Apify Introduces $5 Prepaid Usage Credit on Free Plan, Enhancing Access to Apify Store Discounts
What happened
Between the Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025 captures of Apify's pricing page, Pulse recorded 4 changes: Gold Apify Store discount tier added to Business plan; Silver Apify Store discount tier added to Scale plan; Free plan now includes $5 prepaid usage credit to spend in Apify Store (previously $0); Bronze Apify Store discount tier added to Starter plan. Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature added, limit increase) with an upward 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 Announces Major Price Cut: Scale Plan Reduced by 60% from $499/mo to $199/mo" (Q1 2025). 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.
- Business · FeatureAdded
BeforeNo Gold Apify Store discount tier
AfterGold Apify Store discount tier
- Scale · FeatureAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterSilver Apify Store discount tier
- — · LimitAddedNo prepaid usage credit$5 prepaid usage credit
- Starter · FeatureAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterBronze Apify Store discount tier
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business | Feature | No Gold Apify Store discount tier | Gold Apify Store discount tier | Added |
| Scale | Feature | Not listed | Silver Apify Store discount tier | Added |
| — | Limit | No prepaid usage credit | $5 prepaid usage credit | Added |
| Starter | Feature | Not listed | Bronze Apify Store discount tier | Added |
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 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where Gold Apify Store discount tier now appears.
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Apify, the last 90 days
Full history- Apr 11, 2026decreaseApify cuts Starter plan price to $29/month with matched credits
- Week 3, 2026decreaseApify cuts Starter plan price by $10 to $29/month
- Q3 2025decreaseApify Reduces Free Plan Compute Unit Rate by 25% to $0.3/CU, Enhancing Accessibility for Users
- Q2 2025improvedApify Introduces $5 Prepaid Usage Credit on Free Plan, Enhancing Access to Apify Store Discounts · this change
- Q1 2025decreaseApify Announces Major Price Cut: Scale Plan Reduced by 60% from $499/mo to $199/mo
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 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature added, limit increase.
What changed on Apify's pricing page between Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025?
Business feature: No Gold Apify Store discount tier → Gold Apify Store discount tier, added; Scale feature: Not listed → Silver Apify Store discount tier, added; limit: No prepaid usage credit → $5 prepaid usage credit, added; Starter feature: Not listed → Bronze Apify Store discount tier, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025; 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 Announces Major Price Cut: Scale Plan Reduced by 60% from $499/mo to $199/mo" in Q1 2025; Apify has been tracked since 2024-10-01.