Apify cuts Starter plan price by $10 to $29/month
What happened
Between the Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 14, 2026 captures of Apify's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Starter plan monthly price decreased from $39 to $29/month, a $10 reduction. All other plan prices (Scale $199, Business $999) remain unchanged. 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 Reduces Free Plan Compute Unit Rate by 25% to $0.3/CU, Enhancing Accessibility for Users" (Q3 2025). Before that Pulse recorded "Apify Introduces $5 Prepaid Usage Credit on Free Plan, Enhancing Access to Apify Store Discounts" (Q2 2025), "Apify Announces Major Price Cut: Scale Plan Reduced by 60% from $499/mo to $199/mo" (Q1 2025) and "Apify Reduces Residential Proxies Price on Free Plan by 23% to $10/GB" (Q3 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.
- Starter · Price−26%$39$29/month
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Price | $39 | $29/month | −26% |
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 Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 14, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where starter price reads $39 and then $29/month.
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Apify, pricing history
Full history- Jul 2, 2026improvedApify: Compute unit pricing cut across all plans + Actor RAM doubled
- Apr 27, 2026packagingApify slashes compute and RAM prices by up to 50% across all plans
- 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 · this change
- 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
- 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
- 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 January 2026?
No — prices went down. Between Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 14, 2026 Apify's pricing page showed 1 price cut: Starter: $39 → $29/month (−26%).
What changed on Apify's pricing page between Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 14, 2026?
Starter price: $39 → $29/month (−26%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 14, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Apify change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Apify in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Apify Reduces Free Plan Compute Unit Rate by 25% to $0.3/CU, Enhancing Accessibility for Users" in Q3 2025; Apify has been tracked since 2024-10-01.