--- title: "Apify vs Browse AI: Which is searched more?" description: "Is Apify or Browse AI more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the AI web scraping tools set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/ai-web-scraping-tools/compare/apify-vs-browse-ai" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Apify vs Browse AI: Which is searched more? Is Apify or Browse AI more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the AI web scraping tools set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time. ## Key facts - **Compared**: Apify and Browse AI - **Competitive set**: AI web scraping tools - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Apify Share of Search**: 57.9% - **Browse AI Share of Search**: 4.3% ## Is Apify or Browse AI more popular in search? - In September 2026, Apify had more branded searches than Browse AI among AI web scraping tools worldwide. Apify had about 368,000 branded searches, while Browse AI had 27,600. Apify made up 57.9% of all AI web scraping tool searches we track, and Browse AI accounted for 4.3%. - Apify was ahead of Browse AI in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Apify’s share of searches among AI web scraping tools worldwide moved from 37% to 57.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 165K to 368K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Browse AI’s share of searches among AI web scraping tools worldwide moved from 20.5% to 4.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 91.5K to 27.6K. ## Top AI web scraping tools in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Apify appeared in all five answers. Browse AI was mentioned in four out of five: in all three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. Apify was listed before Browse AI in four out of five answers. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Firecrawl | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Apify | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Browse AI | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Octoparse | 4th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Crawl4AI | 5th | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | ScrapeGraphAI | 6th | 0 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Thunderbit | 7th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Bright Data | 8th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | ScrapingBee | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about AI web scraping tools - Asked ChatGPT "Which AI web scraping tool should I use?": 1. Firecrawl, 2. Apify, 3. Browse AI, 4. Octoparse, 5. Crawl4AI - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best AI web scraping tools?": 1. Firecrawl, 2. Apify, 3. Browse AI, 4. Octoparse, 5. Thunderbit, 6. Crawl4AI - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best AI web scraping tool for web data collection?": 1. Firecrawl, 2. Apify, 3. Browse AI, 4. Crawl4AI - Searched Google, AI Overview "ai web scraping tools": 1. Browse AI, 2. Octoparse, 3. Apify, 4. Firecrawl, 5. Crawl4AI, 6. ScrapeGraphAI, 7. Thunderbit - Searched Google, AI Overview "best web scraping tool": 1. Octoparse, 2. Firecrawl, 3. ScrapeGraphAI, 4. Crawl4AI, 5. Bright Data, 6. Apify Not named in any answer: ScrapingBee. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 20, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for AI web scraping tools worldwide in September 2026? - In September 2026, Apify gained share of searches among AI web scraping tools worldwide, from 55.4% to 57.9%. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Browse AI worldwide fell 69.9% over 12 measured months, from 91.5K to 27.6K in September 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Apify estimated searches | Apify Share of Search | Apify rank | Browse AI estimated searches | Browse AI Share of Search | Browse AI rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 165K | 37% | 1 | 91.5K | 20.5% | 2 | | Nov 2025 | 165K | 40.3% | 1 | 74.9K | 18.3% | 2 | | Dec 2025 | 165K | 42.2% | 1 | 50.4K | 12.9% | 3 | | Jan 2026 | 201K | 41.6% | 1 | 50.4K | 10.4% | 3 | | Feb 2026 | 246K | 47.5% | 1 | 41.4K | 8% | 4 | | Mar 2026 | 368K | 50.6% | 1 | 50.5K | 6.9% | 4 | | Apr 2026 | 368K | 49.5% | 1 | 41.4K | 5.6% | 4 | | May 2026 | 368K | 53.4% | 1 | 33.8K | 4.9% | 4 | | Jun 2026 | 368K | 54% | 1 | 33.8K | 5% | 4 | | Jul 2026 | 368K | 57.4% | 1 | 27.7K | 4.3% | 4 | | Aug 2026 | 368K | 55.4% | 1 | 27.6K | 4.1% | 4 | | Sep 2026 | 368K | 57.9% | 1 | 27.6K | 4.3% | 4 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Apify’s and Browse AI’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading. - **Apify**: Measured on the search term “apify”. - **Browse AI**: Measured on the search terms “browse ai” and “browseai”, summed into one figure. - [Apify profile](/demand/global-en/brands/apify) - [Browse AI profile](/demand/global-en/brands/browse-ai) - [All AI web scraping tools worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/ai-web-scraping-tools): The set both shares are measured inside, 9 brands. ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Apify or Browse AI more popular in search? In September 2026, Apify had more branded searches than Browse AI among AI web scraping tools worldwide. Apify had about 368,000 branded searches, while Browse AI had 27,600. Apify made up 57.9% of all AI web scraping tool searches we track, and Browse AI accounted for 4.3%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Apify vs Browse AI: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/ai-web-scraping-tools/compare/apify-vs-browse-ai This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/ai-web-scraping-tools/compare/apify-vs-browse-ai. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.