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title: "LookValid vs Apify: prices and coverage"
url: "https://lookvalid.com/compare/apify.md"
canonical_url: "https://lookvalid.com/compare/apify"
last_updated: "2026-10-23"
type: "reference"
summary: "Apify prices and terms read 2026-10-18, and where LookValid's phone, email, IP and website lookups fit beside them."
---

# LookValid vs Apify: prices and coverage

Apify prices and terms read 2026-10-18, and where LookValid's phone, email, IP and website lookups fit beside them.

LookValid does not sell web data; Apify does. Apify sells a platform for running scraping and automation programs, with monthly plans that include prepaid usage credit plus metered overage. Per-unit prices for compute, proxies and storage drop on higher plans. This page lists only what Apify publishes and where LookValid's own lookups sit next to it.

## Side by side

| Term | Apify | LookValid |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it sells | Web data. | Does not sell web data |
| How it bills | Credits and subscriptions | Monthly credit plans, one balance for every lookup |
| Entry price | $0 (Free: per month, includes $5 of usage credit) ([source](https://apify.com/pricing)) | Not applicable |
| Lowest per 1,000 | $1.5 (Unblocker (Starter)) ([source](https://apify.com/pricing)) | Not applicable |
| Free option | A $0 plan with $5 of monthly usage credit and no card needed; usage stops until the next cycle once the credit is spent. ([source](https://apify.com/pricing)) | Not applicable |
| Credit expiry | Unused prepaid usage vanishes when the billing cycle ends. ([source](https://apify.com/pricing)) | Not applicable |
| Contract minimum | Plans can be upgraded, downgraded or cancelled at any time in billing settings. ([source](https://apify.com/pricing)) | Not applicable |
| API access | Runs are called through an API token, and agents can buy a temporary capped token without an account. ([source](https://apify.com/pricing)) | Not applicable |
| Rate limits | Concurrent run cap is 5 on Free, 32 on Starter, 128 on Scale and 256 on Business. ([source](https://apify.com/pricing)) | Not applicable |
| Support | Community on Free, chat on Starter, priority chat on Scale, an account manager on Business. ([source](https://apify.com/pricing)) | Not applicable |

## What Apify publishes

| Plan or product | Price | Covers | Per 1,000 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | per month, includes $5 of usage credit |  |
| Starter | $19 | per month, includes $19 of usage credit, compute at $0.2 per unit |  |
| Scale | $199 | per month, includes $199 of usage credit, compute at $0.16 per unit |  |
| Business | $999 | per month, includes $999 of usage credit, compute at $0.13 per unit |  |
| Google SERP proxies (Starter) | $2.5 | per 1,000 search result pages | $2.5 |
| Unblocker (Starter) | $1.5 | per 1,000 requests | $1.5 |
| Residential proxies (Starter) | $8 | per GB of traffic |  |
| Concurrent runs add-on | $5 | per run, extra simultaneous runs of one Actor |  |

### Limits Apify states

- On the free plan, access is blocked until the next month once the included credit runs out. ([source](https://apify.com/pricing))
- Paid plans bill any usage above the included credit on the next invoice. ([source](https://apify.com/pricing))
- Datacenter proxy IPs are capped per plan: 5 on Free, 30 on Starter, 200 on Scale, 500 on Business. ([source](https://apify.com/pricing))

## Which to choose

LookValid does not sell web data. If that is the job, Apify's own pages above are the place to price it. LookValid covers phone, email domain, IP and website lookups on one key and one credit balance.

## Questions

### What is Apify?

Apify sells a platform for running scraping and automation programs, with monthly plans that include prepaid usage credit plus metered overage. Per-unit prices for compute, proxies and storage drop on higher plans.

### What does Apify cost?

Free is listed at $0 (per month, includes $5 of usage credit) on the page we read on 2026-10-18. The lowest per-1,000 figure there is $1.5 for Unblocker (Starter).

### How is Apify different from LookValid?

Apify sells web data; LookValid does not.

### Can I try Apify for free?

A $0 plan with $5 of monthly usage credit and no card needed; usage stops until the next cycle once the credit is spent.

## Sources

- https://apify.com/pricing, read 2026-10-18

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