Apify slashes compute and RAM prices by up to 50% across all plans
What happened
Between the Apr 20, 2026 and Apr 27, 2026 captures of Apify's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Compute unit rates decreased across all plans: Free/Starter $0.3→$0.2/CU, Scale $0.25→$0.16/CU, Business $0.2→$0.13/CU. Request queue writes also decreased by ~50% across all tiers; Actor RAM add-on price decreased from $2/GB to $1/GB. Request queue 1,000 writes decreased across all plans from $0.02/$0.018/$0.016 to $0.01/$0.009/$0.008. Pulse files it as a pricing change (price decrease, add-on change) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Sep 7, 2026) lists Starter at $26, Scale at $179 and Business at $899.
It lands 15 days after Apify's previous change, "Apify cuts Starter plan price to $29/month with matched credits" (Apr 11, 2026). 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, Scale, Business · Price−33%$0.3$0.2/CU
- All plans · Add-on−50%$2/GB$1/GB
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter, Scale, Business | Price | $0.3 | $0.2/CU | −33% |
| All plans | Add-on | $2/GB | $1/GB | −50% |
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 20, 2026 and Apr 27, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where starter, scale, business price reads $0.3 and then $0.2/CU.
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Apify, the last 90 days
Full history- Aug 31, 2026packagingApify slashes Free plan's concurrent Actor runs from 25 to 5
- Jun 29, 2026improvedApify doubles Actor RAM limits across all tiers to 512 GB max
- 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 · this change
- Apr 11, 2026decreaseApify cuts Starter plan price to $29/month with matched credits
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 April 2026?
No — prices went down. Between Apr 20, 2026 and Apr 27, 2026 Apify's pricing page showed 1 price cut: Starter, Scale, Business: $0.3 → $0.2/CU (−33%).
What changed on Apify's pricing page between Apr 20, 2026 and Apr 27, 2026?
Starter, Scale, Business price: $0.3 → $0.2/CU (−33%); All plans add-on: $2/GB → $1/GB (−50%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 20, 2026 and Apr 27, 2026; 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 cuts Starter plan price to $29/month with matched credits" on Apr 11, 2026; Apify has been tracked since 2024-10-01.