crawlfeed vs ScrapeCreators: Social Data APIs
Both services sell developer access to public social data across many networks. The practical choice is whether your project benefits more from ScrapeCreators’ broad, platform-specific API catalog or crawlfeed’s typed responses and one credit model.
Where each fits
Choose ScrapeCreators when…
ScrapeCreators advertises 37+ APIs across 20+ social platforms, with no rate limits, cached results free, an MCP server, CLI and agent skill. Its catalog is a strong fit when a named endpoint or a platform-specific response is exactly what you need.
Choose crawlfeed when…
crawlfeed is a fit when one application combines profiles, posts, comments, search and transcripts across networks. Its documented operations resolve to shared response types, and each supported platform-operation pair has a published credit cost.
The practical difference
ScrapeCreators lists APIs by network; crawlfeed organizes operations under a common /v1/{platform} route and normalizes the data returned. Test the actual fields your workflow needs before migrating either way.
Access and cost
Both use prepaid, non-expiring credits. ScrapeCreators currently lists 100 free credits and one-time packs; crawlfeed lists 100 free credits and its own packs on the pricing page.
ScrapeCreators also offers MCP and agent integrations. Developer tooling alone is not a meaningful differentiator here; compare endpoint coverage and output fields for your workload.
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: ScrapeCreators product and pricing. Checked 28 September 2026; provider terms and prices can change. crawlfeed is independent of ScrapeCreators.