Who Apify is for, and who BeReach is for
Apify is for someone who needs data off the open web, from many sites, on their own terms. Thousands of pre-built Actors, your own code if you want it, and LinkedIn as one platform among hundreds.
BeReach is for someone who wants LinkedIn conversations. It finds the people who just showed interest, writes the first line, and sends it from your own account once you approve it.
They only overlap in one place: finding people on LinkedIn. Everything either side of that is a different job.
The honest difference: rows in a dataset, or people with a reason attached
Apify has been around since 2015 and has built serious data infrastructure.
Thousands of pre-built tools. The Apify Store lists more than 80,000 Actors (Apify Store, checked October 2026). LinkedIn, Instagram, Google Maps, Amazon, TikTok, real estate. If a website exists, there is probably an Apify Actor for it. This breadth is unmatched by any LinkedIn-focused tool.
Multi-platform data pipelines. Chain tools that pull from LinkedIn, Google Maps, and company websites into one unified dataset. For research projects that span multiple platforms, Apify handles this natively.
Developer-friendly. Build custom tools in JavaScript or Python. Flexible output formats, webhooks, and data warehouse integrations. Full control for engineering teams.
Enterprise infrastructure. Proxy management, compute scaling, scheduled runs, cloud execution at scale.
Generous free tier. $5 in platform credit per month per account, no credit card needed. Enough to test most tools. Paid plans run Starter $19/mo, Scale $199/mo and Business $999/mo, each billed monthly per account and each including the same dollar amount in platform credit (about 10 percent less on annual billing).
On LinkedIn specifically, Apify is mostly about pulling data together. Community Actors can send invitations or messages, but there is no first line written for you, no reply tracking and no workflow. You get rows in a dataset, not a plan for who to talk to next. Build a list of 1,000 profiles with Apify and you still have to work out who matters and what to say, and whatever tool you use next will not share the same data or deduplication.
BeReach covers the path from a sentence to a sent message:
It finds the right people. Search people, companies, jobs and posts in public data, then build a focused list.
It spots who just showed interest. People who posted about something relevant to you, used to work at a customer, or, with your account connected, liked or commented on a post, so the first line has something real to say.
It reads each person first. It reads public profiles and activity, and every person comes back with the public move that put them on your list.
It writes the first line. Connection notes, messages and replies, one per person. You review and approve every draft, and approved messages go out from your own account.
It keeps the replies in one place. List, read and search your conversations, with an unread count so nothing sits untouched.
It keeps the outreach moving. Drafts, pending conversations and next steps in one queue, so you always know who to write to next.
It tracks performance. Engagement on your own posts and your follower count.
Built-in CRM (0 credits). Contacts, campaigns, search and stats, all at zero credit cost, in the same place as everything else.
An API to build on. An agentic API for outreach with webhooks for real-time reply notifications, agent state persistence for AI integrations, and multi-account management under a single key.
You say it once: "Heads of product at fintech companies who comment on posts about user onboarding, and write a note for each one." It does the legwork and hands you the drafts. Nothing to configure, no data to move between tools, and you stay in control of every send.
Apify gives you a spreadsheet of profiles. BeReach gives you conversations with people who just showed interest in your topic. The difference is context, and context is measurable: according to Belkins' 2026 study of more than 15 million LinkedIn contacts, messages to existing connections replied at 12.2 percent against 7.95 percent for connection requests to new prospects.
What you give up either way
What you give up with Apify:
- Everything after the data. No first line, no reply tracking, no send queue.
- One place for it all. Whatever you use to write and send will not share Apify's data or its deduplication.
- A LinkedIn-shaped answer. Actors are community-built and vary in quality and upkeep (the LinkedIn post ones are compared in LinkedIn post scraper tools compared), and LinkedIn is one platform among thousands rather than the product.
What you give up with BeReach:
- Multi-platform data. Instagram, Google Maps, Amazon, TikTok, and thousands more. BeReach is LinkedIn only.
- Custom tool development. Building your own Actors in JavaScript or Python.
- Enterprise data infrastructure. Proxy pools, compute scaling, data warehousing integrations.
- Email finding. Community Actors for contact enrichment.
If your work spans multiple platforms, Apify covers that. If you are also weighing PhantomBuster, see PhantomBuster alternatives.
