Freelancer.com Project Budget & Bids Scraper

Pull Freelancer.com projects from direct links, search keywords, category pages or a user's posted-project list, with budget or hourly rate, bid count, days left, skills and description.

Open in Apify Store$0.99 / 1K on Free

Short answer

Freelancer.com Project Budget & Bids Scraper is an Apify Store Actor for Freelancer.com data that returns 6 published output fields, including title, budget, bidCount, projectType. It lists $0.99 per 1,000 results on the Free plan (pay per event), $0.49 on the Business plan. It takes 20 input settings; one is required (mode). It covers 3 of the 6 core Freelancer.com fields this site tracks. Last updated Nov 3, 2026.

From the public Store listing and published build schema, synced 2026-11-12.
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What it returns

6 fields from the published dataset schema. Export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read the dataset through the Apify API.

  • title
  • projectType
  • budget
  • hourlyRate
  • bidCount
  • canonicalUrl

Not in the schema among the core Freelancer.com fields: project, hourly, canonical. The field matrix shows which other tools return them.

Input

SettingTypeRequiredDefaultWhat it does
mode string Yes auto How to find projects. `auto` detects the mode from the fields you fill in, `search` uses a keyword, `byProject` uses project URLs/ids, and `byCategory` browses a skill/category page.
query string No python Keyword used in mode=search, e.g. `python`, `logo design`, `data entry`. Required for search mode.
projectUrls array No [] Full Freelancer project URLs, paths or numeric project ids used in mode=byProject, e.g. https://www.freelancer.com/projects/python/my-project or 40425363.
categoryUrls array No [] Freelancer /jobs/<skill>/ URLs or skill slugs used in mode=byCategory, e.g. https://www.freelancer.com/jobs/python/ or `website-design`.
projectType string No any Keep fixed-price projects, hourly projects, or both.
budgetMin integer No 0 Minimum fixed budget or hourly rate in USD. Use 0 for no minimum. When projectType=any, the range is applied to both types.
budgetMax integer No 0 Maximum fixed budget or hourly rate in USD. Use 0 for no maximum. When projectType=any, the range is applied to both types.
minBidCount integer No 0 Only keep projects with at least this many bids. Use 0 for no minimum.
maxBidCount integer No 0 Only keep projects with at most this many bids. Use 0 for no maximum.
skills array No [] Skill names, slugs or numeric ids to narrow the search, e.g. `Python`, `website-design` or `13`.
Show the other 10 settings
SettingTypeRequiredDefaultWhat it does
languages array No [] ISO 639-1 language codes, e.g. `en`, `de`, `hi`, `es`.
postedAfter string No – Only keep projects posted on or after this date. ISO date or datetime, e.g. `2026-01-01` or `2026-01-01T12:00:00Z`.
postedBefore string No – Only keep projects posted on or before this date. ISO date or datetime, e.g. `2026-12-31` or `2026-12-31T23:59:59Z`.
includeClosed boolean No false Also search closed projects in search/category modes. Direct project URLs and ids always work for closed projects.
includeDetails boolean No true Fetch the public project page for employer country/rating/reviews, verification flags, page title and posting text. Adds one request per project.
includeBids boolean No false Fetch individual bids with bidder identity, amount, delivery period and proposal text. Adds one request per project.
maxBidsPerProject integer No 20 How many individual bids to return per project when `includeBids` is enabled.
sortBy string No latest Order of search/category results. Ending-soon and budget sorts are applied to the collected candidate pool.
maxPages integer No 5 Maximum listing pages to request. Each page contains up to 99 projects.
maxItems integer No 50 Hard cap on emitted project records.

Example input

Built from the input form's published example values and defaults.

{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "python",
  "projectUrls": [],
  "categoryUrls": [],
  "projectType": "any",
  "budgetMin": 0,
  "budgetMax": 0,
  "minBidCount": 0,
  "maxBidCount": 0,
  "skills": [],
  "languages": [],
  "includeClosed": false,
  "includeDetails": false,
  "includeBids": false,
  "maxBidsPerProject": 1,
  "sortBy": "latest",
  "maxPages": 1,
  "maxItems": 3
}

Run it from code or an AI agent

The same run through the Apify API, with the example input. You need an Apify API token; the run is billed to your account at the Store price.

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run_input = {
    "mode": "search",
    "query": "python",
    "projectUrls": [],
    "categoryUrls": [],
    "projectType": "any",
    "budgetMin": 0,
    "budgetMax": 0,
    "minBidCount": 0,
    "maxBidCount": 0,
    "skills": [],
    "languages": [],
    "includeClosed": False,
    "includeDetails": False,
    "includeBids": False,
    "maxBidsPerProject": 1,
    "sortBy": "latest",
    "maxPages": 1,
    "maxItems": 3
}

run = client.actor("nimbryxo-studio/freelancer-com-project-budget-and-bids-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
if run is None:
    raise RuntimeError("The Actor run was not found.")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

pip install apify-client

JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: "<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" });
const input = {
    "mode": "search",
    "query": "python",
    "projectUrls": [],
    "categoryUrls": [],
    "projectType": "any",
    "budgetMin": 0,
    "budgetMax": 0,
    "minBidCount": 0,
    "maxBidCount": 0,
    "skills": [],
    "languages": [],
    "includeClosed": false,
    "includeDetails": false,
    "includeBids": false,
    "maxBidsPerProject": 1,
    "sortBy": "latest",
    "maxPages": 1,
    "maxItems": 3
};

const run = await client.actor("nimbryxo-studio/freelancer-com-project-budget-and-bids-scraper").call(input);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

npm install apify-client

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/nimbryxo-studio~freelancer-com-project-budget-and-bids-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items"   -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN"   -H "Content-Type: application/json"   -d '{"mode":"search","query":"python","projectUrls":[],"categoryUrls":[],"projectType":"any","budgetMin":0,"budgetMax":0,"minBidCount":0,"maxBidCount":0,"skills":[],"languages":[],"includeClosed":false,"includeDetails":false,"includeBids":false,"maxBidsPerProject":1,"sortBy":"latest","maxPages":1,"maxItems":3}'

Waits for the run and returns the dataset items (runs over 300 seconds return HTTP 408; start an async run instead).

