SocialAPIs vs the field
Honest side-by-side comparisons against Bright Data, Apify, RapidAPI, and ScraperAPI. Every pricing claim links to a live source — verify before you commit.
The short version
We're a unified social-first REST API with a single per-request rate. Each competitor is a different shape:
- Bright Data — proxy infra with social as one of many verticals. Rate is similar to ours; the gap is in shape (per-platform endpoint names, hard spending limits, procurement-style onboarding).
- Apify — marketplace of Actors with three billing meters running at once (subscription + compute + per-result), plus proxy bandwidth on top.
- RapidAPI — per-request overage cliffs plus a per-GB bandwidth fee on the consumer since December 2025.
- ScraperAPI — general-purpose proxy with no social parsing. Returns raw HTML. Benchmarked 0% on Instagram and Twitter.
We're roughly $1.49–$1.63 per 1,000 requests with no bandwidth fee, no compute units, no per-Actor fiddling. Pick on fit — see each page for the details.
vs Bright Data
Pricing's actually similar. The integration experience isn't.
Read the comparison →vs Apify
Apify charges three meters at once. We charge one.
Read the comparison →vs RapidAPI
We started on RapidAPI. Then grew out of it.
Read the comparison →vs ScraperAPI
Great for e-commerce. Wrong tool for social.
Read the comparison →See it for yourself
200 free calls / month. No credit card. The Facebook + Instagram API behind 7.2M+ monthly calls is one curl away.