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Best social media APIs with a free tier

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

The list

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: $13 for 1,000 credits ($13.00 per 1,000). Starter plan: $27 a month for 18,000 ($1.50 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

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.

Our limits

Our free grant is 100 credits, once, with no card.

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.