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Apify vs Azure DevOps

Compare Apify and Azure DevOps on features, pricing, and buyer fit using the same researched criteria.

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Apify

7.5/10

Actor platform for web scraping — Free $0 ($5 usage); Starter $29/mo ($26 annual); Scale $199; Business $999.

Best for

• Teams that want ready-made or custom Actors rather than raw proxy ops
• Developers who need compute + storage + proxy in one platform
• Projects that benefit from Apify Store scrapers

Starting from $29.00/user/mo

Free plan available

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Our verdict

No universal winner

No universal winner. Choose based on which criteria matter most for your team.

Azure DevOps is better for

✓ Starting pricing
✓ Integrations
✓ Security & admin

Tie

• Free plan

Choose Apify if: Teams that want ready-made or custom Actors rather than raw proxy ops

Choose Azure DevOps if: Microsoft/Azure-native engineering orgs

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Azure DevOps

8.2/10

Azure Repos/Boards/Pipelines — first 5 Basic users free, then $6/user/mo; Basic + Test Plans $52/user/mo; Artifacts 2 GiB free.

Best for

• Microsoft/Azure-native engineering orgs
• Teams that want Boards + Repos + Pipelines without GitHub
• QA groups that will actually buy Test Plans seats

Starting from $6.00/user/mo

Free plan available

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Comparison scorecard

Criterion-by-criterion results for Apify and Azure DevOps. Numeric bars appear only when both products have approved scores.

Starting pricing
Published floor price and what that floor actually includes.
Azure DevOps
Azure DevOps publishes a lower researched starting floor ($6/mo vs $29/mo for Apify). Confirm currency, renewals, and add-ons — not a total TCO winner.
ApifyWeaker
Azure DevOpsStronger
Free plan
Whether a usable free plan is published, and what it gates.
Tie
Apify researches a free plan; Azure DevOps researches a free plan.
ApifyTie
Azure DevOpsTie
User / licence minimum
Seat floors, per-employee minimums, and small-team pricing traps.
Depends
Check seat, agent, or licence minimums for Apify and Azure DevOps on current vendor packaging.
ApifyDepends
Azure DevOpsDepends
Integrations
Important third-party integrations.
Azure DevOps
Azure DevOps leads on integrations (8/10 vs 9/10) from approved SoftwareGlimpse editorial assessments — not hands-on lab testing.
Apify8/10
Azure DevOps9/10
Security & admin
Admin controls, access, compliance posture, and security packaging.
Azure DevOps
Azure DevOps leads on security admin (7/10 vs 8/10) from approved SoftwareGlimpse editorial assessments — not hands-on lab testing.
ApifyWeaker
Azure DevOpsStronger

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