ScrapeCreators vs SocialFetch

Two credit-pack social data APIs that share a price point but split on normalization, ops transparency, and endpoint depth.

Checked August 2026 · public pricing pages · no affiliate links

ScrapeCreators and SocialFetch both sell social data through non-expiring credit packs, and (a genuine coincidence) both charge exactly $47 for 25,000 credits. The split is elsewhere. ScrapeCreators goes deeper per platform with free cached results and per-platform payloads. SocialFetch normalizes one schema across 21 platforms and publishes its operational behavior: uptime, response times, and what gets billed on failure.

ScrapeCreatorsSocialFetchOpenhandle

Free tierScrapeCreators100 credits, one timeSocialFetch100 credits, one time, no cardOpenhandle100 free requests, no card

Pricing modelScrapeCreatorsPrepaid packs, paid up front. Credits never expireSocialFetchPrepaid packs never expire. The 8% subscription discount resets credits monthlyOpenhandlePay after use. No credits, no subscription

Effective rateScrapeCreators~$1.88 per 1k on the $47 pack. ~$0.99 needs the $497 packSocialFetch$14 per 1k on the $14 pack. ~$1.64 per 1k needs the $379 packOpenhandle$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 freeSocialFetch1 credit per lookup, prepaid, on all endpointsOpenhandleNo credits. One answer, one request

Failure billingScrapeCreatorsNo policy publishedSocialFetchInfrastructure failures freeOpenhandleFailed requests are free. You pay only when Openhandle returns an answer

Platform depthScrapeCreators22 TikTok and 19 Instagram endpoints, plus 34 other platforms, each its own APISocialFetchDepth per platform not published, about 8 endpoints per platform on average. 21 platforms, including Bluesky and GitHubOpenhandle45 Instagram, 28 TikTok, and 17 X endpoints. More platforms and data added by demand

Response shapeScrapeCreatorsUnpredictable raw payloads, different on every platformSocialFetchNormalized schema across platforms, vendor-definedOpenhandleOne schema across Instagram, TikTok, and X

UptimeScrapeCreatorsNo SLA, no status page, no uptime figure publishedSocialFetch99.8% published (90-day rolling). Live fetches average ~3.2sOpenhandle99.9% uptime

Rate limitsScrapeCreatorsNo limit publishedSocialFetchNo RPS cap published. Vendor asks you to stay under ~500 concurrentOpenhandle10 per second per key. Higher on request

ToolingScrapeCreatorsNo tooling listed on the siteSocialFetchTypeScript SDK only. MCP server, n8n node, Make.com app, change monitors with signed webhooksOpenhandleREST, OpenAPI, MCP server, SDKs for TypeScript, Python, and Go

Figures from public pricing pages, August 2026.

Pricing

At the shared $47 tier the two are identical: 25,000 credits, one credit per call, no expiry. Above that they diverge. ScrapeCreators' $497 pack lands at ~$0.99 per 1k against SocialFetch's ~$1.64 at $379 for 230,000, and ScrapeCreators lists enterprise pricing past a million credits. Below it, SocialFetch's $14 entry pack is expensive per unit at $14 per 1k.

Two mechanics matter beyond the sticker. ScrapeCreators serves cached results free, which rewards workloads that re-read the same targets. SocialFetch instead defines billing on failure: infrastructure errors cost nothing, while a confirmed not-found is billed. Its optional subscription shaves 8% off the cheapest pack rate, but those credits reset monthly rather than rolling over.

Payloads and operations

ScrapeCreators returns payloads close to each platform's own shapes, so parsing is per-platform work; its depth shows in counts like 22 TikTok and 19 Instagram endpoints. SocialFetch flattens everything into one normalized schema, and is unusually explicit about operations: published uptime, an average live-fetch time, a request ID on every response, and change monitors with signed webhooks. ScrapeCreators publishes none of that, leaning on founder-led direct support instead. Neither holds SOC 2 or ISO 27001.

Verdicts

Cross-platform pipelines with one parserSocialFetch. The normalized schema removes per-platform mapping work.

Deep coverage of one platformScrapeCreators, with more endpoints per platform across its 36 APIs.

Re-reading the same targets oftenScrapeCreators. Free cache hits change the math.

Ops guarantees on the recordSocialFetch is the only one of the two that publishes uptime, latency, and failure billing.

Buying at exactly $47a coin flip on price; both give 25,000 credits that never expire.

How we checked

Pricing and platform claims come from scrapecreators.com and socialfetch.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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