LurkAPI is the best Facebook scraper overall: 1,000 posts from public Pages cost $0.19 ($0.12 on the Growth pack), a call answers in about 1 s against ScrapeCreators' 3.12 s average, and one key also covers a Page's contact details, reactions, comments and events. Pick ScrapeCreators for group and Marketplace data, Apify for scheduled no-code runs, Bright Data for a big monthly volume, or facebook-pages-scraper for a free look at one Page.
The best Facebook scrapers at a glance
| Service | Best for | What it covers | Price per 1,000 posts | Speed | Free to start |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LurkAPI | Every public Page job | Pages, contacts, posts, reactions, comments, events, ads | $0.19 to $0.12 | About 1 s a call (median) | 100 credits, then 20 a day, no card |
| ScrapeCreators | Groups and Marketplace | Posts, reels, comments, groups, Marketplace, ads | $1.88 to $0.99 per 1,000 requests | 3.12 s average | 100 credits |
| Apify | No-code runs | Posts, Pages, comments, groups, events | $5.00 (Free plan) to $2.00 (Business) | 500 posts in under 2 min | $5 of usage a month |
| Bright Data | A big monthly volume | Posts, comments, Pages, reels, Marketplace | $1.50, or $1.30 on a $499 monthly plan | Not published | 5,000 records a month |
| facebook-pages-scraper | One Page, free | Profile, contacts, newest post | Free (newest post only) | 3.4 to 6.4 s a Page | Open source |
1. LurkAPI: the best Facebook scraper overall
LurkAPI turns public Facebook Pages and profiles into JSON: one link in, the data back in one request.
- Covers: Page and profile details with contacts, posts, each post's reactions by type, top comments, events and Meta's Ad Library: 9 endpoints.
- Price: 1 credit a call: $0.93 per 1,000 calls on the Pro pack, $0.59 on Growth. With 5 posts a call, that's $0.19 to $0.12 per 1,000 posts.
- Speed: About 1 s a call for a Page's latest posts (median).
- Best for: Any public Page job, from one venue's events to every competitor's posts each week.
Why it's #1
- Cheapest of the paid services: 1,000 posts for $0.19 ($0.12 on Growth). Bright Data's $1.30, on a $499 monthly plan, is the next lowest per-post price.
- Fastest answer: a Page's posts come back in about 1 s, against ScrapeCreators' published 3.12 s average.
curl -G "https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/facebook/profile/posts" \--data-urlencode "url=https://www.facebook.com/NASA" \-H "x-api-key: $LURK_KEY"Run it on any public Page:
GET/v1/facebook/profile/posts
1 credit per requestRun it to see live data here.
2. ScrapeCreators: best for groups and Marketplace
ScrapeCreators sells social media data by the request, from credit packs that never expire.
- Covers: Profiles, posts, reels, photos, comments and replies, events, groups, Marketplace and the Ad Library.
- Price: $1.88 per 1,000 requests on its $47 pack, $0.99 on its $497 pack.
- Speed: 3.12 s on average.
- Best for: Public group posts and Marketplace listings.
- Limits: About 3 posts per request from a Page's timeline.
- Compared with LurkAPI: $0.93 to $0.59 per 1,000 requests on LurkAPI, with 5 posts in each and an answer in about 1 s.
3. Apify: best for no-code runs
Apify is a store of ready-made scrapers you start from a form. Prices here are for its Facebook Posts Scraper.
- Covers: Posts, Pages, comments, groups, events and contact details, one scraper each.
- Price: $5.00 per 1,000 posts on the Free plan, $2.00 on Business ($999 a month).
- Speed: 500 posts in under 2 minutes, by its own page.
- Best for: Scheduled runs without writing code.
- Limits: Filtering by date adds $2 per 1,000 on the Free plan.
- Compared with LurkAPI: Those 1,000 posts are $0.19 on LurkAPI, $0.12 on the Growth pack.
4. Bright Data: best for a big monthly volume
Bright Data's Facebook Scraper API sells Facebook data by the record.
- Covers: Posts by Page, group or link, comments, Pages, reels, events and Marketplace.
- Price: $1.50 per 1,000 records, $1.30 on its $499 monthly plan.
- Speed: Not published.
- Best for: Hundreds of thousands of records a month: its $499 plan buys 384,000.
- Limits: Billed per record.
- Compared with LurkAPI: LurkAPI sells one-off packs instead: 1,000 posts for $0.19, $0.12 on Growth.
5. facebook-pages-scraper: best for one Page, free
facebook-pages-scraper is a free, open-source Python library.
- Covers: A Page's profile, contact details and newest post.
- Price: Free. It runs on your own machine.
- Speed: 3.4 to 6.4 s a Page.
- Best for: A few Pages' contact details from Python.
- Limits: Only a Page's newest post.
- Compared with LurkAPI: LurkAPI's 100 free credits read 500 posts, with nothing to install.
Which Facebook scraper for which job
- A competitor's posts, every week: LurkAPI, because 1,000 posts cost $0.19.
- A lead list of businesses: LurkAPI, because 1,000 Pages with their contact details cost $0.93, against $12 on Apify's Pages Scraper (Free plan).
- What people say under posts: LurkAPI, because the top comments under 1,000 posts cost $0.93.
- A venue's events: LurkAPI, up to 8 a call, so $0.12 per 1,000 events against $13 on Apify's Events Scraper (Free plan).
- Public group posts: ScrapeCreators, or Apify's Groups Scraper at $5 per 1,000 posts on its Free plan. Private groups need a member's login.
- A brand's ads: LurkAPI's Ad Library endpoints (see Ad Library scrapers and Meta's Ad Library API).
- One video, once: our free Facebook video downloader.
Try it on your own Pages: 100 free credits read 500 posts, no card.
