Apify | Competitive Intelligence Insights - Apr 25, 2025

Apify expanded its offerings by introducing new Instagram Reel and Full Profile scrapers, while discontinuing the Mentions and Export Comments and Posts scrapers...


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Apify

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Apify is a full-stack web scraping and browser automation platform that allows users to extract data from websites and automate workflows on the web. They offer ready-made scrapers, automation tools, custom solutions, and a marketplace for developers.


Apify - Latest News and Updates

  • Apify expanded its offerings by introducing new Instagram Reel and Full Profile scrapers, while discontinuing the Mentions and Export Comments and Posts scrapers.
  • On April 23, 2025, Apify introduced new AI agent templates and integrations with Airtable, Firestore, and Amazon S3, enhancing data management and AI development capabilities.
  • On April 24, Apify showcased new integrations and MCP server with tool discovery features during a live demo at a meetup.
  • A new Mindbody Fitness Studio Scraper built on Apify helps users extract detailed information about fitness studios for lead generation and other purposes.
  • Jan Čurn, founder of Apify, only wore a suit to the company Halloween party, believing that wearing a suit might make investors not take him seriously.
  • Saurav Jain, Senior Developer Community Manager at Apify, will present a talk and live demo on building scrapers and automation tools using Crawlee at PyCon Italia this summer.

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