How much does Apify cost at 150 compute units per month?

At 150 compute units/mo the cheapest Apify plan is Starter ($19 credit at $0.20/CU) at $30/mo, of which $11 (36.7%) is overage. Watch out: Each plan's fee comes back as prepaid platform credit in dollars. Store actor fees, proxies and storage spend the same credit as compute, so fewer compute units are left.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Apify?

Apify is the cheapest of the 1 tools we track in this category at 150 compute units/mo ($30/mo).

Does Apify offer an annual billing discount?

At 150 compute units/mo, annual billing drops Apify from $360 to $337.20 per year — $22.80 saved (6.3%).

Apify pricing calculator: hidden fees & tier break-even

Turnkey cloud web scrapers from the Apify Store (Google Maps, TikTok, LinkedIn and more) and headless browser automation.

Prices checked Oct 23, 2026 against Apify's official pricing page.

Cheapest plan at 150 compute units/mo

$30/mo

Starter ($19 credit at $0.20/CU)

Hidden overage in that bill

$11/mo

36.7% of the total

Effective unit cost

$200

per 1k compute units

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Monthly volume150 compute units

102,500

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Cheapest plan: Starter ($19 credit at $0.20/CU)

$30/mo

$360/yr · $200 per 1k compute units

Plan price: $19 (63.3%)
Usage above plan: $11 (36.7%)

$11/mo (36.7%) of this bill is overage on Starter ($19 credit at $0.20/CU). Tier jump ahead: at 1,000 compute units/mo the cheapest plan becomes Scale ($199 credit at $0.16/CU) at $199/mo (+$169/mo vs. today).

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Break-even across 5 volume pointsCheapest plan per tool · monthly billing · 1 seat

$50

$125

$200

$300

$400

25010%

62525%

1,25050%

1,87575%

2,500100%

Volume in compute units/mo. Labels mark the cheaper tool at each point; hover a bar for its exact cost.

Monthly cost at each benchmark volume
Volume	Apify
250	$50
625	$125
1,250	$200.12
1,875	$300.12
2,500	$400.12

Hidden billing gotchas

Each plan's fee comes back as prepaid platform credit in dollars. Store actor fees, proxies and storage spend the same credit as compute, so fewer compute units are left.
Usage past the credit is billed automatically at the plan's compute-unit rate up to your usage limit, and invoiced early once it reaches $20 on Starter or $200 on higher plans. Unused credit expires monthly.
1 compute unit is 1 GB of RAM for 1 hour, so a scraper using 8 GB of memory burns 8× the units of a 1 GB one. Residential proxy traffic costs $7–$8 per GB depending on plan.
The free plan stops at $5 of usage until the next billing cycle.

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At 150 compute units/mo, Apify costs $30/mo on Starter ($19 credit at $0.20/CU)

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Apify plans & overage rates

Tier	Monthly	Annual (per mo)	Included	Overage	Seats
Free ($5 credit)	$0	$0	25	Capped	999
Starter ($19 credit at $0.20/CU)	$19	$17.10−10.0%	95	$0.20 each	999
Scale ($199 credit at $0.16/CU)	$199	$179.10−10.0%	1,244	$0.16 each	999
Business ($999 credit at $0.13/CU)	$999	$899.10−10.0%	7,685	$0.13 each	999

Units: compute units. Overage is billed per started block of 1 unit above the tier allowance; capped tiers stop at their allowance. Each tier's seat limit is a hard ceiling — bigger teams must move up a plan.

Tier break-even points

30 compute units/moFree ($5 credit) → Starter ($19 credit at $0.20/CU) becomes cheapest at $19/mo
1,000 compute units/moStarter ($19 credit at $0.20/CU) → Scale ($199 credit at $0.16/CU) becomes cheapest at $199/mo