Switching from Capterra Software Products Scraper (Bulk URLs) to Capterra Products Scraper

Capterra Products Scraper (arcadium/capterra-products) reads input written for dionysus_way/capterra-software-service-category-scraper: 2 of its 2 input fields work as they are. Field list from its public input schema (build 1.0.7, 2026-10-31); prices and run results from the public Apify API, 2026-10-31.

Their fields that work as they are

Side by side: their input, our rows

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.capterra.com/ab-testing-software/"
  ],
  "maxPages": 4
}

{
  "rowType": "product",
  "platform": "capterra",
  "seoId": "184581",
  "name": "Asana",
  "vendor": "Asana",
  "rating": 4.49,
  "reviewCount": 13770,
  "category": "Project Management",
  "pricing": {
    "startingPrice": 10.99,
    "currency": "USD",
    "model": "Per User",
    "frequency": "Per Month",
    "hasFreeTrial": true,
    "hasFreeVersion": true,
    "summary": "From $10.99 (Per User, Per Month)"
  },
  "topFeatures": [
    "Task Management",
    "Collaboration Tools"
  ],
  "rank": 18,
  "sponsored": false
}

Output fields: rowType, platform, seoId, name, url, vendor, rating, reviewCount, category, description, pricing, topFeatures, rank, sponsored, page, categoryUrl, scrapedAt, input, code, message. The rows use these names, not the other actor’s.

Price

Live Apify prices on 2026-10-31, in USD, for each actor’s main charged event. Start fees and platform usage are not included. Units differ: compare what one charged row contains. The Store page of each actor is the current source.

Common issues: failed or timed-out runs

• Capterra Software Products Scraper (Bulk URLs) timed out: 2.0% of 147 runs timed out.

Apify’s public run statistics for each actor, last 30 days to 2026-10-31: FAILED and TIMED-OUT runs as a share of all runs. Shown from 50 runs. A failed run can also come from a bad input. Here an input that cannot be read comes back as a free error row with a code, and the other inputs still arrive.

How to switch

In the Apify Store

1. Open arcadium/capterra-products and sign in to Apify.
2. On the Input tab, switch the editor to JSON and paste the input you used for dionysus_way/capterra-software-service-category-scraper.
3. Start the run. Set a maximum cost per run in the run options if you want a hard cap.

Over the API

Change the actor ID in the URL from dionysus_way~capterra-software-service-category-scraper to arcadium~capterra-products; the body stays the same.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/arcadium~capterra-products/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"startUrls":["https://www.capterra.com/ab-testing-software/"],"maxPages":4}'

In n8n

In the Apify node, change the actor to arcadium/capterra-products and keep the input JSON. With an HTTP Request node:

{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "Run arcadium/capterra-products",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "method": "POST",
        "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/arcadium~capterra-products/run-sync-get-dataset-items",
        "authentication": "genericCredentialType",
        "genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth",
        "sendBody": true,
        "specifyBody": "json",
        "jsonBody": "{\"startUrls\":[\"https://www.capterra.com/ab-testing-software/\"],\"maxPages\":4}",
        "options": {
          "timeout": 300000
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {}
}

From an AI assistant (MCP)

Add the actor as a tool on Apify’s MCP server; an agent can pass the same input fields.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=arcadium/capterra-products",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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