Redditapis
$210.00
per month
- Per 1,000
- $3.44
- Pricing model
- Pay per call · no caps
Reddit API Cost Calculator
Plug in your expected monthly API volume and see your spend instantly. Redditapis prices reads at $0.002, votes at $0.005, writes at $0.012, and DMs at $0.025 per call.
$0.002 / read$0.005 / vote$0.012 / write$0.025 / DM$0.50 free credits at signup
How do I estimate my Reddit API costs?
To estimate your Reddit API cost, multiply your expected monthly call volume by the matching Redditapis per-call rate: reads $0.002, votes $0.005, writes $0.012, and DMs $0.025. There are no subscriptions and no minimum spend, so your bill is exactly usage times rate. New accounts start with $0.50 in free credits, about 250 reads.
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Redditapis · $0.002 / call
Official Reddit · $0.24 / 1K calls
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Redditapis · $0.012 / call
Official Reddit · $0.24 / 1K calls
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Redditapis · $0.005 / call
Official Reddit · $0.24 / 1K calls
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Redditapis · $0.025 / call
Official Reddit · $0.24 / 1K calls
Estimated monthly cost
Total volume: 61,000 requests / month
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Official Reddit API
$14.64
per month
- Per 1,000
- $0.24
- Pricing model
- Per call, by agreement
Pricing follows the tiers documented in the Redditapis pricing page. Official Reddit figures use the commercial rate of $0.24 per 1,000 calls ($0.00024 per call) and nothing else, because that rate is the whole published charge. The widely reported $12,000 figure is that same rate at 50 million requests, not a separate annual fee, so it is not added here (see developers.reddit.com). Reddit does not sell commercial access self-serve: the rate above applies only under a negotiated agreement reached after app review, the free tier bars commercial use, and no official tier exposes DM or write endpoints. Rate last verified September 2026.
By the numbers
Reddit API cost, by the numbers
Every Redditapis figure resolves to our published per-call rates (held equal to the billing cost table); every external figure is a primary source.
Redditapis bills reads at $0.002 per call, votes at $0.005, writes at $0.012, and DMs at $0.025, one flat rate for every account with no monthly fee. (Redditapis pricing, 2026)
Credits never expire and there is no minimum spend, so $10 in credit covers up to 5,000 reads at the $0.002 read rate. (Redditapis pricing, 2026)
Every new account starts with $0.50 in free credits and no card on file, enough for roughly 250 reads before any charge. (Redditapis, 2026)
Redditapis exposes 59 endpoints across reads, votes, writes, and DMs, so one bearer token covers every call type you estimate here. (Redditapis API, 2026)
Reddit's free Data API tier is capped at 100 queries per minute per OAuth client, and 10 queries per minute without OAuth. (Reddit Data API Wiki, 2026)
Reddit signed a reported $60 million-a-year deal to license its data for AI training, a sign of how valuable structured Reddit data has become. (Reuters, 2024)
Reddit API cost.
Every figure in this calculator comes straight from our live pricing at redditapis.com/pricing, not an estimate: reads run $0.002 per call, per our public rates, then votes $0.005, writes $0.012, and DMs $0.025. Redditapis charges per call, not per month. Every endpoint falls into one of four tiers: any GET (reads, search, listings, comment trees) is $0.002 per call; votes are $0.005; writes like comments, login, and profile updates are $0.012; and DMs are $0.025. Multiply your expected monthly volume by the matching rate to estimate spend. Reddit's own commercial rate is $0.24 per 1,000 calls ($0.00024 per call), and that rate is the whole published charge: the widely reported $12,000 is the same rate at 50 million requests, not a fee on top. What Reddit does not sell is self-serve access, so Redditapis trades a higher per-call rate for no contract and no approval queue. See why the $0.002 read rate makes it the cheapest Reddit API for read-heavy workloads.
FAQ.
Redditapis charges per call across four tiers: $0.002 per read, $0.005 per vote, $0.012 per write, and $0.025 per DM. No subscriptions, no minimum spend, no platform tier caps. Reddit's own published commercial rate is $0.24 per 1,000 calls ($0.00024 per call), sold only under a negotiated agreement after app review. The widely reported $12,000 figure is that same rate at 50 million requests, not a separate annual fee.
Redditapis is pay-per-call: $0.002 reads, $0.005 votes, $0.012 writes, and $0.025 DMs. No monthly fees, no minimum spend. Reddit's own published commercial rate is $0.24 per 1,000 calls ($0.00024 per call). The often-quoted $12,000 is what that rate comes to at 50 million requests, reported by Apollo's developer after a call with Reddit, not a minimum Reddit publishes.
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