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Top 10 AI APIs & Scrapers in 2026 — Ranked by Active Users

Looking for the best ai tools? I put together a list of the top 10 most popular ones on Apify, ranked by active users.

1. Google Search Results Scraper

146K users | 4.5/5 rating | Pay per event

Scrape Google Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs). Select the country or language and extract organic and paid results, AI Mode, AI overviews, ads, qu

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2. Website Content Crawler

137K users | 4.7/5 rating | Free

Crawl websites and extract text content to feed AI models, LLM applications, vector databases, or RAG pipelines. The Actor supports rich formatting us

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3. Reddit Scraper Lite

31K users | 4.6/5 rating | Pay per event

Pay Per Result, unlimited Reddit web scraper to crawl posts, comments, communities, and users without login. Limit web scraping by number of posts or

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4. Posts Search Scraper for LinkedIn | No Cookies

10K users | 4.3/5 rating | Pay per event

Scrape LinkedIn posts by keyword without login. Get post content, reactions, author details, and media. Sort by relevance or date. Perfect for researc

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5. Reddit Scraper - Posts, Comments, Search & Subreddits ($2/1k)

6K users | 5.0/5 rating | Pay per event

Scrape Reddit posts, comments, subreddits, user profiles, and keyword search results - no API key, no rate limits, no login. From $2 per 1,000 results

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6. RAG Web Browser

121K users | 3.7/5 rating | Free

Web search and fetch tool for AI agents and RAG pipelines. It queries Google Search, scrapes the top N pages using a full web browser, and returns the

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7. OpenRouter

6K users | 4.7/5 rating | Pay per event

You can use any AI LLM model without accounts in AI providers. Use this Actor as a proxy for all requests. Use pay-per-event pricing to pay only for t

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8. Smart Article Extractor

8K users | 4.1/5 rating | Free

📰 Smart Article Extractor extracts articles from any scientific, academic, or news website with just one click. The extractor crawls the whole websit

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9. Instagram Comment Bot

1K users | 5.0/5 rating | Pay per event

A simple automated Instagram bot that comments on posts and reels. You can target specific posts by URL to find posts to comment on.

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10. YouTube Subtitle Scraper AI

14 users | New rating | Pay per event

Transcribe YouTube videos by extracting subtitles and metadata, and push the results directly to the Apify Dataset.

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Why Apify?

All of these tools run in the cloud with zero setup. No servers, no proxies, no code. Just configure your inputs and get structured data back as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Every new account gets $5/month in free creditssign up here.

Want to see all 26,000+ tools? Check out the full directory on GitHub.

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