The best Apify alternatives for social media data (2026)

I build crawlfeed, one of the picks below. Apify is excellent for scraping jobs. People usually look for an alternative when they want a simple API call instead of an Actor run, or don’t want usage that expires every month.

The alternatives at a glance

Tool	Best for	Price	Response shape
crawlfeed (mine)	lookups in one shape, prepaid credits	From $19 prepaid; $7.60 to $2.33 per 1k calls	One schema across platforms
ScrapeCreators	the lowest price per call	$1.88 to $0.99 per 1k, prepaid	Each platform’s own shape
SocialCrawl	the most platforms with one schema	£6.00 to £1.99 per 1k credits, prepaid (GBP)	One unified schema, with sentiment scores
SociaVault	live data on every call	$4.83 to $2.00 per 1k, prepaid	Consistent JSON shapes (cross-platform unification not stated)
Bright Data	enterprise procurement and datasets	$1.50 to $1.30 per 1k records	Parsed schema per scraper

Why people look past Apify for social data

Monthly plans: unused usage expires at the end of each billing cycle.
Each Actor has its own inputs and output, even for the same platform.
Starting a run and waiting for a dataset is more machinery than an app needs for one lookup.

1. crawlfeedMine

Best for: apps and agents that need one answer per request
Price: From $19 prepaid; $7.60 to $2.33 per 1k calls
Response shape: One Profile, Post and Comment type across every platform

One HTTP call returns one normalized answer, on every platform. Credits are prepaid and never expire, so a quiet month costs nothing. Per item at volume, Apify can be cheaper, and crawlfeed doesn’t have SOC 2.

See every crawlfeed endpoint and price

2. ScrapeCreators

Best for: the lowest price per call
Price: $1.88 to $0.99 per 1k, prepaid
Response shape: Each platform’s own shape

$1.88 per 1k calls at entry, prepaid and never expiring. Per-platform shapes.

Visit ScrapeCreators

3. SocialCrawl

Best for: the most platforms behind one schema
Price: £6.00 to £1.99 per 1k credits, prepaid (GBP)
Response shape: One unified schema, with sentiment scores

67 platforms in one schema, SDKs, webhooks and free cache hits.

Visit SocialCrawl

4. SociaVault

Best for: live data at volume
Price: $4.83 to $2.00 per 1k, prepaid
Response shape: Consistent JSON shapes (cross-platform unification not stated)

Live on every call, unlimited concurrency, prepaid.

Visit SociaVault

5. Bright Data

Best for: enterprise bulk delivery
Price: $1.50 to $1.30 per 1k records
Response shape: Parsed schema per scraper

Datasets, warehouse delivery, ISO 27001 and 24/7 support.

Visit Bright Data

Stay with Apify if…

You scrape sites none of these APIs cover, need custom crawl logic, or run scheduled bulk jobs into datasets. None of the APIs here replaces that.

What I’d do today

Check what share of your Apify bill expired unused last month.
If it’s high and your jobs are really lookups, test a prepaid API with its free credits.

Questions

Is there an Apify alternative without a subscription?

Yes. crawlfeed, ScrapeCreators, SocialCrawl and SociaVault all sell prepaid credits that never expire.

Is any alternative SOC 2 certified?

Bright Data lists ISO 27001 and SOC 2 controls. Apify itself is SOC 2 Type II.

Try crawlfeed

100 free credits, no card. Credits are prepaid and never expire, so a quiet month costs nothing. Run your real workload through it for a week. If another tool on this page fits better, use that one.

Get 100 free credits See pricing

I checked prices and features for every product here in October 2026, on each vendor’s own site: Apify pricing, ScrapeCreators, SocialCrawl pricing, SociaVault pricing, Bright Data pricing. Pricing in this market changes often, so check before you buy. Spotted something out of date? Tell me and I’ll fix it.