Question about Platform Credits and Developer Payments

@kaitoeasyapi

No, Apify does not compensate developers for the usage of free platform credits by free-tier users. The $5 monthly platform credit is a benefit given to free-tier users to allow them to experiment with Apify services, such as running actors or using storage. When these credits are used to run an actor, no payment is made to the actor developer.

This arrangement incentivizes developers to offer high-quality actors for free or to optimize for usage that encourages users to upgrade to paid plans. If you want to earn from your actor, you would need to set up a paid actor or rely on paid users whose platform credits go beyond the free tier.

@Oleg V. Got it.Thank you for your time.

@Oleg V. How can I determine in my actor code whether the request is coming from a free or paid user? This way, I can tailor certain actions, such as guiding free users towards upgrading to a paid plan.

And Is this our collaborative website [https://apify.firstpromoter.com/home]? Can I earn rewards by sending my exclusive link?

cc @Saurav Jain Please, can you help here 🙏

@kaitoeasyapi : https://discord.com/channels/801163717915574323/1090592836044476426/1166629484682809425

@kaitoeasyapi 👋

You basically should call the isPaying user property, like this in js:
const user = await Actor.apifyClient.user().get(); console.log(user.isPaying)

or this in python:
client = Actor.apify_client.user() user_data = await client.get() print(user_data.get('isPaying'))

Wow.Thank u very much.It help me great!