Pay-as-you-go pricing
Reads $0.002, votes $0.005, writes $0.012, DMs $0.025. Start with $0.50 in free credits — no subscriptions, no minimums.
Reads from $0.002 per call. Posts, comments, votes, and DMs — pay only for what you use, no subscription required.
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Read, post, vote, DM, stream — without OAuth dances, scraper tape, or rate-limit anxiety.
Reads $0.002, votes $0.005, writes $0.012, DMs $0.025. Start with $0.50 in free credits — no subscriptions, no minimums.
Sign up with Google, copy your API key, send your first request — no developer-app review, no OAuth scopes, no approval queue.
Posts, comments, users, communities, search — every read endpoint you need in a single SDK.
Post comments, cast votes, send DMs — all the write endpoints, with captcha + login handled for you.
The only third-party Reddit API with real DM send + list. No browser automation, no flaky session hacks.
No app review, no OAuth scopes to argue about. Sign up, copy your API key, ship in minutes. We handle the auth headaches.
Side-by-side with every paid alternative — credits, rate limits, setup time, the lot.
| Feature | RedditAPIBest Value | Tikhub.io | Reddit OfficialData API | OthersApify, Bright Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endpoint coverage | GET + POST | GET only | GET + OAuth POST | GET only |
| Write actions | Comment · vote · post | Not supported | OAuth + app review | Not supported |
| DM endpoints | Full send + list | Not supported | Limited | Not supported |
| Pricing model | Pay per call | Credit-based | $12K/yr + per-call | Per-result |
| Cost per call | $0.002–$0.025 | Volume tiered | $0.00024 + tier | $0.003 |
| Reads per $10 | 5,000 | ≈ 2,000 | 41 | ≈ 3,300 |
| Setup time | < 5 min | < 10 min | Days (app review) | ~30 min |
| Uptime SLA | 99.9% | Not published | 99.9% | Varies |
Pricing figures verified April 2026. Reddit Official cost excludes the $12K/yr commercial tier minimum.
Everything you need to know — and a few things developers ask before signing up.
The Reddit API is an HTTP interface to Reddit's data and write actions. With RedditAPI you can fetch posts, comments, users, subreddits and search results, post comments, cast votes, and send DMs — all behind one bearer token. Reads cost $0.002, votes $0.005, writes $0.012, and DMs $0.025 per call. See every endpoint on the pricing page.
Sign up with Google or email, generate a Reddit API key instantly, and start making requests — under two minutes from signup to your first response. No Reddit developer app, no OAuth scope review, no approval queue. New accounts get $0.50 in free credits to test before paying. Get an API key.
Pass your Reddit API key as a bearer token in the Authorization header, then call any endpoint over HTTPS. Reads use GET, writes use POST. Most clients work — curl, Postman, Python requests, Node fetch. Full Reddit API documentation lives at docs.redditapis.com with copy-paste examples for every endpoint.
RedditAPI is plain HTTP, so any Python HTTP library works — requests, httpx, aiohttp. Set the Authorization header to your Reddit API key, hit the endpoint, parse the JSON. No PRAW wrapper, no OAuth flow, no Reddit developer app review. The same Python code that talks to any REST API works here.
Reddit API use cases include AI training data, brand monitoring, lead generation, market research, content moderation, MCP agents, and DM outreach. Teams use Reddit data to find product mentions, train models on public discussions, and automate engagement. See the Reddit API use cases page for fourteen real workflows.
$0.50 in free credits. No credit card. No dev-app review. Five minutes from signup to your first response.