Head to head
Apify vs CRW Web Scraper
Same numbers we show everywhere else, lined up. Ratings come from users, the grade comes from our scanner, adoption comes from public registries.
The short version
Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours CRW Web Scraper (88/100 against 77). Apify is hosted and callable through the gateway; CRW Web Scraper runs on your own machine. CRW Web Scraper has noticeably more public adoption.
| Apify | CRW Web Scraper | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | B77/100 | A88/100 |
| Adoption | Growing | Established |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 1.1k |
| Downloads / week | – | – |
| Runs where | Hosted (remote) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | Yes | No |
| Tools | 39 | — |
| Write actions | 4 | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Last release | 2026-09-19 | 2026-09-19 |
| Category | Scraping and browsing | Scraping and browsing |