# SoftwareAdvice Reviews Scraper (`kawsar/softwareadvice-reviews-scraper`) Actor

SoftwareAdvice review scraper that extracts ratings, reviewer details, pros and cons from product pages in bulk, so you can run competitive analysis without manual browsing.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/kawsar/softwareadvice-reviews-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Kawsar](https://apify.com/kawsar) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools, E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.90 / 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.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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".

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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

## SoftwareAdvice Reviews Scraper

Extract SoftwareAdvice reviews from any product profile page. Pass a URL, get back ratings, reviewer job titles, pros and cons, and sub-scores for ease of use, customer support, features, and value for money.

Scrape one product or batch dozens at once. Filter by star rating, pick a sort order, and cap total output.

***

### What you get per review

- Overall star rating plus sub-ratings (ease of use, customer support, features, value for money)
- Reviewer name, job title, and company size
- Pros and cons text, full review body
- Review date and helpful vote count
- Verified reviewer flag
- Product aggregate rating and total review count

***

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `productUrl` | String | | SoftwareAdvice product profile URL |
| `productUrls` | List | | Batch list of product URLs |
| `maxReviews` | Integer | 100 | Max reviews per product (up to 1000) |
| `sortBy` | Select | most-helpful | most-helpful, most-recent, highest-rated, lowest-rated |
| `minRating` | Integer | 1 | Minimum star rating to include (1 to 5) |
| `maxItems` | Integer | 100 | Total output cap across all products |
| `requestTimeoutSecs` | Integer | 30 | Per-request timeout in seconds |

#### Single product

```json
{
  "productUrl": "https://www.softwareadvice.com/crm/salesforce-profile/",
  "maxReviews": 50,
  "sortBy": "most-recent",
  "minRating": 3
}
```

#### Batch

```json
{
  "productUrls": [
    "https://www.softwareadvice.com/crm/salesforce-profile/",
    "https://www.softwareadvice.com/project-management/asana-profile/",
    "https://www.softwareadvice.com/accounting/quickbooks-profile/"
  ],
  "maxReviews": 200,
  "maxItems": 1000
}
```

***

### Output

One dataset record per review. Example:

```json
{
  "productName": "Salesforce Sales Cloud",
  "productUrl": "https://www.softwareadvice.com/crm/salesforce-profile/",
  "productCategory": "Crm",
  "overallRating": 4.4,
  "totalReviews": 18543,
  "reviewId": "1234567",
  "reviewHeadline": "Powerful but takes time to configure",
  "reviewerName": "Sarah M.",
  "reviewerRole": "Sales Manager",
  "reviewerCompany": "51-200 employees",
  "reviewDate": "2024-08-15",
  "ratingOverall": 4.0,
  "ratingEaseOfUse": 3.5,
  "ratingCustomerSupport": 4.0,
  "ratingFeatures": 5.0,
  "ratingValueForMoney": 3.5,
  "prosText": "Extremely customizable. Integrates with every tool we use.",
  "consText": "Steep learning curve. Implementation took months.",
  "reviewBody": "We have been using Salesforce for two years. The reporting is excellent once you figure out how to build it.",
  "isVerified": true,
  "helpfulCount": 12,
  "scrapedAt": "2024-09-01T10:23:45+00:00"
}
```

***

### Common uses

- Compare how real users rate competing CRM, ERP, or HR tools before a purchase decision
- Pull reviews for a vendor shortlist and feed them into your own analysis pipeline
- Track sentiment shifts over time for a specific software category
- Build a review aggregation dataset from SoftwareAdvice alongside G2 or Capterra

***

### Notes

- Product URLs must be SoftwareAdvice profile pages (paths ending in `-profile/`)
- Reviews with no star rating are included unless you set `minRating`
- If a product page returns no reviews, the actor writes an error record with the URL and reason
- You can combine `productUrl` and `productUrls` in a single run; duplicates are deduplicated

***

### Support

Open an issue on the Issues tab in Apify Console if something breaks or you need a new feature.

# Actor input Schema

## `productUrl` (type: `string`):

URL of a SoftwareAdvice product page (profile URL or /reviews/ sub-page — both work).

## `productUrls` (type: `array`):

Scrape multiple products in one run. Combine with Product URL to mix single and batch. Duplicates are removed automatically.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum total reviews to collect across all products in this run. Each product page provides up to 10 reviews per request.

## `minRating` (type: `integer`):

Only include reviews with this star rating or higher (1 to 5).

## `requestTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Per-request timeout in seconds.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "productUrl": "https://www.softwareadvice.com/crm/salesforce-profile/",
  "productUrls": [
    "https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/2764-Salesforce/",
    "https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/3232-Asana/",
    "https://www.softwareadvice.com/crm/hubspot-crm-profile/"
  ],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "minRating": 1,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 30
}
```

# 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 = {
    "productUrl": "https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/2764-Salesforce/"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("kawsar/softwareadvice-reviews-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 = { "productUrl": "https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/2764-Salesforce/" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("kawsar/softwareadvice-reviews-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 '{
  "productUrl": "https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/2764-Salesforce/"
}' |
apify call kawsar/softwareadvice-reviews-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/fS8LLTVT9ivPt2sDd/builds/quxcDVpUsEJGBl2KZ/openapi.json