MCP (AI agents)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=nimbryxo-studio/freelancer-com-project-budget-and-bids-scraper",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Adds this Actor as a tool in an MCP client that takes a remote server URL (Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code) through Apify's hosted MCP server. OAuth sign-in also works without the header. Clients that only start local servers can wrap the URL with npx mcp-remote.

What a run costs

The result rate falls on higher Apify plans. Each figure is the published per-result rate times the number of results.

Apify planPer 1,00010,000 results100,000 results
Free plan$0.99$9.90$99
Starter plan$0.82$8.20$82
Scale plan$0.66$6.60$66
Business plan$0.49$4.90$49
  • Every run also has a start event, charged per GB of memory (minimum one): $0.10 on Free, $0.03 on Business. At its default memory of 4 GB a run starts at $0.40 on Free. Fewer, larger runs keep this small.
  • The Free plan includes $5 of monthly usage (Apify pricing, checked 2026-11-11); at the Free rate that covers at most about 5,050 results, less start events and platform usage.
  • Worked example: 10,000 results in one run on the Free plan cost $10.30 ($9.90 for results + $0.40 start), plus Apify platform usage (compute), billed separately by Apify.
  • Pay per event. Platform usage (compute) is billed by Apify on top of the event prices. Compare other tools in the cost estimator.

Where it fits among Freelancer.com routes

It ranks 1 of 1 catalogue Actors for Freelancer.com on the published formula (fields, price, reliability, freshness). Its line is highlighted on the map.

Route diagram for Freelancer.com dataFreelancer.com Project Budget & Bids Scraper: stops at 3 of the 10 fields shown; Other Store tools (7): stops at 9 of the 10 fields shown; Freelancer API: public, field coverage not compared.Freelancer.comprojecthourlytitlebudgetbidcanonicalskillscurrencyurllocation1+API

Stops are fields. A ring means the field is in that route's published output schema; no ring means the line passes without it. Bold labels are the core fields for this website, the rest are fields that differ between routes. A white capsule means every data line stops there. The red line is the official API; its field coverage is not compared. A crossed red line means there is no open official API.

Official route: Freelancer API

Public API. The Freelancer API covers projects, bids, contests, users and messaging, with OAuth or personal access tokens from a Freelancer.com account and a sandbox. The active project search endpoint answered without a token on 2026-11-11.

No API price is published.

Official documentation

Other Store tools for Freelancer.com

Reference only, from their public listings.

ToolFieldsPrice / 1K
Freelancer.com Scraper12$0.45
Freelancer.com Scraper30$1.13
Freelancer.com Scraper9$0.99
Freelancer.com Scraper10$0.99
Freelancer.com Scraper12$1.00

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  • find freelance projects
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Questions people ask

How much does Freelancer.com Project Budget & Bids Scraper cost?

The published result rate depends on your Apify plan: $0.99 per 1,000 on Free, $0.82 per 1,000 on Starter, $0.66 per 1,000 on Scale, $0.49 per 1,000 on Business. So 10,000 results cost about $9.90 on the Free plan and $4.90 on Business, plus a start fee of $0.10 per run per GB of memory on Free. Platform usage is billed separately.

What data does Freelancer.com Project Budget & Bids Scraper return?

Its published output schema lists 6 fields: title, projectType, budget, hourlyRate, bidCount, canonicalUrl. A listed field is not guaranteed to be filled in every row.

What input does Freelancer.com Project Budget & Bids Scraper need?

Required: mode. Optional settings include query, projectUrls, categoryUrls, projectType, budgetMin, budgetMax.

How do I run Freelancer.com Project Budget & Bids Scraper from Python or the API?

Use the Apify API client: in Python, ApifyClient(token).actor("nimbryxo-studio/freelancer-com-project-budget-and-bids-scraper").call(run_input=...), then read the run's default dataset (run.default_dataset_id); in JavaScript the same call is client.actor("nimbryxo-studio/freelancer-com-project-budget-and-bids-scraper").call(input). Without a client, POST the input JSON to https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/nimbryxo-studio~freelancer-com-project-budget-and-bids-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items with your API token. Ready-to-paste code with the example input is on this page.

Sources

Actor updated 2026-11-03 Data synced 2026-11-12
Cite this page

Scraper Finder. "Freelancer.com Project Budget & Bids Scraper." https://scraperfinder.com/catalogue/freelancer-com-project-budget-and-bids-scraper/ (data checked 2026-11-12).

Run Freelancer.com Project Budget & Bids Scraper

$0.99 per 1,000 results. Paste the example input above, set your Freelancer.com query, then export the dataset. Still choosing? Compare every Freelancer.com route.

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