LurkAPI

Pricing

Pay per request. Credits never expire.

From $0.20 per 1,000 requests. No subscription, you don't pay for our errors, and you can try it without an account.

Free

$0

  • 5 tries a day, no account
  • 100 credits when you sign up
  • Topped up to 25 credits every day
Get free API key

Starter

$10

  • 20,000 credits
  • $0.50 per 1,000 requests
  • Never expires
Buy Starter

Growth

$49

  • 150,000 credits
  • $0.33 per 1,000 requests
  • Never expires
Buy Growth

Scale

Best rate

$199

  • 1,000,000 credits
  • $0.20 per 1,000 requests
  • Never expires
Buy Scale

How it compares

Price per 1,000 requests, from the smallest to the largest pack or plan. Competitor numbers are their published list prices; check their sites for the latest.

ServiceEntry priceAt volume
LurkAPI$0.50$0.20
ScrapeCreators$1.88$0.99
Social Fetch$14.00$1.65
SociaVault$4.83$2.00

Every LurkAPI endpoint costs 1 credit today. Other services charge more credits for some endpoints.

Credits per endpoint

Charged only when a request succeeds.

EndpointCredits
Facebook
Search Ad Library ads1
Ad Library ads by company1
Ad Library ad details1
Search Ad Library companies1
Public Page profile1
Public post1
Reddit
Subreddit posts1
Subreddit details1
Subreddit search1
Search Reddit1
Post comments1
YouTube
Video details1
Video transcript1
Video comments1
Comment replies1
Channel details1
Channel videos1
Channel Shorts1
Search YouTube1
TikTok
Profile1
Video details1
Video transcript1
Profile videos1
Video comments1
Comment replies1
Hashtag videos1
Song1
Song videos1
Search TikTok Ad Library1
TikTok Ad Library ad1
Live status1
Public stories1
TikTok Shop product1
Google
Search Google advertisers1
Google ads by company1
Google ad details1
Bluesky
Profile1
User posts1
Post1
Snapchat
Profile and stories1
Truth Social
Profile1
User posts1
Post1
Telegram
Channel1
Channel posts1
Post1
X (Twitter)
Tweet1
Profile1
User tweets1
Threads
Threads profile1
Threads account posts1
Threads post1
Instagram
Profile1
User posts1
Post1
Post comments1
User reels1
Media transcript1
LinkedIn
LinkedIn company page1
LinkedIn company posts1
Search LinkedIn ads1
LinkedIn ad details1
Link-in-bio
Linktree page1

Questions

What's a credit?

One request. Every endpoint costs 1 credit today; each endpoint's cost is in the table above and on its docs page.

Do failed requests cost anything?

Not when the request never ran or the failure is ours: bad parameters, rate limits, an empty balance and 5xx errors are free. A request that reached the platform is charged, a "not found" answer included, because the lookup still happened.

Do credits expire?

No. Packs are one-time purchases, not a subscription, and the credits never expire.

How do the free credits work?

Without an account you get 5 tries a day on this site. A new account starts with 100 credits. Once a day, if your balance is below 25, it's topped up to 25. The top-up doesn't stack on a bigger balance.

What happens when I run out?

Requests return a 402 insufficient_credits error until you buy a pack or tomorrow's top-up arrives. Nothing is billed automatically.

Can I switch from another provider?

Usually with little work. Every endpoint is a plain GET with query params and an x-api-key header, and the migration guide in the docs lists what to change.

How do I pay?

Checkout is handled by Stripe. We never see or store your card number.