Magpie vs Apify · Checked 17 Sep 2026

Apify or Magpie for marketplace data?

Apify gives you a platform and a store of scrapers for almost any website. Magpie gives you one maintained API for Southeast Asian marketplaces, including monthly sales and market share.

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Two different tools, in two paragraphs.

Magpie

One API run by one team, for ecommerce marketplaces only. The Data API serves monthly GMV, units sold, prices and market share across five Southeast Asian marketplaces. The Scraping API fetches live product pages, listings and search results with the same key.

Apify

A cloud platform for running scrapers, called Actors, plus a store of tens of thousands of them. Most store Actors are built and maintained by independent developers. The store has many Actors for Shopee, TikTok Shop, Tokopedia and Lazada, and a few for Blibli. You can also build and host your own.

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The differences that matter.

MagpieApify
What you buyA maintained marketplace dataset, plus on-demand page scrapingPlatform time and store Actors, or hosting for scrapers you build
Southeast Asian marketplacesShopee, Tokopedia, TikTok Shop, Lazada and BlibliCommunity Actors for all five; dozens for Shopee alone
Who maintains the scraperMagpie, for every endpointEach Actor's author; quality and upkeep vary by Actor
Output formatOne schema per endpoint, documented in one placeEach Actor defines its own output
Sales history and market shareMonthly GMV, units and share by SKU, brand, merchant and categoryNot a maintained dataset; you store and aggregate each run's output yourself
Other websitesMarketplaces only, plus Amazon in ten countriesAlmost any website
Pricing modelPrepaid credits, charged only for rows or items returned; no subscriptionMonthly platform plan plus usage; most store Actors charge per event or result
Free startFree trial credits, and free exact cost estimates before any exportFree plan with a monthly usage allowance
AI agentsMCP connector on the same API keyApify MCP server for running Actors from AI agents

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Which one fits your work.

Choose Magpie if

  • You want one supported API for Shopee, Tokopedia, TikTok Shop, Lazada and Blibli instead of separate Actors from different authors.
  • You need monthly sales history and market share, not just today's pages.
  • You want the same fields and category tree on every marketplace, so your pipeline does not change per source.
  • You do not want to host, schedule or fix scrapers.

Choose Apify if

  • You need data from websites beyond marketplaces.
  • You want to build and run your own scrapers on managed infrastructure.
  • You want to try several community Actors for a one-off job.
  • You need a marketplace field that Magpie's endpoints do not return.

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Questions people ask.

Are there Shopee scrapers on Apify?

Yes. When we checked on 17 Sep 2026, the Apify Store had many Shopee Actors, and Actors for Tokopedia, Lazada, TikTok Shop and Blibli. They are published by independent developers, so pricing, output and maintenance differ between them.

What is the difference between an Apify Actor and a Magpie endpoint?

An Actor is a program someone published to the Apify Store; you pick one and run it. A Magpie endpoint is part of one API that Magpie maintains, with one documented schema, one key and one credit balance across every marketplace.

Does Magpie have historical data?

Yes, for the Data API. It serves monthly metrics per SKU, brand, merchant and category. Available months vary by market and category; the catalog call lists exactly what you can query. Scraping API calls return the page as it is at the time of the call.

Can I use Magpie from an AI agent the way I use Apify's MCP server?

Yes. Magpie has an MCP connector that uses the same API key as the REST APIs.

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More comparisons.

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