# Capterra Scraper (`scrapeai/capterra-scraper`) Actor

Comprehensive Capterra scraper — extract software categories, product listings, product details, user reviews, service providers, and service reviews. Ideal for software market research, competitive analysis, and vendor discovery.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapeai/capterra-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ScrapeAI](https://apify.com/scrapeai) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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

## Capterra Scraper

Extract software listings, reviews, ratings, pricing details, and vendor information from [Capterra](https://www.capterra.com), one of the world’s leading software review and comparison platforms.

### Features

- **Software search** — find tools by category, keyword, or product name
- **Review extraction** — collect user reviews, ratings, pros, cons, and reviewer details
- **Pricing details** — extract plan pricing, free trial availability, and subscription models
- **Product specifications** — gather software features, integrations, deployment type, and supported platforms
- **Vendor information** — collect company details, website, and support contact information
- **Category browsing** — scrape software listings by category or industry
- **Structured JSON output** — clean data ready for analytics, research, or integrations
- **Cloud-ready** — runs on Apify with scheduling, proxy rotation, dataset exports, API access, and webhook support

### Use Cases

- SaaS competitor benchmarking
- Software pricing analysis
- Customer sentiment and review analysis
- Feature comparison across tools
- Building software directories and recommendation engines
- Market research and product discovery

#### Example Input

```json
{
  "categoryUrl": "https://www.capterra.com/project-management-software/",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

### Example Output

```json
{
	"type": "product",
	"name": "4.4 (76)",
	"url": "https://www.capterra.com/p/68588/Intervals/reviews/",
	"vendor": "vendor_value",
	"rating": "5",
	"reviewCount": "review_count",
	"price": "price_value",
	"description": "Take control of your projects and find out where your time is going with customizable workflows and detailed, meaningful reports. Learn more about Intervals",
	"scrapedAt": "2026-06-22T12:26:11.294Z"
}
```

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Scraping mode to use.

## `categoryUrl` (type: `string`):

Capterra category page URL (e.g. https://www.capterra.com/project-management-software/). Used for 'products' mode.

## `searchTerm` (type: `string`):

Keyword to search for software products or resources.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Direct Capterra URLs to scrape (product pages, review pages, service pages).

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

Maximum number of items to scrape.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings to avoid IP blocking. Recommended: Apify Residential proxy.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "products",
  "categoryUrl": "https://www.capterra.com/project-management-software/",
  "searchTerm": "crm software",
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.capterra.com/p/44158/Slack/"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "mode": "products",
    "categoryUrl": "https://www.capterra.com/project-management-software/",
    "searchTerm": "crm software",
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.capterra.com/p/44158/Slack/"
        }
    ],
    "maxItems": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapeai/capterra-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 = {
    "mode": "products",
    "categoryUrl": "https://www.capterra.com/project-management-software/",
    "searchTerm": "crm software",
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.capterra.com/p/44158/Slack/" }],
    "maxItems": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapeai/capterra-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 '{
  "mode": "products",
  "categoryUrl": "https://www.capterra.com/project-management-software/",
  "searchTerm": "crm software",
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.capterra.com/p/44158/Slack/"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 10
}' |
apify call scrapeai/capterra-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/yIlPg3KU1BIcUX0RO/builds/Bo5fLeIcamkfrGOVi/openapi.json