Apify pricing increased again?
Switch to dedicated video extraction.
Dedicated to video, not a generic scraper
Our entire infrastructure (50 Gbps capacity, video-tuned IP pool) exists for one workflow: YouTube + Spotify video at production scale.
Contractual SLA, not best effort
99.5% on Starter, 99.7% on Growth, 99.9% on Scale, custom on Enterprise - written in the contract, not a marketing claim.
Founder Slack on every paid tier
When YouTube updates defenses, the founder pages himself. No outsourced first-line support, no tier-1 ticketing.
White-glove migration from Apify
$2,500 value, included on Growth+. We map your existing Apify actors / runs and ship a working integration in days.
Pricing match for first 3 months
On Growth tier: we match Apify / Bright Data pricing for the first 3 months if you migrate from them. Risk-reversed switch.
30-day money-back, then 60-day, then 90-day
30-day on Starter/Growth if SLA missed. 60-day on Scale. 100% money-back on Enterprise if not in production within 90 days.
TornadoAPI vs Apify on YouTube + Spotify video
| Feature | TornadoAPI | Apify |
|---|---|---|
| Product focus | YouTube + Spotify video extraction (only) | General scraping platform, 1,000+ actors |
| SLA | Contractual 99.5-99.9% depending on tier | Best-effort, no contractual SLA at standard tiers |
| Anti-bot for YouTube | Patterns library updated weekly, fixes deploy in hours | Community-driven actors, depends on author maintenance |
| Direct cloud delivery | Native S3 / GCS / R2 / Azure / OSS, zero egress | Storage extra, egress fees apply |
| Founder Slack access | Every paid tier ($1,200/mo+) | Enterprise plans only |
| Pricing model | Predictable monthly + included TB | Compute Units + storage + egress, hard to forecast |
“Tornado is literally the only good api that does this. I tried every competitor - Oxylabs, Decodo... it's a side project for them. A feature. For Tornado, it's the whole product. It's well thought out, the api is well designed, and any issues are fixed within a day. With the other guys, it took weeks (if not months). Couldn't be happier as a customer.”
- Podcast platform founder
Trusted at production scale
What our customers say
“Tornado is the best product in the market that we have seen to be able to download YouTube videos, which is a critical process to our product. Not just that, the team is phenomenal and is able to help solve/streamline any issues we have in a speedy time. Tornado is a hidden gem and highly recommend them.”
Ibrahim Mohmed
CEO, Taja AI
“We evaluated several solutions for downloading YouTube content, and most struggled to keep up with ongoing changes. Tornado API has been the most reliable by far. The team is incredibly responsive and quick to adapt when things shift, which makes a huge difference for us. It truly feels like a partnership, not just a tool.”
Founder, social media publishing platform
“Tornado is literally the only good api that does this. I tried every competitor - Oxylabs, Decodo... it's a side project for them. A feature. For Tornado, it's the whole product. It's well thought out, the api is well designed, and any issues are fixed within a day. With the other guys, it took weeks (if not months). Couldn't be happier as a customer.”
Podcast platform founder
Already paying Apify, Bright Data, or Oxylabs for video?
The real cost of running on a general proxy provider isn't just their invoice. Once you factor in the rest, TornadoAPI almost always comes out cheaper all-in:
- 1Their monthly invoice for the proxy/scrape service
- 210-15 hrs/week of eng time on maintenance, debugging anti-bot, fighting YouTube changes
- 3Downtime cost when their service breaks (10-30% scrape failures common)
TornadoAPI replaces all of that with a contractual SLA, infrastructure dedicated to video, and founder Slack 24/7.
Want a side-by-side comparison on your specific volume? We'll show you the math.
Ready to ship to production?
30-min walkthrough with the founder. Side-by-side benchmark on your specific use case. No hard sell.