This could be your own products on competitor sites, or competitor products you want to benchmark against.
Choose a scraper
Pick an actor for each target site — Amazon, Shopify stores, Google Shopping, or a general-purpose e-commerce scraper. Use the Recommender to find the best option.
Schedule recurring runs
Set up scheduled runs in Apify to check prices daily or hourly. Each run costs fractions of a cent per product, so monitoring 1,000 products daily is affordable.
Analyse and alert
Export pricing data to a spreadsheet or dashboard. Set up alerts via n8n or Make.com to get notified when a competitor drops prices below a threshold.
What does it cost?
Monitoring 500 products daily typically costs $1-3/day in PPE charges. Monthly cost: $30-90 — a fraction of dedicated price monitoring SaaS tools.
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