SocialScrape and ScrapeCreators, side by side
| SocialScrape | ScrapeCreators | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | One-time packs and monthly plans. | One-time credit packs, pay as you go. Source |
| Entry price | Starter pack: $15 for 5,000 credits ($3.00 per 1,000). Starter plan: $15 a month for 6,500 ($2.31 per 1,000). | Freelance: $47 for 25,000 credits ($1.88 per 1,000). Business: $497 for 500,000 ($0.99 per 1,000). Source |
| Free to try | 100 credits on signup, no card. | 100 credits on signup, plus up to 7,000 more for starring their GitHub repo, sharing feedback and saying how you found them. Source |
| Credits expire | Pack credits never expire. Monthly plan credits reset each month. | Credits never expire. Source |
| Cached repeats | A cached repeat costs 0 credits when you send max_age_days. | A result already in their cache costs 0 credits. Source |
| AI transcription | 1 credit up to 2 minutes of audio, then 1 per started minute. | Native captions, or AI on media up to 2 minutes: 1 credit. Longer AI transcription is opt-in at 10 credits per minute, rounded up. Source |
| Rate limits | Per team, a minute: 30 on free credits, 300 with any paid pack, 120 to 1,200 on monthly plans. | States no account-level rate or concurrency caps, and suggests staying below 500 concurrent requests. Source |
| Platforms | 173 endpoints across 28 platforms and sources, all in beta. | Names 38+ APIs, including TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Threads, Reddit, Pinterest and four ad libraries. Source |
| MCP server | An MCP server for agents, in early access with the API. | Lists an MCP server for Cursor, Claude and VS Code. Source |
Where ScrapeCreators fits better
- Cheaper per credit at its pack sizes: $1.88 per 1,000 at 25,000 credits, against our $2.45 at 20,000.
- States no account-level rate or concurrency caps. Ours are per team and tiered.
- Names 38+ APIs, including Reddit, which we do not publish yet.
Where SocialScrape fits better
- A lower way in: a $15 pack, against $47.
- AI transcription at 1 credit per started minute after 2 minutes; theirs is 10 credits a minute in its opt-in paid mode.
- One response shape on every platform, monitors with signed webhooks, batch calls and teams.
- Their paths and parameter names keep working. See the switching guide.
Other alternatives
- ScraperAPI. A general web scraping API that prices each request in credits by target site.
- Social Fetch. A versioned REST API returning normalized public social data.
- SocialKit. A subscription API for video transcripts, summaries and stats.
Pricing is on the pricing page. The short version is SocialScrape vs ScrapeCreators.