# SociaVault vs SocialCrawl

Two variable-credit social data APIs compared on credit mechanics, long-tail coverage, and what a call really costs.

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. Neither publishes uptime, so the real comparison is what your endpoint mix costs on each.

## At a glance

| Criteria | SociaVault | SocialCrawl | Openhandle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 50 credits, then prepaid packs | 100 credits once, no card. Then prepaid packs | 100 free requests, no card |
| Pricing model | One-time USD packs, paid up front. Stack, never expire | Prepaid packs in GBP, paid up front. Never expire | Pay after use. No credits, no subscription |
| Effective rate | ~$4.80 per 1k ($29 pack). ~$2.00 per 1k needs the $399 pack | ~£6 per 1k (£15 pack). £49 for 8,000-20,000, £299 for 50,000-150,000. Range depends on your mix | $3 per 1k, down to $1.50 per 1k at volume. 30-day cache hits are free |
| Credits per call | 1 basic (profiles, posts, follower counts). Comments, analytics, engagement cost 10-25. Bulk or historical 50-100 | 1 standard, 5-10 advanced, 20 universal search. Vendor says ~3.1 average | No credits. One answer, one request |
| Platform depth | Depth per platform not published. Breadth first: 25+ services, TikTok and X plus a long tail | 21 TikTok and 33 Instagram endpoints, about 8 per platform across 48 platforms, mostly shopping and search sites | 45 Instagram, 28 TikTok, and 17 X endpoints. More platforms and data added by demand |
| Response shape | Different payload on every platform, no shared schema | Unified schema. Sentiment scores added to responses | One schema across Instagram, TikTok, and X |
| Extras | Ad libraries for Facebook, Google, LinkedIn | Universal search at 20 credits, MCP integration, built-in retries | REST, OpenAPI, MCP server, SDKs for TypeScript, Python, and Go |
| Uptime | No uptime figure published | No uptime figure published | 99.9% uptime |

Figures from public pricing pages, August 2026.

## 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 basic-lookup workload 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 returns per-platform payloads, so parsing is per-platform work.

## Verdicts

- **Basic lookups at volume.** either works; SociaVault's $399 pack lands at ~$2.00 per 1k credits with 1-credit basics.
- **Comments, analytics, engagement.** SocialCrawl's 5-10 multiplier beats SociaVault's 10-25 on paper; verify with your endpoints.
- **Ad library data.** SociaVault, which lists Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn ad libraries.
- **One parser and cross-platform search.** SocialCrawl's unified schema and universal search.
- **Both.** compute 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.