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Rent Actors, buy passes, publish to the Store, and use the Apify-compatible API.
Bytewells is a hosted Apify-compatible Actor marketplace. Customers rent Actors for a flat monthly price (often with a free trial) and pay compute from prepaid credits. Developers publish Actors, set price and trial, and get paid through Stripe Connect.
Start here
Rent an Actor
Pick an Actor in the Store, start a free trial, add compute credits, and run it.
Quick start
Sign up, push an Actor, and run it on Bytewells.
Publish an Actor
Push, list, price, trial, passes, and Connect payouts.
Import from Apify
Connect Apify in the console, or bw import apify with a token.
Billing
How compute credits, passes, and rentals are charged.
Passes (API)
Coming soon: Flash/Burst/Sprint from prepaid credits (no Checkout).
MCP server
Connect AI agents: search Actors, run them; pass auto-buy when live.
API reference
REST under /v2, including marketplace endpoints.
CLI
bw push, publish, rent, call, and more.
Rent and run an Actor
- Pick an Actor in the Store.
- Start its free trial.
- Top up compute credits in Billing.
- Run it from Rentals in the console, or from the API.
Most Actors are written with Crawlee (CheerioCrawler, PlaywrightCrawler) and talk to the platform through the Apify SDK.
Money model (short)
| What | How you pay | Who keeps it | Recurring? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute (CUs) | Prepaid credits (Checkout top-up) | Bytewells | Balance |
| Passes | Debit prepaid credits (coming soon) | Developer (minus commission) | No |
| Rentals | Stripe subscription Checkout | Developer (via monthly payout) | Monthly |
Bring Apify code
Point existing tooling at Bytewells:
export APIFY_API_BASE_URL=https://bytewells.com/api/v2
export APIFY_TOKEN=<your Bytewells API token>
export APIFY_IS_AT_HOME=1See Apify compatibility and the SDK environment.
Console: bytewells.com/dashboard · API: https://bytewells.com/api/v2