# SocialAPIs > REST APIs for real-time public data from Facebook and Instagram. 200 free API calls / month, no credit card. Trusted by 5,000+ developers and 7.2M+ monthly API calls through the underlying engine. SocialAPIs is a unified, social-first REST API with flat per-request pricing (~$1.49–$1.63 per 1,000 requests). No bandwidth fees, no compute units, no per-Actor billing. One auth header (`x-api-token`), one rate limit, ~50+ endpoints. First-class MCP server for AI agents (Claude Desktop, ChatGPT Custom Integrations, Cursor). Live today: Facebook and Instagram. Roadmap (vote on which we build next at ): TikTok, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, YouTube. ## What we offer - [Facebook Page Details](https://socialapis.io/api-sources/facebook-page-details): page metadata, likes, followers, contact info - [Facebook Page Posts](https://socialapis.io/api-sources/facebook-page-posts): recent posts, reactions, media, comments - [Facebook Search](https://socialapis.io/api-sources/facebook-search-pages): pages, people, posts, locations, videos by keyword - [Facebook Group Details](https://socialapis.io/api-sources/facebook-group-details): rules, member count, activity stats - [Facebook Group Posts](https://socialapis.io/api-sources/facebook-group-posts): recent posts with engagement - [Meta Ads Library Search](https://socialapis.io/api-sources/meta-ads-search): search active ads by keyword or page ID - [Meta Ads Archive Details](https://socialapis.io/api-sources/meta-ads-archive-details): detailed ad creative, spend, impressions - [Facebook Marketplace Search](https://socialapis.io/api-sources/marketplace-search): listings with location + price filters - [Marketplace Listing Details](https://socialapis.io/api-sources/marketplace-listing-details): photos, price, seller info per listing - [Instagram Profile Details](https://socialapis.io/api-sources/instagram-profile-details): bio, followers, related profiles - [Instagram Profile Posts](https://socialapis.io/api-sources/instagram-profile-posts): photos, videos, carousels with engagement - [Instagram Profile Reels](https://socialapis.io/api-sources/instagram-profile-reels): reels with play counts + audio - [Instagram Profile Highlights](https://socialapis.io/api-sources/instagram-profile-highlights): cover images + permalinks - [Instagram Location Posts](https://socialapis.io/api-sources/instagram-location-posts): top + recent posts tagged at a place - [MCP Server for AI agents](https://docs.socialapis.io/ai-agents/mcp): every endpoint as a native MCP tool ## Quick links - [API endpoint catalog](https://socialapis.io/api-sources): browse 50+ Facebook + Instagram endpoints - [Get started in 5 minutes](https://socialapis.io/get-started): quickstart with curl + JSON example - [Pricing](https://socialapis.io/pricing): Free / Pro / Ultra / Mega / Enterprise tiers - [Compare vs alternatives](https://socialapis.io/compare): Bright Data, Apify, RapidAPI, ScraperAPI - [About / team](https://socialapis.io/about): founder, traction screenshots, contact channels - [Blog](https://socialapis.io/blog): tutorials, deep-dives, product updates - [Full documentation](https://docs.socialapis.io): API reference, AI-agent integration guides - [Sign up free](https://socialapis.io/auth/signup): 200 calls/month, no credit card - [Contact support](https://socialapis.io/contact-us): inquiry-type-aware form ## Compare SocialAPIs vs alternatives - [SocialAPIs vs Bright Data](https://socialapis.io/compare/bright-data): pricing parity, integration shape, procurement - [SocialAPIs vs Apify](https://socialapis.io/compare/apify): one billing meter vs three (subscription + compute + per-result) - [SocialAPIs vs RapidAPI](https://socialapis.io/compare/rapidapi): unified rate vs overage cliffs + bandwidth fees - [SocialAPIs vs ScraperAPI](https://socialapis.io/compare/scraperapi): structured social data vs raw HTML, 0% benchmark on Instagram and Twitter ## Pricing - Free — 200 calls / month, $0 / mo - Pro — 1,500 calls / month, $4.99 / mo - Ultra — 30,000 calls / month, $49 / mo - Mega — 120,000 calls / month, $179 / mo - Enterprise — custom pricing with SLA, dedicated support, IP allowlisting One credit per successful response. No bandwidth fee, no compute units, no per-endpoint surcharge. Failed requests (4xx caused by bad input) don't consume credits. ## Use cases - Market research and competitor analysis - Social media monitoring and tracking - Lead generation from public Facebook + Instagram data - Ad intelligence and creative research via Meta Ad Library - E-commerce product research via Facebook Marketplace - Influencer discovery and analytics - AI-agent workflows via MCP (Claude Desktop / ChatGPT / Cursor) ## API examples Auth header is `x-api-token` — NOT `Authorization: Bearer`. Get details of a Facebook page: ```bash curl "https://api.socialapis.io/facebook/pages/details?link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FEngenSA" \ -H "x-api-token: YOUR_API_TOKEN" ``` Search Facebook pages by keyword: ```bash curl "https://api.socialapis.io/facebook/search/pages?query=marketing" \ -H "x-api-token: YOUR_API_TOKEN" ``` Get Instagram profile details: ```bash curl "https://api.socialapis.io/instagram/profile/details?username=instagram" \ -H "x-api-token: YOUR_API_TOKEN" ``` ## Blog - [API Integration Best Practices for 2025](https://socialapis.io/blog/api-best-practices): auth, structured logging, idempotency, retry patterns - [The Complete Guide to Building AI Agents](https://socialapis.io/blog/building-ai-agents): tool calling, memory, orchestration, MCP - [Build an AI Social Media Agent with LangChain](https://socialapis.io/blog/build-ai-social-agent): step-by-step Facebook monitoring agent - [Announcing SocialAPIs in the MCP Registry](https://socialapis.io/blog/mcp-launch): first-class MCP support announcement ## Who runs SocialAPIs SocialAPIs.io was founded in 2026 by Oussema Frikha, registered in the United Arab Emirates. Two engineers, no investors. The company grew out of a Facebook Scraper API still live on RapidAPI that currently handles 7.2M+ API calls a month for 364 customers (last 30 days). Traction numbers are screenshotted from the RapidAPI owner analytics dashboard on the [about page](https://socialapis.io/about) — not rounded marketing figures. - [Founder bio + traction screenshots](https://socialapis.io/about) - [Founder on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/oussema-frikha-379851127/) - [Telegram (fastest channel)](https://t.me/socialapis) - [Underlying API on RapidAPI](https://rapidapi.com/oussemaf/api/facebook-scraper-api4) ## Optional - [GitHub organization](https://github.com/SocialAPIsHub) - [MCP server on npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@socialapis/mcp) - [System status](https://socialapis.io/status)