Best pay-as-you-go social media APIs

Who offers pay as you go pricing, 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 when its own pages describe one-time packs, pay as you go or per-use pricing. Facts retrieved 2026-10-29 and linked in each cell.
ServiceHow it chargesEntry price
SocialScrapeOne-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).
ApifyMonthly 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 DataPay 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
ScrapeCreatorsOne-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
Social FetchCredit 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
SocialKitMonthly 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
SociaVaultOne-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

Our limits

Our packs never expire, and our monthly plans reset each month. 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.

Questions

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.

Build on social data early.

Developers and agent builders get the first keys.

Get early access