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[Apify Store](https://apify.com/store) is home to hundreds of public actors available to the Apify community. Anyone is welcome to [publish actors](/platform/actors/publishing) in the store, and you can even [monetize your actors](https://get.apify.com/monetize-your-code) by renting them to users of the platform.
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[Apify Store](https://apify.com/store) is home to hundreds of public actors available to the Apify community. Anyone is welcome to [publish actors](/platform/actors/publishing) in the store, and you can even [monetize your Actors](https://get.apify.com/monetize-your-code).
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In this section, we will go over some of the practical steps you can take to ensure the high quality of your public actors. You will learn:
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1. Actor naming and README best practices.
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2. How to monetize your actor by renting it to other platform users.
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2. How to monetize your Actor.
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3. Tips and tricks to attract more users to your actor's page.
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The documentation and the input/output schemas make it possible for people to easily understand what the Actor does, enter the required inputs both in the user interface or API, and integrate the Actor's results with their other workflows. Actors can easily call and interact with each other, enabling building more complex systems on top of simple ones.
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The Apify platform provides an open [API](/api/v2), cron-style [scheduler](../../schedules), [webhooks](../../../integrations/webhooks/index.md), and [integrations](../../integrations) to services such as Zapier or Make, which make it easy for users to integrate Actors with their existing workflows. Anyone is welcome to [publish Actors](/platform/actors/publishing) in [Apify Store](https://apify.com/store), and you can even [monetize your Actors](/platform/actors/publishing/monetize) by renting them out to users of the platform.
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The Apify platform provides an open [API](/api/v2), cron-style [scheduler](../../schedules), [webhooks](../../../integrations/webhooks/index.md), and [integrations](../../integrations) to services such as Zapier or Make, which make it easy for users to integrate Actors with their existing workflows. Anyone is welcome to [publish Actors](/platform/actors/publishing) in [Apify Store](https://apify.com/store), and you can even [monetize your Actors](/platform/actors/publishing/monetize).
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Actors can be developed and run locally and then easily deployed to the Apify platform using the [Apify CLI](/cli) or a [GitHub integration](../../../integrations/github.md). For more details, see the [Deployment](../deployment/index.md) section.
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description: Learn how you can monetize your web scraping and automation projects by publishing and renting Actors to users in Apify Store.
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description: Learn how you can monetize your web scraping and automation projects by publishing Actors to users in Apify Store.
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**Learn how you can monetize your web scraping and automation projects by publishing and renting actors to users in Apify Store.**
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**Learn how you can monetize your web scraping and automation projects by publishing Actors to users in Apify Store.**
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When publishing your actor on the Apify platform you have the choice to make it a **Paid Actor** and get paid by the users benefiting from your tool.
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When publishing your Actor on the Apify platform, you have the choice to make it a **Paid Actor** and get paid by the users benefiting from your tool.
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## Pricing models
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All Actors in [Apify Store](https://apify.com/store) fall into one of these three pricing models:
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1.**free** - you can run the Actor freely, and you only pay for platform usage the Actor generates.
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2.**paid** - same as free, but in order to be able to run the Actor after the trial period, you need to rent it from the developer and pay a flat monthly fee on the top of the platform usage that the Actor generates.
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2.**rental** - same as free, but in order to be able to run the Actor after the trial period, you need to rent it from the developer and pay a flat monthly fee on the top of the platform usage that the Actor generates.
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3.**paid per result** - you do not pay for the platform usage that the Actor generates but only for the results it produces.
> Anyone is welcome to [publish Actors](/platform/actors/publishing) in the store, and you can even [monetize your Actors](/platform/actors/publishing/monetize) by renting them out to users of the platform. For more information about how to monetize your Actor, best practices, SEO, and promotion tips and tricks, head over to the [Getting the most of your public Actors in the Apify Store](/academy/get-most-of-actors) section of the Apify Developers Academy.
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> Anyone is welcome to [publish Actors](/platform/actors/publishing) in the store, and you can even [monetize your Actors](/platform/actors/publishing/monetize). For more information about how to monetize your Actor, best practices, SEO, and promotion tips and tricks, head over to the [Getting the most of your public Actors in Apify Store](/academy/get-most-of-actors) section of the Apify Developers Academy.
