# 6sense (Tech insights) (`canadesk/6sense`) Actor

Find detailed information and market insights for any technology with 6sense. It's fast and costs very little usage!

- **URL**: https://apify.com/canadesk/6sense.md
- **Developed by:** [Canadesk Support](https://apify.com/canadesk) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, SEO tools, News
- **Stats:** 21 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 1.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

$12.00/month + usage

To use this Actor, you pay a monthly rental fee to the developer. The rent is subtracted from your prepaid usage every month after the free trial period. You also pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher Apify subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#rental-actors

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

🏆 Easily find detailed information for any technology!

### Input

- Keyword (array)

  A list of search terms for software. For example: \["salesforce", "hubspot"].

- Delay (integer)

  Waiting time between requests. Make sure to use a proxy as well.

### Output

This example is truncated. Raw data is returned from 6sense.

Example for <https://www.6sense.com/tech/sales-force-automation/salesforce-crm-market-share>.

```
{
	"keyword": "salesforce crm",
	"data": {
		"summary": {
			"name": "Salesforce",
			"description": "Salesforce is a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) platform that helps businesses manage sales, customer service, marketing, and more",
			"category": "Sales",
			"subcategory": "CRM Platforms",
			"customers": 119879,
			"rank": 1,
			"image": "https://d2r9phh2n9g4lt.cloudfront.net/website/product-images/Salesforce.jpg"
		},
		"content": {
			"tech_meta_seo_url": "salesforce-crm-market-share",
			"sub_cat_meta_seo_url": "sales-force-automation",
			"subcategory": "Sales Force Automation",
			"name": "Salesforce CRM",
			"name_completion": "Salesforce CRM",
			"category": "Sales",
			"subcategory_completion": "Sales Force Automation",
			"tech_cleaned_url": "salesforcecrm",
			"cat_meta_seo_url": "sales",
			"description": "Salesforce.com, Inc. is an American cloud computing company headquartered in San Francisco, California. Though its revenue comes from a customer relationship management (CRM) product, Salesforce also sells commercial applications of social networking through acquisition and internal development.",
			"tech_profile_image_url": "https://d2r9phh2n9g4lt.cloudfront.net/website/product-images/Salesforce_CRM.jpg",
			"type": "technology",
			"domains": 116192,
			"tech_rank": 1,
			"compPrevData": {
				"data": [
					{
						"company_id": "5c3b0141d55ae49f1b7796ec",
						"company_name": "Netflix",
						"company_size": "10,000+",
						"city": "Los Gatos",
						"state": "California",
						"country": "United States",
						"facebook_url": "facebook.com/netflix",
						"twitter_url": "twitter.com/netflix",
						"linkedin_url": "linkedin.com/company/netflix",
						"crunchbase_url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/netflix",
						"homepage_url": "netflix.com"
					},
					{
						"company_id": "5c3b0601d55ae49f1b7e8584",
						"company_name": "Shiseido",
						"company_size": "10,000+",
						"city": "Tokyo",
						"state": "Tokyo",
						"country": "Japan",
						"facebook_url": "https://www.facebook.com/ShiseidoGinzaTokyo/?brand_redir=150784877603",
						"twitter_url": "twitter.com/shiseidousa",
						"linkedin_url": "linkedin.com/company/shiseido",
						"crunchbase_url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/shiseido",
						"homepage_url": "shiseido.com"
					},
					...
				],
				"total": 116187
			},
			"countryHeatMap": [
				{
					"key": "United States",
					"doc_count": 64089,
					"code": "US",
					"percentage": "65.84"
				},
				{
					"key": "United Kingdom",
					"doc_count": 8409,
					"code": "GB",
					"percentage": "8.64"
				},
				...
			],
			"companySize": {
				"data": [
					{
						"key": "20 - 49",
						"doc_count": 27709
					},
					{
						"key": "100 - 249",
						"doc_count": 24272
					},
					...
				]
			},
			"productCategories": [
				{
					"key": "Marketing",
					"doc_count": 1642
				},
				{
					"key": "Education",
					"doc_count": 1592
				},
				...
			],
			"subcat_countryHeatMap": {
				"data": [
					{
						"key": "United States",
						"doc_count": 204272,
						"code": "US"
					},
					{
						"key": "United Kingdom",
						"doc_count": 27968,
						"code": "GB"
					},
					...
				],
				"total": 199
			},
			"subcat_companySize": {
				"data": [
					{
						"key": "20 - 49",
						"doc_count": 92000
					},
					{
						"key": "0 - 9",
						"doc_count": 77954
					},
					...
				],
				"total": 264165
			},
			"subcat_productCategories": {
				"data": [
					{
						"key": "Marketing",
						"doc_count": 6299
					},
					{
						"key": "Digital Marketing",
						"doc_count": 5096
					},
					...
				],
				"total": 475788
			},
			"adds_this_month": 1559,
			"deleted_this_month": 742,
			"name_label": "Salesforce CRM",
			"subcategory_label": "Sales Force Automation",
			"category_label": "Sales",
			"categoryObj": [
				{
					"_index": "website_technology_2025_02_20",
