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Apify vs Extract

Apify scores higher on the AgentReady, 74/100 against 71/100. They differ on 16 of the 41 signals. Which ones decides whether an agent can adopt them without a person watching.

What each one is

Apify. Apify is the largest marketplace of trusted tools for AI.

Extract. Vend API Merchant — Six pay-per-call APIs for AI agents settled in Nano (XNO), no signup, no API key.

Where Apify is ahead

Apify passes llms-full.txt / full agent docs, and Extract does not. That is discover, whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists.

Where Extract is ahead

Extract passes search discoverable, and Apify does not. That is discover, whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists.

It also holds understand: authentication documented, pricing understandable, response examples provided and errors and status codes documented. Apify misses those.

And on adopt, self-service signup, no mandatory sales call, programmatic credential creation, free trial or free allowance, official typescript sdk and official python sdk. Apify misses those.

Finally, on operate, canonical workflow succeeds, structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors and retry behavior documented. Apify misses those.

What neither does

Both fail public docs discoverable, openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, limits / constraints documented, fast time to first request, copyable quickstart, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, observable execution, agent compatibility verified. If your agent needs any of those, you will be building it yourself either way.

Score, pillar by pillar

The AgentReady splits into four pillars, scored separately, because a product can be easy to find and still impossible to adopt.

Discover is whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists. Apify leads 100 to 80. Apify misses search discoverable, public docs discoverable; Extract misses public docs discoverable, llms-full.txt / full agent docs.

Understand. Extract leads 69 to 67. Apify misses openapi / spec quality, authentication documented, pricing understandable, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented; Extract misses openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, limits / constraints documented.

Adopt. Extract leads 80 to 63. Apify misses self-service signup, no mandatory sales call, programmatic credential creation, free trial or free allowance, fast time to first request, copyable quickstart, official typescript sdk, official python sdk; Extract misses agent-compatible signup flow, fast time to first request, copyable quickstart.

Operate. Apify leads 67 to 53. Apify misses canonical workflow succeeds, structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, observable execution, agent compatibility verified; Extract misses idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, observable execution, agent compatibility verified.

Pricing

Apify does not publish a machine-readable starting price. Extract starts at 0.0001 XNO and has a free tier.

Signal by signal

Which to pick

Extract clears more of the signals an agent needs, so it is the safer default for unattended use. Full profiles: Apify and Extract. Alternatives to each: Apify, Extract.

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