# Startupfast Scraper (`iskander/startupfast-scraper`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/iskander/startupfast-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Iskandar Souissi](https://apify.com/iskander) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

### 🚀 Startupfa.st Scraper

Scrape product listings from [startupfa.st](https://www.startupfa.st/) — a directory of SaaS tools, developer products, and indie projects.\
Select a category (or scrape all 38), optionally enrich each listing with full detail-page data including upvotes, pricing, tech stack, and social links.

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#### How to use it

1. [Register a free account](https://console.apify.com/sign-up) and start using this actor right away.
2. Go to the main page of this actor and configure your input.
3. Find all results in the Output tab and export in any format you need.

#### ⚙️ How it works

- **Input:** Choose a category slug (e.g. `ai`, `saas`, `devops`) or `all` to scrape every category. Toggle **Scrape Details** to fetch full product pages.
- **List page:** Extracts name, description, website, logo, categories, and comment count for every product in the category.
- **Detail page** *(scrapeDetails only)*: Fetches each product's page to add upvotes, cover image, pricing model, supported platforms, tech stack, launch date, and social links.
- **Deduplication:** Products appearing in multiple categories are only scraped once.

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#### 🧾 Example Input

```json
{
  "category": "ai",
  "scrapeDetails": true
}
```

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#### 📤 Example Output (single product, scrapeDetails enabled)

```json
{
  "slug": "soniox",
  "name": "Soniox",
  "url": "https://www.startupfa.st/projects/soniox",
  "website": "https://soniox.com",
  "logo": "https://utfs.io/f/abc123",
  "description": "One speech AI API for realtime speech-to-text and audio understanding.",
  "categories": ["Artificial Intelligence", "APIs & Integrations"],
  "comments": 3,
  "cover_image": "https://utfs.io/f/xyz456",
  "upvotes": 42,
  "pricing": "freemium",
  "platforms": ["web"],
  "tech_stack": ["NEXTJS", "AI"],
  "launch_date": "Jun 18, 2025",
  "social_links": {
    "Twitter Link": "https://x.com/soniox_ai"
  }
}
```

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#### 🗂️ Input options

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `category` | string | Category slug or `all`. Defaults to `all`. |
| `scrapeDetails` | boolean | Whether to fetch each product's detail page. Defaults to `false`. |

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#### 🚀 Use Cases

- SaaS market research and competitive analysis
- Building curated directories or newsletters
- Tracking new product launches by category
- Lead generation for developer tools and B2B SaaS

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#### 🧠 Notes

- Categories available: `api`, `ai`, `analytics`, `blockchain`, `cms`, `data-science`, `databases`, `design-tools`, `devops`, `developer-tools`, `ecommerce`, `edtech`, `finance-tech`, `gaming`, `graphics`, `greentech`, `hardware`, `healthtech`, `iot`, `machine-learning`, `marketing-tools`, `mobile-dev`, `nlp`, `open-source`, `platform`, `productivity`, `prototyping`, `robotics`, `saas`, `sales-tools`, `security`, `serverless`, `testing-qa`, `ui-ux`, `wearables`, `web-dev`, `ar-vr`.
- `social_links` is a key-value map (e.g. `{"Twitter Link": "https://x.com/..."}`) — only populated when the product has social links on its listing page.
- Running with `scrapeDetails: false` is significantly faster and sufficient for bulk discovery.

# Actor input Schema

## `category` (type: `string`):

Which category to scrape. Choose "All categories" to scrape every category.

## `scrapeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

When enabled, visits each product page to collect pricing, tech stack, platforms, launch date, cover image, and upvotes. Slower but more complete.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "category": "blockchain",
  "scrapeDetails": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All scraped product listings

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("iskander/startupfast-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("iskander/startupfast-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call iskander/startupfast-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=iskander/startupfast-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/o4g6zwvYdkpgLNdYc/builds/eR79xttqxpc1Mc8Zi/openapi.json