Free / Open-sourceOpen-source workflow automation built for AI agents and technical teams
#1Apify records 4,147,762 monthly visits with +3.9% month-over-month growth and Freemium, Contact for Pricing pricing. Respond.io records 1,606,802 monthly visits with -8.7% growth and Freemium pricing.

AI-powered customer conversation platform for B2C messaging at scale
| Dimension / Metric | ![]() | ![]() |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | apify.com | respond.io |
| Pricing Model | Freemium, Contact for Pricing | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 4.15M (4,147,762) | 1.61M (1,606,802) |
| MoM Traffic Delta |
| +156.83K (+3.9%) |
| -152.34K (-8.7%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (22.2%) | 🇲🇾 Malaysia (17.4%) |
|---|
| Direct Visits / mo | 1.82M | 1.24M |
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| User Rating | 4.6 | 4.5 |
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| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
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Run thousands of ready-made web scrapers and AI agents from one cloud platform
Over one hundred thousand ready-to-run scrapers and automation tools covering social media, maps, e-commerce, real estate, and general web crawling.
Connect Apify Actors directly to AI assistants and agents so they can search the store, run scrapers, and pull structured results as tool calls.
Managed proxy rotation and unblocking are built into the platform, so scrapers keep working when target sites add defenses.
An open-source crawling library plus Python and JavaScript SDKs for building custom Actors with Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium, or Cheerio.

AI-powered customer conversation platform for B2C messaging at scale
Bring WhatsApp, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Telegram, email and web chat into one shared inbox so no customer thread gets lost between apps.
AI agents qualify leads, answer routine questions, route to the right teammate and follow up automatically when conversations go quiet.
Track tags, custom fields, lead status and lifecycle stage per contact, and move deals through a pipeline without a separate CRM.
Reach thousands of customers with one message, and capture new leads directly from social ads and website links.
Free / Open-sourceOpen-source workflow automation built for AI agents and technical teams
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More advanced AI customer support agents and robust helpdesk features, but typically higher pricing than Respond.io.


SpecialistPurpose-built e-commerce helpdesk with deep Shopify integrations, but less generalized multi-channel routing than Respond.io.

Free / Open-sourceProvides direct LLM-ready markdown conversion via API, but lacks Apify's massive marketplace of pre-built scraping actors.
Easier setup for live chat and shared inboxes, but less powerful automation workflow builder than Respond.io.
SpecialistBuild GTM systems that turn data into revenue

SpecialistAI-first WhatsApp marketing and engagement platform built on official WhatsApp Business APIs

Offers enterprise-grade proxy networks and raw web data infrastructure, but lacks Apify's plug-and-play actor marketplace.

Simpler chatbot builder and e-commerce integrations, but fewer advanced multi-channel routing options than Respond.io.

Streamlined team inbox for WhatsApp and messaging apps, but lacks Respond.io's advanced AI agent workflow builder.

Solid multi-channel helpdesk and live chat features, but less sophisticated visual workflow automation than Respond.io.
SpecialistAutomates complex business workflows with AI agents, but is less specialized for raw large-scale web scraping actors.
Free / Open-sourceOpen-source workflow automation built for AI agents and technical teams
Free / Open-sourceProvides direct LLM-ready markdown conversion via API, but lacks Apify's massive marketplace of pre-built scraping actors.
Easier setup for live chat and shared inboxes, but less powerful automation workflow builder than Respond.io.
SpecialistAI-first WhatsApp marketing and engagement platform built on official WhatsApp Business APIs
Offers enterprise-grade proxy networks and raw web data infrastructure, but lacks Apify's plug-and-play actor marketplace.
Simpler chatbot builder and e-commerce integrations, but fewer advanced multi-channel routing options than Respond.io.
Streamlined team inbox for WhatsApp and messaging apps, but lacks Respond.io's advanced AI agent workflow builder.
Solid multi-channel helpdesk and live chat features, but less sophisticated visual workflow automation than Respond.io.
SpecialistAutomates complex business workflows with AI agents, but is less specialized for raw large-scale web scraping actors.