The Apify alternative built for agencies who pitch local businesses.
Apify is a developer platform of ready-made and custom scrapers ("Actors"), including popular Google Maps scrapers, with scheduling, datasets, webhooks and an API. Larzo starts where a list ends: it audits every business, ranks it by real opportunity with evidence, and writes the outreach.
Side by side
Apify vs Larzo at a glance
- Type of tool
ApifyWeb scraping platform
LarzoLocal business intelligence workspace
- Best for
ApifyDevelopers and data teams building custom scraping and automation pipelines.
LarzoAgencies and freelancers selling services to local businesses
- Pricing model
ApifyPlatform plans plus pay-per-result or usage-based pricing per Actor; free monthly credit available.
LarzoPrivate beta — founding members lock in a special rate
- What it checks per business
ApifyWhatever the chosen scraper extracts
LarzoWebsite speed (Core Web Vitals), tech, verified socials, business and opportunity
- Opportunity score with evidence
ApifyNot their focus
LarzoEvery finding traced to its source
- Outreach
ApifyNot included — build it yourself
LarzoEmail, call script, proposal, audit and DM written from verified findings — sent from your inbox
What Apify does well
- Marketplace of scrapers for Google Maps and thousands of other sites
- Scheduling, storage, webhooks and integrations
- Full API and SDK for custom pipelines
- Flexible per-result pricing on many Actors
What Larzo adds
- No setup — type a niche and a city and get audited, ranked leads
- Five intelligence engines run on every business automatically
- Opportunity scores with the evidence behind each finding
- AI outreach, sending, tracking and a CRM in the same workspace
Honest take
Which one should you choose?
Choose Apify if…
You have engineering time and want full control over what you scrape and how it flows into your systems.
Choose Larzo if…
You want the finished result — who to pitch, why, and the first message — without building and maintaining a pipeline.
Based on Apify's publicly documented features and pricing model (Oct 2026); check their site for current details. Apify is a trademark of its owner, used here for identification only. See the full category comparison.
FAQ
Apify vs Larzo, answered
Is Larzo built on Apify?
No. Larzo is its own product with its own intelligence engines. It uses Google Maps listings and public signals such as Google PageSpeed / Chrome UX Report data.
Do I need to code to use Larzo?
No. You search a niche and a city; everything else — audits, scoring, outreach drafts — happens automatically.
Can developers still use Larzo?
Larzo is designed for agencies and freelancers first. API plans have not been announced yet.
More comparisons
Outgrow Apify. Keep the context.
Private beta, invites in waves. Founding members lock in a special rate.