Best social media APIs with a free tier

Who offers a free tier, how they charge, and where we fit.

The list

SocialScrape first because this is our site; the rest alphabetical. Not ranked. A service is listed only when its own page says it offers this. Facts retrieved 2026-10-29 and linked in each cell.
ServiceWhat its page says about a free tierHow it chargesEntry price
SocialScrape100 credits on signup, no card.One-time packs and monthly plans.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).
Apify$5 of usage a month on the free plan, no card. Past the prepaid usage, access stops until the next cycle. SourceMonthly platform plans. Each Actor sets its own pricing: pay per event, pay per usage, or both. SourceStarter: $19 a month ($17 on annual billing) with $19 of platform usage. Free: $5 of usage a month, no card. Source
Bright DataFree tier: 5,000 records a month, no card. SourcePay per successful record. Social scrapers sit under the same plans as the rest of the Web Scraper API. SourcePay as you go: $1.50 per 1,000 records. Scale: $499 a month with 384,000 records included, then $1.30 per 1,000. Source
Data365A free 14-day trial for all users, no card. SourceMonthly subscription, limited by the number of social networks. SourceBasic: 300 euros a month, 1 social network, 500,000 credits. Standard: 850 euros, 3 networks, 1,000,000 credits. Source
EnsembleDataA free trial of 50 units a day. SourceMonthly plans measured in units per day. Each endpoint costs a set number of units. SourceWood: $100 a month for 1,500 units a day. Bronze: $200 for 5,000. Silver: $400 for 11,000. Source
PhantomBusterFree plan: 30 minutes of execution time a month, 1 slot. SourceMonthly plans of execution time and Phantom slots. SourceStart: $69 a month ($56 on annual billing), 20 hours of execution time, 5 slots. Grow: $159, 80 hours, 15 slots. Scale: $439, 300 hours, 50 slots. Source
ScrapeCreators100 credits on signup, plus up to 7,000 more for starring their GitHub repo, sharing feedback and saying how you found them. SourceOne-time credit packs, pay as you go. SourceFreelance: $47 for 25,000 credits ($1.88 per 1,000). Business: $497 for 500,000 ($0.99 per 1,000). Source
ScraperAPIA 7-day trial with 5,000 API credits. SourceMonthly plans of API credits. SourceHobby: $49 a month for 100,000 API credits. Startup: $149 for 1,000,000. Source
Social Fetch100 credits on signup with no card, and 250 more if you save a card. SourceCredit packs and monthly or annual plans. SourcePacks: Starter 1,000 credits for $14, Growth 25,000 for $59, Scale 230,000 for $379. Plans: Starter $29 a month for 18,000 credits. Source
SocialKit20 credits a month at $0, all listed APIs, 40 requests a minute. SourceMonthly plans, yearly billing at 30% off, and pay as you go (rates not stated). SourceStandard: $29 a month for 12,000 credits ($2.42 per 1,000). Free plan: 20 credits a month. Source
SocialPipe100 starting credits, no card, all endpoints. SourceMonthly plans of credits. Usage stops at the allowance and is never billed as overage. SourceStarter: $20 a month for 12,000 credits ($1.67 per 1,000). Pro: $50 for 31,000. Scale: $200 for 125,000. Source
SociaVault50 credits, no card. SourceOne-time credit packs, not subscriptions. SourceStarter: $29 for 6,000 credits. Growth: $79 for 20,000. Pro: $199 for 75,000. Enterprise: $399 for 200,000. Source
Supadata100 credits a month, 1 request a second. SourceMonthly plans, with auto-recharge top-ups. SourceFree: 100 credits a month. Basic: $5 a month billed annually for 300 credits. Pro: $17 for 3,000. Mega: $47 for 30,000. Source

Our limits

Our free grant is 100 credits, once, with no card. All of our endpoints are in beta, so shapes may still gain fields.

What to check

  • What a credit buys. Credits are not the same size across services.
  • Whether credits expire, and whether failures and repeats are billed.
  • A real response for your platform and field, before you commit.

Pricing is on the pricing page.

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How was this list made?

A service is on it only if its own pages say it offers this. We link each fact, and we leave out anything a page does not state. We do not rank or rate.

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