# 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.

## At a glance

| Criteria | ScrapeCreators | SocialFetch | Openhandle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 100 credits, one time | 100 credits, one time, no card | 100 free requests, no card |
| Pricing model | Prepaid packs, paid up front. Credits never expire | Prepaid packs never expire. The 8% subscription discount resets credits monthly | Pay after use. No credits, no subscription |
| Effective rate | ~$1.88 per 1k on the $47 pack. ~$0.99 needs the $497 pack | $14 per 1k on the $14 pack. ~$1.64 per 1k needs the $379 pack | $3 per 1k, down to $1.50 per 1k at volume. 30-day cache hits are free |
| Credits per call | 1 credit per call, prepaid. Cached results free | 1 credit per lookup, prepaid, on all endpoints | No credits. One answer, one request |
| Failure billing | No policy published | Infrastructure failures free | Failed requests are free. You pay only when Openhandle returns an answer |
| Platform depth | 22 TikTok and 19 Instagram endpoints, plus 34 other platforms, each its own API | Depth per platform not published, about 8 endpoints per platform on average. 21 platforms, including Bluesky and GitHub | 45 Instagram, 28 TikTok, and 17 X endpoints. More platforms and data added by demand |
| Response shape | Unpredictable raw payloads, different on every platform | Normalized schema across platforms, vendor-defined | One schema across Instagram, TikTok, and X |
| Uptime | No SLA, no status page, no uptime figure published | 99.8% published (90-day rolling). Live fetches average ~3.2s | 99.9% uptime |
| Rate limits | No limit published | No RPS cap published. Vendor asks you to stay under ~500 concurrent | 10 per second per key. Higher on request |
| Tooling | No tooling listed on the site | TypeScript SDK only. MCP server, n8n node, Make.com app, change monitors with signed webhooks | REST, 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 parser.** SocialFetch. The normalized schema removes per-platform mapping work.
- **Deep coverage of one platform.** ScrapeCreators, with more endpoints per platform across its 36 APIs.
- **Re-reading the same targets often.** ScrapeCreators. Free cache hits change the math.
- **Ops guarantees on the record.** SocialFetch is the only one of the two that publishes uptime, latency, and failure billing.
- **Buying at exactly $47.** a 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.