Pricing
Pay per request. Credits never expire.
From $0.45 per 1,000 credits. 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
- 1 credit per call
- On most endpoints. A few cost more, or add paid steps like speech-to-text only when they run.
- Failures are free
- You pay for calls that reached the platform, a “not found” included. Bad params, rate limits and our errors cost nothing.
- Nothing renews
- Packs are one-time purchases. When credits run out, calls stop; nothing is charged automatically.
How it compares
Price per 1,000 credits, smallest pack to largest. Competitors' numbers are their published list prices; check their sites for the latest.
| Service | Entry price | At volume |
|---|---|---|
| LurkAPI | $0.90 | $0.45 |
| ScrapeCreators | $1.88 | $0.99 |
| Social Fetch | $14.00 | $1.65 |
| SociaVault | $4.83 | $2.00 |
Compared at 1 credit per call, what most LurkAPI endpoints cost. Other services charge more credits for some endpoints.
What a call costs
Most endpoints cost 1 credit per call. These cost more, or add paid steps charged only when a step runs and delivers.
- Video transcript
TikTok/v1/tiktok/video/transcript
- Each call
- 1 credit
- Speech-to-text
- +4 credits
- Media transcript
Instagram/v2/instagram/media/transcript
- Each call
- 1 credit
- Speech-to-text
- +4 credits
- Scrape a page (Auto)
Web/v1/web/scrape
- Each call
- 1 credit
- Browser render
- +3 credits
- Residential IP
- +4 credits
- Browser on a residential IP
- +13 credits
- Captcha solved
- +10 credits
- Render a page (browser)
Web/v1/web/render
- Each call
- 4 credits
- Captcha solved
- +10 credits
- Unblock a page (partner browser)
Web/v1/web/unblock
- Each call
- 4 credits
- Fetch a page from a residential IP
Web/v1/web/residential
- Each call
- 5 credits
- Render a page from a residential IP
Web/v1/web/render-residential
- Each call
- 14 credits
- Captcha solved
- +10 credits
- Scrape a page with your own steps
Web/v1/web/custom
- Each call
- 1 credit
- Browser render
- +3 credits
- Residential IP
- +4 credits
- Browser on a residential IP
- +13 credits
- Captcha solved
- +10 credits
All 70 endpoints, by platform
Each links to its docs, with a live playground.
Facebook6 endpoints
Reddit5 endpoints
YouTube8 endpoints
TikTok14 endpoints
Bluesky3 endpoints
Snapchat1 endpoint
Truth Social3 endpoints
Telegram3 endpoints
X (Twitter)3 endpoints
Threads3 endpoints
Instagram6 endpoints
LinkedIn4 endpoints
Link-in-bio1 endpoint
Questions
What's a credit?
A call to most endpoints costs 1 credit. A few cost more or add paid steps, listed above; a paid step is charged only when it runs and delivers.
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.