Stop stitching actors. One API, one SLA, one vendor for LinkedIn.
You built LinkedIn workflows on Apify because the marketplace had actors for everything. Now half your infra debt is "which actor are we using for this SN search, and is it still maintained by the original author?"
| Topic | Edges | Apify |
|---|---|---|
| Product shape | Opinionated LinkedIn API with a single contract and roadmap owner. | Actor marketplace: different authors, different quality, different update cadences. |
| Vendor accountability | One company accountable when LinkedIn changes or actions break. | Apify hosts the platform; individual actor authors maintain the LinkedIn logic. |
| Time to production | Integrate documented endpoints once. Ship. | Evaluate actors, test edge cases, handle actor-specific errors, compose workflows. |
| Fully-loaded cost | Per-action credits + Edges team owns reliability. | Actor fees + proxy spend + your engineering time on actor babysitting. |
| LinkedIn-specific features | Sales Navigator, intent signals, engagement actions — all first-class. | Varies by actor — may require stitching 3–5 different actors for one workflow. |
| Support | Direct support from Edges with SLA on enterprise tier. | Apify support for the platform; LinkedIn actor issues often route to the author. |
LinkedIn is production-critical and you want one vendor owning reliability — not a rotating cast of marketplace actor authors with varying update schedules, quality, and availability.
You scrape dozens of sites beyond LinkedIn, marketplace flexibility outweighs vendor consolidation, and you're comfortable composing and maintaining actors across publishers.
Map your current HTTP calls or automations to Edges actions using the Library and documentation. If you share your integration outline with support, we can suggest parity endpoints and credit estimates.
Credits-based pricing, SOC2, and a growing catalog of LinkedIn actions—see Pricing and Enterprise for scale.