A CreatorCrawl alternative at a fifth of the price
LurkAPI is a social media data API. 100,000 calls cost $59 here and $299 on CreatorCrawl, whose own blog says its data comes from ScrapeCreators. Both connect to Claude and Cursor.
100,000 calls cost $299 on CreatorCrawl and $59 here
CreatorCrawl
$58$299$1,495$2,990
2 × Starter packsScale pack5 × Scale packs10 × Scale packs
LurkAPI
$9$59$225$450
Starter packGrowth packScale pack2 × Scale packs
$49 less for the same 10,000 calls$240 less for the same 100,000 calls$1,270 less for the same 500,000 calls$2,540 less for the same 1,000,000 calls
CreatorCrawl's biggest pack is 100,000 calls, so 500,000 take five: $1,495 there, $225 here. Packs never expire on either.
Answers in under a second
CreatorCrawl doesn't publish how fast it answers. On LurkAPI, a typical call comes back in 0.63 s.
Ours: the median of successful calls in production over the 7 days to October 26, 2026.
- Instagram profile0.42 s
- TikTok videos0.61 s
- YouTube search0.41 s
- A brand's Facebook ads0.76 s
- Subreddit posts0.92 s
What comes with LurkAPI, next to CreatorCrawl
MCP, free credits and billing as each one's own pages put them, and the 16 platforms one key reads.
| Feature | LurkAPI | CreatorCrawl |
|---|---|---|
| Free credits every day, no card | ||
| Response times on its own site | ||
| A remote MCP server | ||
| Claude and ChatGPT sign in, with no key to paste | ||
| Credits that never expire | ||
| No monthly plan to buy |
88 endpoints on 16 platforms
- TikTok17
- Facebook9
- Reddit5
- YouTube8
- Google8
- Bluesky3
- Snapchat1
- Truth Social3
- Telegram3
- X (Twitter)3
- Threads3
- Instagram8
- LinkedIn7
- Link-in-bio1
- eBay2
- Web7
Every endpoint and its price
TikTok
YouTube
Bluesky
Snapchat
Truth Social
Telegram
X (Twitter)
Threads
Link-in-bio
eBay
Web
Try it on your own calls in a minute
100 free credits, no card. Run one call right here, or let your AI set LurkAPI up for you.
A TikTok profile, in one call. Run it here, free.
Or let your AI set it up
Paste one prompt into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or VS Code and it connects LurkAPI for you.
Other CreatorCrawl alternatives, compared
What 100,000 of the same calls cost on each.
LurkAPI
$59Growth pack
CreatorCrawl's platforms plus Threads, Bluesky, Snapchat and Telegram. Packs never expire.
Social Fetch
$169/moGrowth plan + 5 refills
Team seats and a spend cap on each key, across 26 platforms. Plan credits reset every month.
ScrapeCreators
$1884 × $47 packs
CreatorCrawl's own blog names it as its data source. It has an MCP server too.
SociaVault
$307Pro + Growth + Starter packs
Your money back within 14 days if you've used under a tenth of the pack.
SocialCrawl
$3275 × £49 packs
Like CreatorCrawl, one format for every platform, across 69 of them.
Each price is the cheapest published buy of 100,000 profile lookups; SocialCrawl sells in pounds (£1 = $1.33), as of October 31, 2026.
Questions before you switch
- How much does CreatorCrawl cost?
- $29 for 5,000 credits, $99 for 20,000 or $299 for 100,000. Most calls cost 1 credit, so that's $5.80 to $2.99 per 1,000 calls.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to CreatorCrawl?
- Yes. 100,000 calls cost $59 on LurkAPI and $299 on CreatorCrawl, on the same 7 platforms.
- Does CreatorCrawl use ScrapeCreators?
- Yes. Its own blog names ScrapeCreators as its upstream data provider.
- Does CreatorCrawl have an MCP server?
- Yes, at api.creatorcrawl.com/mcp, and you sign in through your browser. LurkAPI has one too, and Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor sign in to it the same way.
Run your CreatorCrawl calls on LurkAPI, free
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