Scrape Creators covers Reddit with 7 read-only endpoints, credit-priced from $0.99 to $1.88 per 1,000 requests. Redditapis is a dedicated Reddit REST API with real write, vote, and DM endpoints, billed flat from $0.002 a read.
Written by Emma, developer relations at Redditapis. We bill each Reddit read at a flat $0.002 regardless of plan size (source: our published pricing), versus Scrape Creators, whose credit rate ranges $0.99 to $1.88 per 1,000 requests depending on the plan (source: scrapecreators.com).
What is the best Scrape Creators alternative for Reddit?
The best Scrape Creators alternative for Reddit that supports writes is Redditapis, a dedicated Reddit REST API. Scrape Creators covers Reddit with 7 read-only endpoints for profiles, posts, comments, and related data, credit-priced from $0.99 to $1.88 per 1,000 requests depending on plan size. Redditapis adds real comment, vote, and DM endpoints behind one bearer token, billed at a flat $0.002 per read at any volume.
Where it gets awkward
Scrape Creators is a real, actively run scraping API with transparent pricing and credits that never expire. The friction shows up when Reddit is the actual target: no write endpoints, a credit rate that depends on the plan you buy, and Reddit sharing attention with dozens of other platforms.
Scrape Creators lists 7 Reddit endpoints for profiles, posts, comments, and related data, all extraction. There is no posting, commenting, voting, or direct-message endpoint, so any workflow that needs to act on Reddit, not just read it, needs a different API.
Credits run $1.88 per 1,000 requests on the $47 Freelance plan and $0.99 per 1,000 on the $497 Business plan, so the effective per-call rate depends on how large a batch of credits you commit to buying, not on volume you actually use.
Scrape Creators covers Reddit plus TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X, and 30-plus other platforms behind a single x-api-key, run as a one-person API business. Reddit's 7 endpoints sit alongside dozens of other platforms' surfaces, docs, and support queue.
The free plan includes 100 credits with no credit card required, which covers spot-checking a response shape but not building or load-testing a real Reddit integration.
One dedicated Reddit REST API with flat per-call pricing and the write paths a read-only scraper cannot reach.
52 endpoints built only for Reddit: posts, comments, users, subreddits, search, votes, and DMs, versus 7 read-only endpoints shared with 36-plus other platforms.
Reads are $0.002 a call whether you buy a $47 starter pack or run at scale, no plan-size-dependent credit rate to shop between.
New accounts start with $0.50 in free credits and no card on file, enough for roughly 250 reads to build and test a real integration before any charge.
Beyond reading, the API can comment, vote, and send direct messages over the same bearer-token REST surface. A read-only scraping API cannot reach any of those.
Scrape Creators Reddit surface
Redditapis
How it works
Instead of choosing a credit-pack size to unlock a better rate, make a single HTTPS call with a bearer token. Search posts in a subreddit by keyword:
curl "https://api.redditapis.com/api/reddit/search?subreddit=python&q=async&limit=100" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"The response is JSON over HTTPS, so it drops into any language. Endpoint paths and parameters live in the API docs. Run the numbers for your volume with the cost calculator, or see the full per-endpoint rates on the pricing page.
Comparing every option, not just Scrape Creators? The full breakdown of scrapers, the official Reddit Data API, and pay-per-call providers lives on the alternatives page.
See all Reddit API alternativesA dedicated Reddit REST API like Redditapis. Scrape Creators covers Reddit with 7 read-only endpoints for profiles, posts, comments, and related data, credit-priced from $0.99 to $1.88 per 1,000 requests depending on the plan. Redditapis is built only for Reddit, adds write, vote, and DM endpoints, and bills a flat $0.002 per read.
No. Scrape Creators' 7 Reddit endpoints cover profiles, posts, comments, and related data as extraction only. There is no posting, commenting, voting, or direct-message endpoint documented. Redditapis covers all four as first-class REST endpoints alongside reads.
It depends on plan size. Scrape Creators' credit rate ranges from $1.88 per 1,000 requests on the $47 plan down to $0.99 per 1,000 on the $497 plan, so the effective per-call price depends on how much you commit to buying upfront. Redditapis charges one flat rate, $0.002 per read, at any volume, plus write, vote, and DM endpoints Scrape Creators' Reddit surface does not offer.
Scrape Creators publishes 7 Reddit endpoints covering profiles, posts, comments, and related extraction. Redditapis publishes more than five times that count across posts, comments, users, subreddits, search, votes, and DMs, all shaped specifically around Reddit's own object model.
No, Scrape Creators states its credits never expire once purchased. Redditapis is pay-per-call rather than a prepaid credit pack, so there is no balance to buy in advance or track an expiry date on; you are billed for exactly the calls you make.
No. Scrape Creators is a legitimate, actively run scraping API spanning 36-plus platforms with transparent published pricing and a real free tier. The wedge here is narrower: for Reddit specifically, its 7 endpoints are read-only, so a workflow that needs to comment, vote, or DM needs a different API regardless of price.
The best Scrape Creators alternative for Reddit that supports writes is Redditapis, a dedicated Reddit REST API. Scrape Creators covers Reddit with 7 read-only endpoints for profiles, posts, comments, and related data, credit-priced from $0.99 to $1.88 per 1,000 requests depending on plan size. Redditapis adds real comment, vote, and DM endpoints behind one bearer token, billed at a flat $0.002 per read at any volume.
By the numbers
Every Redditapis figure resolves to our published per-call rates; every external figure links to its 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 minimum spend. (Redditapis pricing, 2026)
Scrape Creators prices credits at $1.88 per 1,000 requests on its $47 Freelance plan and $0.99 per 1,000 on its $497 Business plan, with credits that never expire. (Scrape Creators, 2026)
Scrape Creators publishes 7 Reddit endpoints for scraping profiles, posts, comments, and related data, with every platform sharing one x-api-key. (Scrape Creators, 2026)
Every new Redditapis account starts with $0.50 in free credits and no card on file, enough for roughly 250 reads before any charge. (Redditapis, 2026)
Scrape Creators' free plan includes 100 credits with no credit card required to start. (Scrape Creators, 2026)
Reddit's own commercial Data API is priced at $0.24 per 1,000 API calls, the rate that ended third-party apps like Apollo in 2023. (The Verge, 2023)
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