					"_type": "_doc",
					"_id": "5bb4165c1e3d6672781bdbf9",
					"_score": null,
					"_source": {
						"cat_meta_seo_url": "sales",
						"adds_this_month": 488,
						"tech_cleaned_url": "activecampaign",
						"domains": 56261,
						"sub_cat_meta_seo_url": "sales-force-automation",
						"type": "technology",
						"subcat_countryHeatMap": {
							"total": 199,
							"data": [
								{
									"doc_count": 204272,
									"code": "US",
									"key": "United States"
								},
								{
									"doc_count": 27968,
									"code": "GB",
									"key": "United Kingdom"
								},
								...
							]
						},
						"tech_profile_image_url": "https://d2r9phh2n9g4lt.cloudfront.net/website/product-images/ActiveCampaign.jpg",
						"tech_meta_seo_url": "activecampaign-market-share",
						"subcat_companySize": {
							"total": 264165,
							"data": [
								{
									"doc_count": 92000,
									"key": "20 - 49"
								},
								{
									"doc_count": 77954,
									"key": "0 - 9"
								},
								...
							]
						},
						"name": "ActiveCampaign",
						"subcat_productCategories": {
							"total": 475788,
							"data": [
								{
									"doc_count": 6299,
									"key": "Marketing"
								},
								{
									"doc_count": 5096,
									"key": "Digital Marketing"
								},
								...
							]
						},
						"deleted_this_month": 249,
						"subcategory": "Sales Force Automation",
						"category": "Sales",
						"tech_rank": 2
					},
					"sort": [
						56261
					]
				},
				...
			],
			"competitorCount": 149,
			"domain_total": 380144,
			"relatedsubCategoryList": [
				{
					"_index": "website_technology_2025_02_20",
					"_type": "_doc",
					"_id": "5e9ee30bdd6d9a01bbbd0281",
					"_score": 8.185261,
					"_source": {
						"sub_cat_meta_seo_url": "crm-platforms",
						"subcategory": "CRM Platforms"
					}
				},
				...
			],
			"top_alternative_first": "ActiveCampaign",
			"top_alternative_second": "Pardot",
			"metaData": {
				"title": "Salesforce CRM - Market Share, Competitor Insights in Sales Force Automation",
				"metaTitle": "Salesforce CRM - Market Share, Competitor Insights in Sales Force Automation",
				"metaDescription": "Check Salesforce CRM software market share in 2025, top Salesforce CRM technology alternatives & competitors in Sales Force Automation & customer insights.",
				"metaKeywords": "Salesforce CRM - Market Share, Top Competitors & Customers Insights",
				"url": "https://www.6sense.com/tech/sales-force-automation/salesforce-crm-market-share",
				"og_img": "https://d33057b1ujmo0c.cloudfront.net/sales_website/icons_v2/demandmatrix_header_image.webp"
			}
		},
		"faq": [
			{
				"question": "Who are the top Salesforce CRM competitors?",
				"answer": "Salesforce CRM’s Top competitors in the sales-force-automation category are ActiveCampaign, Pardot, Leadfeeder. You can view a full list of Salesforce CRM competitors <a href=/tech/sales-force-automation/salesforce-crm-market-share#section_6> here</a>. 6sense uses advanced data mining and AI algorithms to track customers and <a href=/tech/sales-force-automation/salesforce-crm-market-share#section_3> competitors </a> of Salesforce CRM and 40,000 other technologies on the internet. You can also compare Salesforce CRM and its feature with top competitors here : <a href=/tech/sales-force-automation/salesforcecrm-vs-activecampaign> Salesforce CRM vs ActiveCampaign</a> <a href=/tech/sales-force-automation/salesforcecrm-vs-pardot> Salesforce CRM vs Pardot</a> <a href=/tech/sales-force-automation/salesforcecrm-vs-leadfeeder> Salesforce CRM vs Leadfeeder</a>."
			},
			{
				"question": "What is Salesforce CRM customer distribution based on company size?",
				"answer": "The majority of Salesforce CRM’s customers for the sales-force-automation category fall in the company size of 20 - 49 employees (27,709 companies). You can view a distribution chart of Salesforce CRM customers by company size <a href=/tech/sales-force-automation/salesforce-crm-market-share#section_6> here</a>."
			},
			...
		]
	}
}
```

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# Actor input Schema

## `keyword` (type: `array`):

Software to search for.

## `delay` (type: `integer`):

Waiting time (seconds) between requests.

## `proxy` (type: `object`):

Select proxies to be used by your crawler.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keyword": [
    "salesforce",
    "hubspot"
  ],
  "delay": 5,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keyword": [
        "salesforce",
        "hubspot"
    ],
    "proxy": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("canadesk/6sense").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "keyword": [
        "salesforce",
        "hubspot",
    ],
    "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("canadesk/6sense").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keyword": [
    "salesforce",
    "hubspot"
  ],
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call canadesk/6sense --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,canadesk/6sense"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/aMv3c1jOZ7s8iA8qB/builds/oo7mlnJ2LfwbBbbYf/openapi.json