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Author: jancurn

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 # Apify platform
 
-> **Apify** is a cloud platform that helps you build reliable web scrapers, fast, and automate anything you can do manually in a web browser.
+> **Apify** is a cloud platform and marketplace of tools for web data extraction and automation.
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-> **Actors** are serverless cloud programs running on the Apify platform that can easily crawl websites with millions of pages, but also perform arbitrary computing jobs such as sending emails or data transformations. They can be started manually, using our API or scheduler, and they can be easily integrated with other apps.
+> **Actors** are serverless programs that run in the cloud. They can perform anything from simple actions such as filling out a web form or sending an email, to complex operations such as crawling a website with a million pages, or removing duplicates from a large dataset. Actors can persist their state and be restarted, and thus they can run as short or as long as necessary, from seconds to hours, even infinitely.
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 ## Getting started