Apify Vs SCM - True or False?

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@Tim - did Chat GPT get it right?

Scenario Best Tool - ChatGPT comparison

Scrape car listings, product details, real estate data
Apify

Create keyword-based blog articles for SEO SCM

Set up automated scraping pipelines with n8n/Zapier
Apify

Generate bulk content for niche websites SCM

Monitor web content updates & store in DB Apify

Quickly spin content using keyword lists
SCM

Use Apify when you need scalable data scraping, automation, and integration.

Use SCM when your main focus is creating SEO articles and content at scale.

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You can do similar things with both apify and scm.

It depends on your exact workflow requirements as to which is best.

If you can provide an example we can start figuring out how to do it in SCM. Eg adding n8n

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:white_check_mark:Scrapes Facebook group members (using SCM)
:white_check_mark: Sends messages via Messenger at scale without getting flagged (using UI Vision browser automation)
:white_check_mark: Runs entirely inside n8n — hands-free, 24/7

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@Tim

Any thoughts on workflow for Facebook Outreach?

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Scm isnt suitable for interacting with websites like a bot it’s built to do scraping tasks primarily.

So you can use it to scrape fb contacts, but it can’t send them messages.

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:wrench: How It Should Work
-Scrape group members with SCM
-Feed names + group context into ChatGPT openers
-Auto-send warm DMs in Messenger via UI Vision
-Run the whole thing on autopilot with n8n

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Yes the proposed steps above would work.

I’m coding n8n node now, but I am seeing how the output of n8n nodes can be used in other nodes.

This will affect how easy it is to send data from n8n SCM node to other nodes to do what you wanted.

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Hey Tim, I hope all is well… How can we setup SCM to scrape fb contacts?

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You would need to login first, and maybe the dynamic scraper could.

  1. Grabbing right details you need via css
  2. Correctly pressing right button or entering URL so that it can load and page to new results.
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Thanks Tim… Has anyone in the community done this task of FB contact scrape?

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Not yet.

But if you give me a screenshot of what data you want captured I am give it a go.

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Thanks Tim, I would like to capture name, profile URL, group context. https://www.facebook.com/groups/149165503014287/members/near_you