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Some Actors are free to use (you will be charged only for the Apify platform usage), while others are paid with different pricing models. This page explains all the options.
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All actors in [Apify Store](https://apify.com/store) fall into one of these three pricing models:
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1.[**free**](#free-actors) - you can run the actor freely and you only pay for platform usage the actor generates.
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> **For more information on platform usage cost see the [usage and resources](./usage_and_resources.md) page.**
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Paid Actors are like free Actors, but with a slight difference. When you use a paid Actor, you pay a fee to the its developer. This empowers the developer to dedicate more time and effort to their Actors, thus ensuring these Actors are of the **highest quality** and receive **ongoing maintenance**.
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Rental Actors are like free Actors, but with a slight difference. When you use a rental Actor, you pay a fee to its developer. This empowers the developer to dedicate more time and effort to their Actors, thus ensuring they are of the **highest quality** and receive **ongoing maintenance**.
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Each paid Actor has a **free trial,** where the trial's length is always shown for each paid Actor.
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Each rental Actor has a **free trial,** where the trial's length is always shown for each rental Actor.
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After a trial, a flat monthly **Actor rental** fee is automatically charged from your prepaid platform usage in advance for the following month. This fee goes directly to the developer, and it is paid on top of the platform usage generated by the Actor. You can read more about our motivation for releasing paid Actors in [this blog post](https://blog.apify.com/make-regular-passive-income-developing-web-automation-actors-b0392278d085/) from Apify's CEO Jan Čurn.
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After a trial period, a flat monthly **Actor rental** fee is automatically charged from your prepaid platform usage in advance for the following month. This fee goes directly to the developer and is paid on top of the platform usage generated by the Actor. You can read more about our motivation for releasing rental Actors in [this blog post](https://blog.apify.com/make-regular-passive-income-developing-web-automation-actors-b0392278d085/) from Apify's CEO Jan Čurn.
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**Can I run paid Actors via API or the Apify client?**
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**Can I run rental Actors via API or the Apify client?**
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Yes, when you are renting a paid Actor, you can run it using either our [API](/api/v2), [JavaScript](/api/client/js) or [Python](/api/client/python) clients as you would do with private or free public Actors.
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Yes, when you are renting an Actor, you can run it using either our [API](/api/v2), [JavaScript](/api/client/js) or [Python](/api/client/python) clients as you would do with private or free public Actors.
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**Do I pay platform costs for running paid Actors?**
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**Do I pay platform costs for running rental Actors?**
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Yes, you will pay normal [platform usage costs](https://apify.com/pricing/actors) on top of the monthly Actor rental fee. The platform costs work exactly the same way as for free public Actors or your private Actors. You should find estimates of the cost of usage in each individual paid Actor's README ([see an example](https://apify.com/drobnikj/crawler-google-places#how-much-will-it-cost)).
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Yes, you will pay normal [platform usage costs](https://apify.com/pricing/actors) on top of the monthly Actor rental fee. The platform costs work exactly the same way as for free public Actors or your private Actors. You should find estimates of the cost of usage in each individual rental Actor's README ([see an example](https://apify.com/drobnikj/crawler-google-places#how-much-will-it-cost)).
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**Do I need an Apify paid plan to use paid Actors?**
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**Do I need an Apify paid plan to use rental Actors?**
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You don't need a paid plan to start a rental Actor's free trial. Just activate the trial, and you are good to go. After that, you will need to subscribe to one of [Apify's paid plans](https://apify.com/pricing) in order to keep renting the Actor and continue using it.
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Hence, you can find the breakdown of how much you have been charged for paid Actors on the bottom of the **Platform usage** tab in the [Billing](https://console.apify.com/billing) section. The overall sum will also be visible in the usage bar chart and the table on the top of the same tab.
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You can find the breakdown of how much you have been charged for rental Actors at the bottom of the **Platform usage** tab in the [Billing](https://console.apify.com/billing) section. The overall sum will also be visible in the usage bar chart and the table at the top of the same tab.
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