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Parallel vs PhantomBuster vs Apify

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Attribute	Parallel	PhantomBuster	Apify
What it does	Web infrastructure for AI agents to search, extract, monitor and research information.	Cloud automation and data extraction tool with prebuilt automations for lead sourcing and outreach.	Platform and marketplace of web scraping and automation tools (Actors) with an SDK and MCP server.
Category	Scraping & search APIs	Scraping & search APIs	Scraping & search APIs
Pricing	See vendor	From $56 per month	Usage-based
Free tier	Not confirmed	Yes	Yes
API or MCP	Not confirmed	Yes	Yes
SYC mentions (archive)	Not in report	229 (#25)	215 (#27)
Club trend	Not enough data	Cooling	Steady
Member upvotes	0	0	0
Members using	0	0	0
Features	AI web research infrastructure	Prebuilt automations and workflows Data extraction across 15+ platforms MCP server access Free trial plan	Marketplace of scrapers Real-time web data MCP and SDK Free plan with monthly credit
Integrations	Not listed	Claude, ChatGPT, Chrome extension	Zapier, n8n, Slack, Claude, Google Sheets