Pick Bright Data if
- Built for bulk: up to 5,000 URLs in one call, delivered to cloud storage, a webhook, Snowflake or SFTP.
- A free tier of 5,000 records a month, against our one-time 100 credits.
- Pay as you go at $1.50 per 1,000 records, the same per 1,000 as our Starter plan, and above our Growth and Scale plans.
Pick SocialScrape if
- A $13 pack starts smaller than Bright Data's $499 a month Scale plan.
- Small, interactive calls: a profile or a page of posts for 1 credit.
Price per 1,000
| Offer | Price | Includes | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SocialScrape: Starter pack | $13 | 1,000 credits | $13.00 |
| SocialScrape: Growth pack | $55 | 25,000 credits | $2.20 |
| SocialScrape: Scale pack | $349 | 230,000 credits | $1.52 |
| SocialScrape: Starter plan, monthly | $27 | 18,000 credits | $1.50 |
| SocialScrape: Growth plan, monthly | $73 | 50,000 credits | $1.46 |
| SocialScrape: Scale plan, monthly | $209 | 150,000 credits | $1.39 |
| Bright Data: Scale, monthly | $499 | 384,000 records | $1.30 |
List prices, dollars. Computed from the prices on each service's page (Bright Data: brightdata.com/pricing/web-scraper, retrieved 2026-10-29). A record is not a request, so the units are not equal.
Side by side
| SocialScrape | Bright Data | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | One-time packs and monthly plans. | Pay per successful record. Social scrapers sit under the same plans as the rest of the Web Scraper API. Source |
| Entry price | 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). | Pay 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 |
| Free to try | 100 credits on signup, no card. | Free tier: 5,000 records a month, no card. Source |
| Platforms | 183 endpoints across 29 platforms and sources. | Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn and YouTube in the intro; Reddit, Pinterest, Vimeo, Snapchat and Quora in the scraper list. Source |
Bright Data facts retrieved 2026-10-29 from the pages linked in each cell. A row is left out when Bright Data states nothing on it.
More options: Bright Data alternatives.