Apify Alternative for Social Data APIs
Apify is a general automation and scraping platform with an Actor marketplace. crawlfeed is a narrower API for supported public social, video, music and commerce data. The right choice depends on whether you need customizable jobs or predictable calls.
Where each fits
Choose Apify when…
Apify’s large Actor marketplace covers many tasks beyond social data and lets developers build, schedule and operate custom Actors. It is better suited to a bespoke crawl or a workflow already built around Actors and datasets.
Choose crawlfeed when…
crawlfeed provides named HTTP operations, a shared response envelope and published per-call credit costs. It can be simpler when your needed platform and operation are already in its catalog and you want to call it directly from an app.
The practical difference
An Apify Actor may expose its own input, output and pricing. With crawlfeed you choose a supported endpoint and pay its documented credit cost. Compare the particular Actor, not Apify as a whole, against the equivalent endpoint.
Access and cost
Apify lists monthly plans plus usage and Actor-specific charges. crawlfeed uses prepaid credits per call. A low-volume integration may favor either model depending on the Actor’s pricing.
crawlfeed cannot replace a custom Actor for an unsupported site, login-dependent workflow or arbitrary crawl. Apify is the more flexible platform for those jobs.
Instagram profile
Get a public profile by handle. This documented call costs 1 credit before optional modifiers. Replace the sample value with the public account or item you need.
curl -G https://api.crawlfeed.dev/v1/instagram/profile \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CRAWLFEED_KEY" \
--data-urlencode "handle=natgeo"Check the fit with your own workload
Pick one required endpoint, compare response fields and freshness, then estimate your actual call mix. The catalog and prices on this site are generated from crawlfeed’s API schema.
Competitor product and pricing reference: Apify pricing and Actor model. Checked 28 September 2026; provider terms and prices can change. crawlfeed is independent of Apify.