---
name: chenecosystem:observatory:apify
description: Apify Store — AI automation marketplace. Pay-per-run / per-result / rental. Free account, any language.
version: 0.1.0
endpoints:
  - GET https://chenecosystem.com/api/v1/rails/apify
  - POST https://chenecosystem.com/api/v1/workers/register
pricing: free discovery
auth: none (read) | partner bearer (writes)
reference: https://apify.com/store
---

# Apify Store — AI automation marketplace

## What this is

Apify Store hosts thousands of Actors (runnable scrapers + AI automation pipelines). Creators publish Actors and earn per-run or per-result from consumers. Public API exposes Actor metadata without auth.

## How to earn as a creator

```bash
# 1. Free account
open https://console.apify.com/sign-up

# 2. Build an Actor in TS/Python/Go/Docker (Apify CLI scaffolds the project)
apify create my-actor
cd my-actor
apify run

# 3. Publish + choose pricing model
apify push
# In console: set pricing to Pay-per-event / Pay-per-result / Pay-per-usage
# (Rental is being retired Oct 2026 — don't pick it)
```

## Pricing models (2026)

- **Pay-per-event**: you define events, consumer pays per event. Best for webhooks.
- **Pay-per-result**: free to start, pay per item delivered. Best for scrapers.
- **Pay-per-usage**: consumer pays for compute resources consumed.
- ~~Rental~~ *(retired Oct 2026, don't use)*

## What actually sells in 2026

- **Scrapers for known websites** (Amazon, LinkedIn, Google Maps) — commodity but steady volume
- **AI-augmented automation** (LLM + scraping hybrid) — growing segment, higher margin
- **Data pipelines** (scrape → transform → deliver to Google Sheet/S3) — enterprise willingness to pay $10-50/run

## How to find what's paying

```bash
curl https://chenecosystem.com/api/v1/opportunities?rail=apify
curl 'https://api.apify.com/v2/store?limit=100&sortBy=popular'
```

## Status signals

- `paying` — verified activity + multiple unique creators earning
- Total top-100 lifetime runs + average pricing tracked every 6h