Less searching.
More conversations.
Tell Vera who you want to reach. Review the first message. Take it from there.
Ask Vera to find leads
Feature by feature
These are the rows where the two tools actually diverge, Apify on the left and BeReach on the right. Start with the first three rows, because they decide what you have to hand over before any of this runs.
| Apify | BeReach | |
|---|---|---|
| Where the LinkedIn work runs | In Apify's cloud, as Actor runs you trigger | Server-side on public data, then from your own connected account at the send |
| Who maintains the LinkedIn tool | Third-party Store developers. The people search Actor is published by a community developer, not by Apify | BeReach, as one first-party system |
| Sends connection requests or messages | Not a platform capability. Apify runs Actors and returns datasets. Anything that sends would be a third-party Actor you vet and operate yourself | Yes, from your own connected account |
| Human approval before every send | Not applicable at the platform level | Yes. Every message is approved by you before it goes out |
| Reply inbox and conversation tracking | No | Yes. List, read and search replies in one place, with unread counts |
| Daily pacing on the base plan | Not applicable. The published run limit is concurrency, 32 parallel Actor runs on Starter | 300 profile visits (120 per hour), 70 messages (280 a week); invitations at least 180 s apart with no fixed cap, planned at about 100 a week |
| MCP connector | Yes, at mcp.apify.com. OAuth or API token, with dynamic Actor discovery | Yes, at mcp.bereach.ai. OAuth, with a curated 27-tool surface |
| AI model included in the plan | No. Plans include platform credit, not a model | Yes. One included model, no key to bring and no model picker |
| Extra fee per LinkedIn tool | Sometimes. Curious Coder's LinkedIn people search scraper no longer charges its $20.00/month rental and is now free to run: you pay only Apify platform usage on top of your plan (Apify Store, checked October 2026). Other Store Actors for the same job are usage-priced with no monthly fee too | No. Every LinkedIn capability is in the plan price |
| Free trial of a paid plan | None published. There is a free tier instead | 14 days |
| Team seats included | Not published. Apify lists no seat count and no seat charge | Not seat-priced. The plan covers the whole workspace |
One thing to check before you build on a Store Actor: according to Apify's own store documentation, checked in August 2026, the rental pricing model that several LinkedIn Actors use is being retired on a published 2026 timetable. Since 1 April, no new rental Actors can be published and existing ones cannot be repriced, which is why Apify's publishing docs now list only pay per event and pay per usage for new Actors. On 1 October, rental retires fully and anything still on it moves to pay per usage. If the LinkedIn Actor you depend on still charges a monthly rental, ask its developer what it moves to.
What you'll actually pay
| Apify | BeReach | |
|---|---|---|
| LinkedIn list building | From $19/mo per account billed monthly (Starter) + usage above the included credit | Free tools (sign-in needed) |
| BeReach API | Not available (data only) | Included from €99/mo (Pro) |
| AI that finds people and writes the first line | Not available | Included in €99/mo |
| 2 LinkedIn accounts | Not applicable | Included in €99/mo (Pro) |
| 3 LinkedIn accounts | Not applicable | €199/mo (Max) |
| 5 LinkedIn accounts | Not applicable | €299/mo (Max+) |
| Multi-platform data | $19-999/mo per account billed monthly | Not available |
| Pricing model | Plan fee plus usage (compute + proxy + Actor fees) | One monthly plan per workspace, all included |
| Credits roll over? | No, unused credit expires at the end of each billing cycle | N/A (one monthly allowance) |
| Built-in CRM | No | Yes (0 credits) |
| Webhooks | Yes (run events) | Yes (DM notifications) |
| AI agent | No | Yes |
| Free option | Free tier ($5/mo platform credit) | Free tools and chat + 14-day trial |
For LinkedIn, BeReach's free list-building tools replace the $19/month Starter plan you would otherwise need on Apify. At €99/month billed monthly you get the list and the first line, which would take several tools to approximate with Apify. The AI is included in every plan, so there is no API key to bring and no separate AI bill on top of your monthly rate. Current plans, account limits, and the 14-day free trial live on the BeReach pricing page. You can try the LinkedIn sourcing half right now with our free LinkedIn people search tool.
