Shopify-only deep scraper or a Shopify + WooCommerce tracker? Two Apify Actors compared
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Short answer: Both run on Apify Store. The Shopify Scraper by autofacts reads public Shopify stores in depth: every variant's price, SKU and stock status, plus barcodes, weights, subscription plans, videos and, where a store publishes it, real stock counts; it can also run a keyword search across stores you list. Its Store page (checked 27 Oct 2026) shows pay-per-result pricing: $0.001 per product on the Apify Free plan, falling to $0.0007 (from $0.70 per 1,000) on Gold and higher plans, with optional extras such as real inventory at $0.001 per product. Our Shopify & WooCommerce Product + Price Tracker reads both Shopify and WooCommerce shops and returns one row per product with variants, price, compare-at price, stock, SKU/GTIN, images and URLs, plus a per-shop summary. It has no Actor fee during launch; you pay only Apify platform usage. If you only track Shopify and want barcodes, real stock counts or subscription plans, pick the autofacts Actor. If your competitor list mixes Shopify and WooCommerce, try ours.
The pain this page is about
“Three of my competitors are on Shopify and two are on WooCommerce. I want one weekly price sheet for all five, not two tools.” Some Actors go very deep on one platform. Ours covers the two most common shop platforms with the same columns.
Side by side (function and price, from public pages)
| Shopify Scraper (autofacts) | Unadhi Product + Price Tracker (Apify) | |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Shopify stores only (a non-Shopify site fails at once) | Shopify and WooCommerce shops with public catalogues |
| Input | Store home page, collection, product URL, or a keyword across listed stores | One shop URL per line; its catalogue is read |
| Extra fields | Barcode, weight, tax and fulfilment settings, B2B price breaks, subscription and pre-order plans, videos, information panels, optional real stock counts | Variants, price, compare-at price, availability, SKU/GTIN, images, URLs, per-shop summary of what was read or skipped |
| Pricing model | Pay per result: $0.001 per product (Free plan) to $0.0007 (Gold and up); collections $0.0004; optional real inventory and panels $0.001 per product | No Actor fee during launch; Apify platform usage only |
| Price (public, checked 27 Oct 2026) | About $1 per 1,000 products on the Apify Free plan, from $0.70 per 1,000 on higher plans | Free during launch. Apify Free plan includes $5 of usage a month, no card |
| Spend cap | Max result records and Max total charge stop a run cleanly | You set products per shop and listing pages |
A function-and-price summary in our own words, not a review. We do not repeat ratings or user counts from its Store page.
Who should pick the autofacts Shopify Scraper instead
- All the shops you watch are on Shopify, and you want the deepest Shopify fields.
- You need barcodes (UPC/EAN/GTIN), real stock counts, B2B price breaks or subscription plans.
- You want a keyword search across a list of Shopify stores.
Who our Actor fits better
- Your competitors are a mix of Shopify and WooCommerce, and you want the same columns for all.
- You want a per-shop summary showing what was read or skipped.
- You want no per-product fee while the Actor is in launch.
Other honest comparisons: Distill.io · Prisync.
Try it on three shops first
Actor fee: free during launch · you pay only Apify platform usage
The Shopify & WooCommerce Product + Price Tracker is a pay-per-usage Actor on Apify: you pay only for the platform resources the run uses, with no extra developer charge (Apify docs). Apify's free plan is $0 and includes $5 of platform usage a month, no credit card (apify.com/pricing). Listing pages are free in the Actor's own design, and shops that are skipped or return nothing cost nothing. We do not quote a cost per 1,000 products; run a small test and read the usage in your Apify billing page. Built and published by Unadhi (disclosure).
Free gift: copy-paste input for a three-shop price check
Read the SHOPS_SUMMARY record after the run: it tells you which shops were skipped and why. No code at all? You can also read one Shopify shop's public catalogue in your browser at /products.json for free: see how to export a Shopify or WooCommerce product list to CSV and build a competitor price sheet.
Frequently asked questions
How much does the autofacts Shopify Scraper cost?
Its Apify Store page (checked 27 Oct 2026) shows pay-per-result pricing of $0.001 per product on the Apify Free plan, $0.0009 on Bronze, $0.0008 on Silver and $0.0007 on Gold and higher, with collections at $0.0004 and optional real inventory or information panels at $0.001 per product.
Does the autofacts Actor work on WooCommerce?
Its page describes it as a Shopify scraper and says a site that is not a Shopify store fails at once. For WooCommerce shops you need another Actor.
Does the Unadhi Actor return real stock counts or barcodes?
It returns availability and SKU/GTIN where the shop publishes them, but not real stock counts, B2B price breaks or subscription plans.
What does the Unadhi Actor cost?
No Actor fee during launch. You pay Apify only for the platform usage of each run; Apify's free plan includes $5 of usage a month.
Can I use both?
Yes. Many teams use a deep Shopify Actor for Shopify-only shops and ours where WooCommerce shops are in the list.
Not legal advice. Public product and price data is generally fine to read for your own comparison; respect each shop's terms and do not republish their content. 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
- autofacts Shopify Scraper on Apify Store (description, fields, pay-per-event prices) — https://apify.com/autofacts/shopify (checked 27 Oct 2026)
- Unadhi Shopify & WooCommerce Product + Price Tracker on Apify Store — https://apify.com/laudable_instrument/ecommerce-product-data-half-price (checked 27 Oct 2026)
- Apify docs: pay-per-usage Actors — https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage (checked 27 Oct 2026)
- Apify pricing (Free plan, $5 monthly usage) — https://apify.com/pricing (checked 27 Oct 2026)
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