Apify's Contact Details Scraper or a privacy-first alternative on the same platform?

Updated 21 Oct 2026 · Disclosure: the second Actor compared here is built and published by Unadhi. The first is developed by Apify. Competitor facts below come only from their own public pages, read on 21 Oct 2026; each is linked in Sources. We did not log in, start trials or read paywalled material. No ratings, no reviews, no scores of our own.

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Short answer: Both run on Apify and both read contact details from websites you list. Apify's Contact Details Scraper (vdrmota/contact-info-scraper) is pay-per-event, from $1.05 per 1,000 scraped pages, with no separate platform-usage charge; its page says the Free plan's $5 of credits covers around 2,500 pages. It also offers paid add-ons: business leads enrichment (employees' names, job titles, emails, LinkedIn), email verification and social-profile enrichment. Our Website Contact Scraper is free during launch (you pay only Apify platform usage), returns one merged row per site, turns WhatsApp click-to-chat links into phone numbers, and by default returns only shared role inboxes. If you want named employees and verified personal emails, Apify's Actor is the better pick.

The pain this page is about

You searched the Apify Store for “contact scraper” and found several. The question is not which one is “best”, but which defaults fit your list and your privacy duty.

Side by side (from each Actor's public Store page, checked 21 Oct 2026)

	Contact Details Scraper (vdrmota, by Apify)	Unadhi Website Contact Scraper
Pricing model	Pay per event: from $1.05 per 1,000 scraped pages; no Apify platform-usage charge; Store discounts on higher Apify plans	Pay per usage: Actor fee free during launch; you pay Apify platform usage only
What $5 of free credit buys	“Around 2,500 pages”, per its README	Depends on the sites; we do not quote a per-1,000 figure. Run a five-site test and read the usage
Output shape	One item per scraped URL by default; a “Merge contacts” option or a separate Merge & Deduplicate Actor gives one row per domain	One merged, de-duplicated row per site by default, with the page each contact was found on
Emails	Emails found on the pages	Role mailboxes only by default (info@, sales@); personal addresses dropped and counted; MX check adds `mxValid`
Phones / WhatsApp	Phones (plus a separate “uncertain” list), WhatsApp information	Phones normalised to E.164 and validated; wa.me / api.whatsapp.com links turned into numbers with a ready wa.me link
People and enrichment	Paid add-ons: business leads enrichment (names, job titles, LinkedIn, emails), email verification, social-profile enrichment (each a billable event)	None. Staff LinkedIn profiles dropped unless switched on
Crawl scope	Configurable depth and pages per start URL; follows Linktree pages	Homepage first, then contact/about/impressum/support pages; 3–5 pages per site usually enough
Skipped sites	Not described on the page	robots.txt-disallowed, terms-forbidden and platform pages (Facebook, marketplaces) skipped and not charged

A function-and-price summary from the two public Store pages, in our own words. We do not repeat user counts or star ratings from either page.

Who should pick Apify's Contact Details Scraper instead

You need named employees with job titles and emails per company (leads enrichment), and you have a lawful basis for that personal data.
You want verified lead emails or enriched social profiles in the same run.
You prefer a fixed per-page price you can calculate before running, and an Actor maintained by Apify itself.
You crawl deep sites or Linktree pages.

Who our Actor fits better

You want one clean row per website without a second merge step.
Your list is Indian SMEs, clinics, shops or dealers where WhatsApp and phones matter more than email.
You want a privacy-first default (role inboxes only) and sites that forbid scraping skipped for free.
You are testing and want no Actor fee during launch.

Enriching a Google Maps export? See add emails and phones to a Google Maps export.

Try it on five of your own websites first

Actor fee: free during launch · you pay only Apify platform usage

The Website Contact Scraper: Emails, Phones & WhatsApp is a pay-per-usage Actor on Apify. Apify's own docs explain the model: you pay only for the platform resources the run uses, with no extra charge from the developer (Apify docs). Apify's free plan is $0 and includes $5 of platform usage a month, with no credit card (apify.com/pricing). We do not quote a cost per 1,000 sites, because it depends on the sites; Apify suggests a small test run to measure it. Sites that block bots, disallow crawling or forbid scraping in their terms are skipped and not charged. Built and published by Unadhi (disclosure).

Open the Actor on Apify (free during launch)

Free gift: copy-paste input for a five-site test

{ "urls": ["example-one.com", "example-two.in", "example-three.com", "example-four.co.uk", "example-five.de"], "maxPagesPerSite": 4, "checkEmailMx": true, "includePersonalEmails": false, "defaultCountry": "IN" }

Replace the five domains with real ones from your list. Check the rows by hand against two of the sites before you run hundreds. More walk-throughs: find public role emails on a company website · add emails and phones to a Google Maps export.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Apify's Contact Details Scraper cost?

Its Store page (checked 21 Oct 2026) shows pay-per-event pricing from $1.05 per 1,000 scraped pages, with no separate platform-usage charge, and says the Free plan's $5 of credits covers around 2,500 pages. Leads enrichment, email verification and social-profile enrichment cost extra.

Is the Unadhi Actor cheaper?

We do not claim that. Ours has no Actor fee during launch, but you pay Apify platform usage, which depends on the sites. Run the same five sites through both and compare the usage in your Apify billing page.

Which one finds more emails?

We have not run a head-to-head test, so we make no claim. Ours returns role inboxes only by default, so it will show fewer personal emails on purpose.

Can I use both?

Yes. Both write an Apify dataset, so you can run one on part of a list and compare the rows by hand before choosing.

Not legal advice. Work emails and phone numbers of identifiable people are personal data under India's DPDP Act 2023 and the EU/UK GDPR; you decide what to do with the output and you stay responsible for it. Competitor prices and plans change; re-check their pricing pages before you decide. Spotted an error about any product on this page, including ours? Write to mininglife7@gmail.com and we correct it.

Sources

Apify Store: Contact Details Scraper (vdrmota/contact-info-scraper), pricing and README — https://apify.com/vdrmota/contact-info-scraper (checked 21 Oct 2026)
Unadhi Website Contact Scraper on Apify Store (pricing model, features) — https://apify.com/laudable_instrument/contact-details-scraper-half-price (checked 21 Oct 2026)
Apify docs: pay-per-usage Actors — https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage (checked 21 Oct 2026)
Apify pricing (Free plan, $5 monthly usage) — https://apify.com/pricing (checked 21 Oct 2026)

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