A faster, cheaper SociaVault alternative

100,000 calls cost $307 on SociaVault and $59 here

Calls

10k10,000100k100,000500k500,0001M1,000,000calls

SociaVault

$58$307$1,105$1,995

2 × Starter packsPro + Growth + Starter packs2 × Enterprise + Pro + Growth + Starter packs5 × Enterprise packs

LurkAPI

$9$59$225$450

Starter packGrowth packScale pack2 × Scale packs

$49 less for the same 10,000 calls$248 less for the same 100,000 calls$880 less for the same 500,000 calls$1,545 less for the same 1,000,000 calls

SociaVault's $2 per 1,000 is only for people who spend $399 at once. Smaller packs cost up to $4.83 per 1,000. LurkAPI starts at $9, and packs never expire on either.

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SociaVault says under 500 ms. Its own status page shows 1.3 to 13.9 s.

On the same six platforms, LurkAPI's median answer takes 0.41 s to 1.06 s, so every one is back before SociaVault's fastest.

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SociaVault's: its hourly check of each platform on October 31, 15:00 UTC, from its status page. Ours: the median of successful calls in production over the 7 days to October 26, 2026, for the call nearest theirs.

LurkAPISociaVault

1. TikTok0.61 s1.29 s
2. Instagram0.42 s13.9 s
3. Reddit0.92 s2.37 s
4. YouTube0.41 s1.42 s
5. X1.06 s1.39 s
6. Facebook ads0.76 s6.54 s

1. 

   LurkAPI

   $59Growth pack

   A typical answer in 0.63 s. Packs never expire.

2. 

   Social Fetch

   $169/moGrowth plan + 5 refills

   Team seats and a spend cap on each key, across 26 platforms. Plan credits reset every month.

3. 

   ScrapeCreators

   $1884 × $47 packs

   Answers served from its cache are free. Packs never expire.

4. 

   CreatorCrawl

   $299Scale pack

   Its own blog says its data comes from ScrapeCreators. One format across 7 platforms.

5. 

   SocialCrawl

   $3275 × £49 packs

   Also covers shopping, reviews, jobs, Douyin and Xiaohongshu. Sold in pounds.

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 SociaVault cost?

$29 for 6,000 credits up to $399 for 200,000, in packs that never expire. Most calls cost 1 credit, so that's $4.83 to $2 per 1,000 calls.

Is SociaVault free?

It gives 50 credits at signup, no card. LurkAPI gives 100, then tops your balance back up to 25 credits each day.

Does SociaVault have an MCP server?

Yes, hosted with your API key in the URL or a header, or local through npx. LurkAPI's MCP server lets Claude and ChatGPT sign in instead.

Is there a cheaper alternative to SociaVault?

Yes. On LurkAPI, 100,000 calls cost $59 instead of $307, and 10,000 cost $9 instead of $58.