ScrapeCreators vs SocialCrawl

Flat USD credits against variable GBP credits: two social data APIs compared on pricing mechanics, breadth, and payload shape.

Checked August 2026 · public pricing pages · no affiliate links

ScrapeCreators and SocialCrawl both sell non-expiring credit packs, but the credit means different things. ScrapeCreators charges a flat 1 credit per request in USD with per-platform payloads. SocialCrawl prices in GBP with variable credit costs (1 for standard calls up to 20 for universal search, a vendor-stated mixed average of ~3.1) and returns a unified schema across 48 platforms, including e-commerce and review sites.

ScrapeCreatorsSocialCrawlOpenhandle

Free tierScrapeCreators100 credits, one timeSocialCrawl100 credits, one time, no card. Advanced calls burn 5-10 eachOpenhandle100 free requests, no card

Pricing modelScrapeCreatorsPrepaid USD packs, paid up front. Credits never expireSocialCrawlPrepaid GBP packs, paid up front. Credits never expireOpenhandlePay after use. No credits, no subscription

Effective rateScrapeCreators~$1.88 per 1k on the $47 pack. ~$0.99 needs the $497 packSocialCrawl~£6 per 1k on the £15 pack. £49 for 8,000-20,000, £299 for 50,000-150,000. GBP onlyOpenhandle$3 per 1k, down to $1.50 per 1k at volume. 30-day cache hits are free

Credits per callScrapeCreators1 credit per call, prepaid. Cached results freeSocialCrawl1 standard, 5-10 advanced, 20 for search. Vendor claims ~3.1 averageOpenhandleNo credits. One answer, one request

Platform depthScrapeCreators22 TikTok and 19 Instagram endpoints, plus 34 other platforms, each its own APISocialCrawlAbout 8 endpoints per platform across 48 platforms, mostly shopping and search sitesOpenhandle45 Instagram, 28 TikTok, and 17 X endpoints. More platforms and data added by demand

DepthScrapeCreators22 TikTok endpoints, 19 InstagramSocialCrawl21 TikTok and 33 Instagram endpoints, more on LinkedIn and YouTube. Advanced ones cost 5-10 creditsOpenhandle28 TikTok endpoints in one API, web and app combined. Ads routes soon

Response shapeScrapeCreatorsUnpredictable raw payloads, different on every platformSocialCrawlUnified schema, vendor-defined. Sentiment scores includedOpenhandleOne schema across Instagram, TikTok, and X

ExtrasScrapeCreatorsFree cached results. Support is one founderSocialCrawlCross-platform search at 20 credits a call. MCP, built-in retriesOpenhandleREST, OpenAPI, MCP server, SDKs for TypeScript, Python, and Go

UptimeScrapeCreatorsNo SLA, no status page, no uptime figure publishedSocialCrawlNo uptime figure publishedOpenhandle99.9% uptime

Figures from public pricing pages, August 2026.

Pricing

The currencies differ (ScrapeCreators prices in USD, SocialCrawl in GBP), and so do the units, which makes sticker comparison misleading. A ScrapeCreators credit is always one call; a SocialCrawl credit is a fraction of one, since advanced endpoints cost 5-10 credits and universal search costs 20. At SocialCrawl's own ~3.1-credit average, its £15 entry pack of 2,500 credits buys roughly 800 calls. ScrapeCreators' large pack reaches ~$0.99 per 1k calls flat, and cached results are free. To compare honestly, price your actual endpoint mix in calls, not credits, then convert the currency.

Coverage and payloads

SocialCrawl's 48 platforms reach past social into e-commerce (Amazon, eBay, Walmart), search engines, and review sites, with a unified schema, sentiment scores, and a universal cross-platform search. ScrapeCreators stays on the social stack across 36 APIs and returns payloads close to each platform's internal shapes, so parsing is per-platform work. On shared platforms the endpoint counts trade blows: ScrapeCreators lists 22 TikTok endpoints to SocialCrawl's 21, while SocialCrawl lists more on Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn.

Verdicts

Predictable billingScrapeCreators. One credit is one call, always, and cache hits are free.

Long-tail coverage beyond socialSocialCrawl, for e-commerce, search engines, and review sites under one key.

One parser across platformsSocialCrawl's unified schema, with sentiment included.

Cross-platform search as a featureSocialCrawl, but at 20 credits per call, budget for it.

Either waycompute your own blended cost from your endpoint mix and convert USD/GBP before comparing packs.

How we checked

Pricing and platform claims come from scrapecreators.com and socialcrawl.dev public pages, read in August 2026. Vendors change pricing; check their pages before deciding. Tell us about an error and we will correct it.

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