LurkAPI
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Same API as ScrapeCreators. Half the price.

Keep your code, change one URL, and pay $59 for 100,000 calls instead of $188.

Get 100 free creditsRead the switching guide
  • No card
  • 25 free calls a day
  • Credits never expire

LurkAPI$59

Growth pack

ScrapeCreators$188

4 × $47 packs

You save $12969% less

ScrapeCreators' packs on its homepage, October 26, 2026: $47 for 25,000 credits or $497 for 500,000 credits.

Change one line

69 of ScrapeCreators' endpoints answer at the same path here. Point your client at https://api.lurkapi.com and send your LurkAPI key.

Terminal · 1 line changed
Removed: API=https://api.scrapecreators.comAdded: API=https://api.lurkapi.com curl -G $API/v1/tiktok/profile \  -d handle=nike \  -H "x-api-key: $API_KEY"

Comes with you

  • The x-api-key header and your query params
  • The envelope: success, credits_remaining, credits_charged
  • 1 credit a call on most endpoints, never expiring

Check first

  • Instagram account calls take username, not handle
  • Instagram and X profiles come back in another shape
  • Send POSTs as GETs, with the same params
  • The rest is in the switching guide

1.9× faster, head to head

Both APIs on the same requests: 0.91 s against 1.74 s at the median.

LurkAPIScrapeCreators

All 8: 0.91 s against 1.74 s. First on 86 of 95 paired calls.1.9× faster

Medians of 12 live calls per endpoint on October 26, 2026: the same targets on both, one call at a time on warm connections, from a machine in Europe, timed to the full body. All 192 calls succeeded.

  • 95%

    of calls on our 11 busiest endpoints beat ScrapeCreators' 3.12 s average

  • 6 of 8

    endpoints faster, timed by a third-party API router

Questions

Is LurkAPI a drop-in replacement for ScrapeCreators?

For most requests. 69 of its endpoints are at the same path here, with the same x-api-key header and envelope, so you change the base URL to https://api.lurkapi.com and the key. The switching guide lists the exceptions.

How much cheaper is it than ScrapeCreators?

10,000 calls cost $9 here and $47 there; 100,000 cost $59 against $188; 500,000 cost $225 against $497. That's $0.45 per 1,000 at best, against $0.99.

Is LurkAPI faster?

1.9× faster at the median on the same requests, and faster on 7 of 8 endpoints; ScrapeCreators won Meta Ad Library company search. On our 11 busiest endpoints, 95% of calls beat its published 3.12 s average.

Do the credits expire?

No. Packs are one-time purchases and nothing renews.

Which platforms does it cover?

88 endpoints across 16 platforms, including TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Reddit, X (Twitter), LinkedIn and Google, plus any web page.

Can I try it before I switch?

Yes. 5 free tries a day on this site, then 100 free credits on signup and 25 more every day. No card.

Does it work with Claude?

Yes. Every endpoint is a tool on our MCP server, and Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and VS Code connect in one click.

Change one URL, keep the difference

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