What a team of one, three or five actually pays
Neither tool charges per seat, so the thing to look for is not headcount. It is which number moves: on Apify the bill moves with how much you extract, on BeReach it moves with how many LinkedIn accounts you connect.
| Scenario | Apify monthly | BeReach monthly | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 person, 1 LinkedIn account | $19 Starter, plus usage above the included $19 of platform credit | €99 Pro, covers 2 LinkedIn accounts | Apify's $19 is a plan fee with $19 of credit inside it. Compute, proxy and any Actor fee are drawn from that credit, and the remainder expires at the end of the cycle |
| 3 people, 3 LinkedIn accounts | $19 Starter, the same fee, plus usage. No seat charge is published | €199 Max, covers 3 LinkedIn accounts | Headcount is not Apify's billing axis, volume is. Three people extracting three times as much burn through the included credit three times as fast |
| 5 people, 5 LinkedIn accounts | $19 Starter still, or $199 Scale once usage outgrows the Starter credit, plus usage above the included amount | €299 Max+, covers 5 LinkedIn accounts | Apify's step up is triggered by consumption, never by headcount. BeReach's step up is triggered by connected LinkedIn accounts, and the price is the same whether one person or five people use it |
Billing basis: Apify is billed monthly per account, and annual billing takes 10 percent off, so $17, $179 and $899 a month. Included platform credit does not roll over and expires at the end of each billing cycle. BeReach is billed monthly per workspace, not per seat, and the plan is keyed to connected LinkedIn accounts: Pro €99 for 2, Max €199 for 3, Max+ €299 for 5.
For multi-platform data, Apify is the only choice. BeReach does LinkedIn and nothing else.
When to pick which
Pick Apify if:
- You need data from multiple websites, not just LinkedIn
- You're building data pipelines for research or enrichment
- Your team has developers building custom tools
- You need enterprise-scale data infrastructure
Pick BeReach if:
- LinkedIn is your primary channel and you want the whole workflow in one place
- You want the list, the context and the first line in one platform
- You're building AI-powered LinkedIn workflows (agent state, webhooks)
- You prefer one all-included plan over usage-based billing
- You want warm outreach that turns interest into actual conversations
Use both if:
- BeReach for LinkedIn (find the people, get the first line). Apify for everything else (Instagram, Google Maps, websites). They complement each other perfectly.
The honest take
Apify is the best general-purpose data platform available. If you need data from multiple websites, it's hard to beat.
But for LinkedIn specifically, Apify stops at the data. It hands you the rows and leaves the rest to you. BeReach covers the entire LinkedIn workflow: find the right people in public data, build lists, get the first line written, and keep replies and analytics in one place. You review every message and send it from your own account. All from €99/month billed monthly, covering 2 connected LinkedIn accounts.
If you just need public profile data in a spreadsheet, Apify works. If you want that data turned into meetings, BeReach is the complete platform. You can see how BeReach measures up against other LinkedIn tools in more head to head comparisons of LinkedIn tools.
FAQ
How does BeReach compare to Apify for LinkedIn?
BeReach covers the whole LinkedIn workflow: finding the right people in public data, building the list, writing the first line that goes out from your own account only after your approval, plus reply management and analytics. Apify offers community-built LinkedIn tools, mostly data scrapers, plus a few little-used actors that send invites or messages. BeReach finds and writes. Apify is mostly data.
What does BeReach's AI agent do?
It handles everything before the send. It finds the people who just showed interest, reads their public profiles and writes the first line for each. You review each draft and send it from your own account. The value is in the work it takes off you: finding people, reading them and drafting what to say.
Are BeReach's list-building tools really free?
Yes. Free tools: search posts, people, companies, likes, comments, and more. All free, with CSV export. They cover most LinkedIn list-building use cases.
Can I build on the BeReach API like I can with Apify?
Yes. The BeReach API is an agentic API for outreach that supports n8n, Make, Zapier, and direct REST calls. It includes webhooks for real-time reply notifications, agent state persistence for AI integrations, and multi-account management. For LinkedIn-specific products, it's more complete than anything you could build with Apify Actors.
Can I use Apify and BeReach together?
Yes. BeReach handles all the LinkedIn work: the list and the first line. Apify handles data from other platforms. Some teams use Apify to enrich BeReach leads with data from non-LinkedIn sources.
