Apify Announces Major Price Cuts on Residential Proxies: Starter Plan Down 23% to $10/GB, Business Plan Down 20% to $8/GB, Scale Plan Down 18% to $9/GB
What happened
Between the Apr 26, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024 captures of Apify's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: Scale plan residential proxy price decreased from $11/GB to $9/GB (18% reduction); Business plan residential proxy price decreased from $10/GB to $8/GB (20% reduction); Starter plan residential proxy price decreased from $13/GB to $10/GB (23% reduction). Pulse files it as a pricing change (price decrease) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Sep 7, 2026) lists Starter at $26, Scale at $179 and Business at $899.
Apify's previous recorded change was "Apify Eliminates Free Plan Compute Units, Transitioning to a Paid-Only Model" (Q1 2024). Apify has been tracked since 2024-10-01.
In the same window Puppet and Beautiful.ai also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Scale · Price−18%$11/GB$9/GB
- Business · Price−20%$10/GB$8/GB
- Starter · Price−23%$13/GB$10/GB
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scale | Price | $11/GB | $9/GB | −18% |
| Business | Price | $10/GB | $8/GB | −20% |
| Starter | Price | $13/GB | $10/GB | −23% |
Values as written on Apify's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Apify's pricing page (apify.com) from Apr 26, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where scale price reads $11/GB and then $9/GB.
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Apify, the last 90 days
Full history- Q2 2025improvedApify Introduces $5 Prepaid Usage Credit on Free Plan, Enhancing Access to Apify Store Discounts
- Q1 2025decreaseApify Announces Major Price Cut: Scale Plan Reduced by 60% from $499/mo to $199/mo
- Q3 2024improvedApify Reduces Residential Proxies Price on Free Plan by 23% to $10/GB
- Q2 2024decreaseApify Announces Major Price Cuts on Residential Proxies: Starter Plan Down 23% to $10/GB, Business Plan Down 20% to $8/GB, Scale Plan Down 18% to $9/GB · this change
- Q1 2024packagingApify Eliminates Free Plan Compute Units, Transitioning to a Paid-Only Model
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- PuppetOct 12Puppet includes standard support in all plans, adds 24x7 premium option
- Beautiful.aiSep 14Beautiful.ai swaps per-seat Teams pricing for a flat $40/mo covering 3 users
- Beautiful.aiSep 7Beautiful.ai tweaks Enterprise plan: subtext now reads "Billed annually
- Beautiful.aiAug 24Beautiful.ai hikes Pro plan 20.8% to $14.50/month, billed annually
Questions about this change
Did Apify raise prices in July 2024?
No — prices went down. Between Apr 26, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024 Apify's pricing page showed 3 price cuts: Scale: $11/GB → $9/GB (−18%); Business: $10/GB → $8/GB (−20%); Starter: $13/GB → $10/GB (−23%).
What changed on Apify's pricing page between Apr 26, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024?
Scale price: $11/GB → $9/GB (−18%); Business price: $10/GB → $8/GB (−20%); Starter price: $13/GB → $10/GB (−23%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 26, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Apify change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Apify in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Apify Eliminates Free Plan Compute Units, Transitioning to a Paid-Only Model" in Q1 2024; Apify has been tracked since 2024-10-01.