How Apify’s scores are calculated

The full audit trail, recomputed from the verdict data at build time through the same code that produced the leaderboard: verdict × quality × story weight per cell, cells sum to dimension scores, dimensions blend into the PA Score. Every number on the product page is reproducible from this page alone; for why the formula looks like this, see the methodology.

verdict factors: full ×1.0 · partial ×0.6 · disputed ×0.3 · none ×0.0 · n/a excluded from both sides · cell points = weight × quality × factor · cell max = weight × 10

PA Score36/100

Agent-ready 55.7 × 0.30 = 16.71

API quality 25.2 × 0.20 = 5.04

Openness 23.2 × 0.20 = 4.64

Built-in AI 21.1 × 0.15 = 3.17

Automation 40.3 × 0.15 = 6.04

(16.71 + 5.04 + 4.64 + 3.17 + 6.04) ÷ (0.30 + 0.20 + 0.20 + 0.15 + 0.15) = 35.60 ÷ 1.00 = 35.6

Scores are stored to 1 decimal; the product page’s pills round to whole numbers for display. Each dimension below shows the stories, verdicts, and cited evidence behind its number.

Agent-ready55.7/100×0.30 of the PA blend

Outside-in: can YOUR agent reach and drive this product — API, MCP, CLI, headless runs, agent docs.

Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docsweight 2

2 (weight) × 9 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 18.0 of 20 max

[probe] https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt # Apify Documentation > Apify is the largest marketplace of tools for AI. Thousands of ready-made Actors to automate yo”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/api/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: HTTP 200 at https://docs.apify.com/api/openapi.json — contains "openapi" key”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp”
[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Discover and use Actors with AI agents and LLMs via Apify MCP server.”

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationweight 2

2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max

[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Control the Apify platform from terminal or shell scripts.”
[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Automatically start Actors and saved tasks at specific times.”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/api/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: HTTP 200 at https://docs.apify.com/api/openapi.json — contains "openapi" key”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/cli/“official CLI documented at https://docs.apify.com/cli/”
[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Develop your own Actor”

Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their toolsweight 3

3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max

[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Discover and use Actors with AI agents and LLMs via Apify MCP server.”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp”

Connect an agent via an official MCP serverweight 3

3 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 24.0 of 30 max

[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Discover and use Actors with AI agents and LLMs via Apify MCP server.”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp”

Use an official CLIweight 2

2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max

[probe] https://docs.apify.com/cli/“official CLI documented at https://docs.apify.com/cli/”
[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Control the Apify platform from terminal or shell scripts.”
[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Develop your own Actor”

Drive the product through a documented public APIweight 3

3 (weight) × 9 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 27.0 of 30 max

[probe] https://docs.apify.com/api/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: HTTP 200 at https://docs.apify.com/api/openapi.json — contains "openapi" key”
[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Control the Apify platform from terminal or shell scripts.”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/cli/“official CLI documented at https://docs.apify.com/cli/”
[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Develop your own Actor”

Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agentweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Build against official SDKsweight 2

2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max

[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Software toolkits for developing new Actors.”
[claimed-docs] https://apify.com“Apify works great with both Python and JavaScript, as well as Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium, Scrapy, and Crawlee - our own web crawling and browser automation library.”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/api/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: HTTP 200 at https://docs.apify.com/api/openapi.json — contains "openapi" key”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/cli/“official CLI documented at https://docs.apify.com/cli/”
[community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18064493“I'm a huge fan of Apify and look forward to exploring this new SDK. Thanks y'all.”

Subscribe to events via webhooksweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Check the performance of your Actors, validate data quality, and receive alerts.”

Agent-ready = 117.0 ÷ 210 × 100 = 55.7

API quality25.2/100×0.20 of the PA blend

The programmable surface once an agent is there — machine-readable spec, interactive docs, sandbox, versioning discipline.

Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examplesweight 2

2 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 20 max

[probe] https://docs.apify.com/api/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: HTTP 200 at https://docs.apify.com/api/openapi.json — contains "openapi" key”
[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Develop your own Actor”
[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Control the Apify platform from terminal or shell scripts.”

Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent)weight 2

2 (weight) × 9 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 18.0 of 20 max

[probe] https://docs.apify.com/api/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: HTTP 200 at https://docs.apify.com/api/openapi.json — contains "openapi" key”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/cli/“official CLI documented at https://docs.apify.com/cli/”

Test against a sandbox environment without touching production dataweight 1

1 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 10 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policyweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

The documented rate limit (requests per second or minute) enforced on my API key before throttling kicks inweight 3

3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

API quality = 25.2 ÷ 100 × 100 = 25.2

Openness23.2/100×0.20 of the PA blend

Can you leave, inspect, or self-host — data export, open source, portability.

Do everything through the API that I can do in the UIweight 2

2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max

[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Control the Apify platform from terminal or shell scripts.”
[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Automatically start Actors and saved tasks at specific times.”
[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Check the performance of your Actors, validate data quality, and receive alerts.”
[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Avoid blocking by smartly rotating datacenter and residential IP addresses.”
[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Share Actors with other people, manage your organizations and permissions.”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/api/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: HTTP 200 at https://docs.apify.com/api/openapi.json — contains "openapi" key”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/cli/“official CLI documented at https://docs.apify.com/cli/”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt # Apify Documentation > Apify is the largest marketplace of tools for AI. Thousands of ready-made Actors to automate yo”

Export all of my data in open formats and leaveweight 3

3 (weight) × 4 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 30 max

[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Control the Apify platform from terminal or shell scripts.”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/api/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: HTTP 200 at https://docs.apify.com/api/openapi.json — contains "openapi" key”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/cli/“official CLI documented at https://docs.apify.com/cli/”

Read the product's source under an open licenseweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Self-host the core productweight 3

3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Openness = 23.2 ÷ 100 × 100 = 23.2

Built-in AI21.1/100×0.15 of the PA blend

Inside-out: how agentic the product itself is for its users — built-in assistants, autonomous features.

Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the productweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Set up automations that run autonomously in the backgroundweight 2

2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max

[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Automatically start Actors and saved tasks at specific times.”
[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Check the performance of your Actors, validate data quality, and receive alerts.”
[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Control the Apify platform from terminal or shell scripts.”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/cli/“official CLI documented at https://docs.apify.com/cli/”

Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the productweight 3

3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max

[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Discover and use Actors with AI agents and LLMs via Apify MCP server.”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp”

Operate the product with natural-language commandsweight 2

2 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 20 max

[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Discover and use Actors with AI agents and LLMs via Apify MCP server.”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt # Apify Documentation > Apify is the largest marketplace of tools for AI. Thousands of ready-made Actors to automate yo”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/cli/“official CLI documented at https://docs.apify.com/cli/”

Apply a preset configuration tuned for research agents that returns structured, citable outputweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Built-in AI = 23.2 ÷ 110 × 100 = 21.1

Automation40.3/100×0.15 of the PA blend

Depth of automation primitives — rules, scheduling, bulk operations, webhooks.

Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 2

2 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 20 max

[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Control the Apify platform from terminal or shell scripts.”
[claimed-docs] https://apify.com“Apify works great with both Python and JavaScript, as well as Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium, Scrapy, and Crawlee - our own web crawling and browser automation library.”
[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Automatically start Actors and saved tasks at specific times.”
[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Avoid blocking by smartly rotating datacenter and residential IP addresses.”
[claimed-docs] https://apify.com“Marketplace of 64,279 Actors”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/api/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: HTTP 200 at https://docs.apify.com/api/openapi.json — contains "openapi" key”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/cli/“official CLI documented at https://docs.apify.com/cli/”

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsweight 3

3 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 9.0 of 30 max

[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Automatically start Actors and saved tasks at specific times.”
[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Check the performance of your Actors, validate data quality, and receive alerts.”

Schedule recurring jobs or workflowsweight 2

2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max

[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Automatically start Actors and saved tasks at specific times.”
[claimed-docs] https://docs.apify.com“Control the Apify platform from terminal or shell scripts.”
[probe] https://docs.apify.com/cli/“official CLI documented at https://docs.apify.com/cli/”

Version, review, and roll back my automationsweight 1

1 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 10 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Automation = 32.2 ÷ 80 × 100 = 40.3