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SociaVault vs SocialCrawl

SociaVault: ~$4.80 per 1k, up to 100 credits a call. SocialCrawl: ~£6 per 1k, up to 20 credits. What a call costs, plus Openhandle as an alternative.

Checked August 2026 · public pricing pages · no affiliate links

SociaVault and SocialCrawl both sell non-expiring credit packs where the credit cost varies by endpoint, and both chase long-tail coverage beyond the big social networks. SociaVault prices in USD with steeper multipliers (10-25 for advanced, 50-100 for bulk and historical). SocialCrawl prices in GBP with milder ones (5-10 advanced, 20 universal search) and a unified schema across 48 platforms. SociaVault claims a 99.9% uptime SLA. SocialCrawl publishes no uptime figure. Test both, then compare what your endpoint mix costs on each.

Free tierSociaVault50 credits, then prepaid packsSocialCrawl100 credits once, no card. Then prepaid packsOpenhandle100 free requests, no card
Pricing modelSociaVaultOne-time USD packs, paid up front. Stack, never expireSocialCrawlPrepaid packs in GBP, paid up front. Never expireOpenhandlePay per request from a balance. No credits, no subscription
Effective rateSociaVault~$4.80 per 1k ($29 pack). ~$2.00 per 1k needs the $399 packSocialCrawl~£6 per 1k (£15 pack). £49 for 8,000-20,000, £299 for 50,000-150,000. Range depends on your mixOpenhandle$2.50 per 1k, down to $2 per 1k at volume. 30-day cache hits are free
Credits per callSociaVaultMost calls 1. Basic data (profiles, posts, follower counts) 1-5. Comments, analytics, engagement cost 10-25. Bulk or historical 50-100SocialCrawl1 standard, 5-10 advanced, 20 universal search. Vendor says ~3.1 averageOpenhandleNo credits. One answer, one request
Platform depthSociaVaultDepth per platform not published. Breadth first: 25+ services, TikTok and X plus a long tailSocialCrawl21 TikTok and 33 Instagram endpoints, about 8 per platform across 48 platforms, mostly shopping and search sitesOpenhandle43 Instagram, 28 TikTok, and 15 X endpoints. More platforms and data added by demand
Response shapeSociaVaultClaims consistent schemas across endpointsSocialCrawlUnified schema. Sentiment scores added to responsesOpenhandleOne schema across Instagram, TikTok, X, Reddit, and YouTube
ExtrasSociaVaultAd libraries for Facebook, Google, LinkedInSocialCrawlUniversal search at 20 credits, MCP integration, built-in retriesOpenhandleREST, OpenAPI, MCP server, SDKs for TypeScript, Python, Go, PHP, and Rust
UptimeSociaVault99.9% uptime SLA claimed on its homepageSocialCrawlNo uptime figure publishedOpenhandle99.9% uptime

Figures from public pricing pages, August 2026.

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Credit mechanics

Sticker prices per 1k credits mean little here, because a credit is not a call on either vendor, and the currencies differ (USD against GBP). The multipliers are the story. A comments or analytics call costs 10-25 credits on SociaVault against 5-10 on SocialCrawl; SociaVault's bulk and historical endpoints run 50-100 credits, a class SocialCrawl does not list, while SocialCrawl's 20-credit universal search has no SociaVault counterpart. A workload of 1-credit lookups lands near the headline rates on both. An analytics-heavy workload can cost many times the headline on SociaVault. Price your own mix in calls before trusting any per-1k figure.

Coverage

Both go long-tail past the majors. SociaVault's 25+ services include Snapchat, Bluesky, Twitch, Amazon Shop, Linktree, and ad libraries for Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn. SocialCrawl's 48 platforms and 380 endpoints reach into e-commerce (Amazon, eBay, Walmart), search engines, and review sites, wrapped in a unified schema with sentiment scores. SociaVault claims consistent schemas across endpoints. Test real responses before you plan one parser.

Verdicts

Basic lookups at volumeeither works; SociaVault's $399 pack lands at ~$2.00 per 1k credits, and most calls cost 1 credit.
Comments, analytics, engagementSocialCrawl's 5-10 multiplier beats SociaVault's 10-25 on paper; verify with your endpoints.
Ad library dataSociaVault, which lists Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn ad libraries.
One parser and cross-platform searchSocialCrawl's unified schema and universal search.
Bothcompute your own blended cost per call from your real endpoint mix, and convert USD/GBP; the headline per-1k rates are not comparable as printed.
How we checked

Pricing and platform claims come from sociavault.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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