# Apify: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/apify

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Competitive intelligence tools](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/competitive-intelligence/index.md) | 0% | 90 | 50% | 2 |

## And against it

- "compute-intensive scraping can become expensive with tools like Apify" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Competitive intel)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Apify, from 6 of the 6 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- g2.com: 3
- blog.apify.com: 2 (its own site)
- blog.hootsuite.com: 2
- gane.ai/index: 2
- levellr.com: 2
- marketintelligencetools.com: 2
- meltwater.com: 2
- aaronhall.com: 1
- aiclicks.io: 1
- aipeakflow.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://blog.apify.com/best-competitive-intelligence-tools: 2
- https://levellr.com/competitive-intelligence-tools-compared: 2
- https://meltwater.com/en/blog/competitive-intelligence-tools: 2
- https://aaronhall.com/risks-of-using-competitive-intelligence-materials: 1
- https://aiclicks.io/blog/best-competitive-intelligence-tools: 1
- https://aipeakflow.com/competitive-intelligence-tools: 1
- https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.20322: 1
- https://avenue9.com/blog/where-not-to-use-ai-in-your-marketing-with-john-sampogna: 1

## In its own words

What Apify's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Marketplace of ready-to-run tools for AI (https://apify.com/)
- For: AI agents and apps (https://apify.com/)
- Price stated: Free (https://apify.com/)
- Starting price: 0 (https://apify.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Free (https://apify.com/)
- Certifications: GDPR, CCPA, SOC 2 Type II
- Customers named: Intercom, Groupon, EU

## What it publishes

Every page apify.com exposes, read 2026-10-05: 696411 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 842 pages, 18 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-10-01
- case study: 49 pages, 13 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-18
- webinar or virtual event: 233 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-07
- conference or event: 1244 pages, 29 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-17
- report or ebook: 9607 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-03
- comparison: 2276 pages, 33 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-10-02
- template or tool: 447 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 262 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-16
- podcast or video: 1711 pages, 53 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-30
- news or press: 1043 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-30
- Recent: 2026-10-02 comparison: AI agent or MCP server? https://blog.apify.com/ai-agent-vs-mcp-server
- Recent: 2026-10-01 blog: Claude refused to rank my Google Trends data, then guessed https://blog.apify.com/google-trends-compare-keywords
- Recent: 2026-10-01 blog: Martina gelnerova data career change https://blog.apify.com/martina-gelnerova-data-career-change
- Recent: 2026-10-01 blog: Keep your LlamaIndex RAG app fresh https://blog.apify.com/llamaindex-rag-web-data
- Recent: 2026-09-30 comparison: Apify vs. Firecrawl: which one fits your web data job? https://blog.apify.com/firecrawl-vs-apify
- Recent: 2026-09-30 blog: Give your LangGraph agent real-time web data https://blog.apify.com/langgraph-agent-web-data

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.