Social Fetch vs Phyllo
Phyllo is built for creator-economy products that need OAuth-backed, first-party metrics — earnings, Stories, audience demographics a public scrape cannot see. Social Fetch is built for public profile and post JSON without asking anyone to connect an account. Same words on a pricing comparison page; different jobs.
- Primary data model
- Public data — no creator login requiredAuthenticated (OAuth) + public APIs
- Pricing
- From $1.35/1k, published; 100 free creditsCustom quote (third parties cite ~$199/mo entry)
- Getting started
- Self-serve API key in minutesSales / quote; sandbox for development
Teams running monitoring, research, and enrichment pipelines
Why Social Fetch
Why teams switch from Phyllo.
What changes when your social lookups move to one REST API.
One API for 25 platforms
TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, Reddit, X and more behind one key and one schema — no separate Phyllo setup per network.
Pricing you can reason about
One completed lookup, one price. Failed lookups aren't billed, so you know how far a balance goes.
JSON in the same request
Fetched live when you ask and returned in the response — ~3.2s on average, no job to poll.
No scraper maintenance
We handle proxies, browser changes, and platform breakages.
Built for production jobs
Run concurrent workloads with explicit statuses and request IDs.
Pay as you go, or save monthly
Start with 100 free credits and no subscription. Pay-as-you-go credits never expire; running lookups every month? A monthly plan gets you lower per-credit rates.
What teams build with Social Fetch
Monitoring, enrichment, research and content workflows — the jobs teams run on Phyllo, as plain API calls.
Monitor brands and competitors
Watch accounts on a schedule and get a signed webhook when something new posts.
Find and vet creators
Check reach and engagement before you reach out.
Turn video into searchable text
Transcribe and index video and audio content so you can find the exact moment you need.
Track public communities
Follow the subreddits, groups, and channels where your audience talks.
Published packs vs a sales quote
Phyllo pricing is quote-based; third-party write-ups cite ~$199/mo entry scaling with volume and connected creators. Social Fetch publishes Scale at $1.64/1k — no sales call required.
List price for a TikTok profile
- Social Fetch
- ~$0.00165
- Phyllo
- Not published — quote-based
75k public profile lookups/month
- Social Fetch
- ~$124 at the Scale pack rate
- Phyllo
- Custom — often includes platform + connection fees
Minimum commitment
- Social Fetch
- None on PAYG
- Phyllo
- Typical custom monthly plan
Private / consented metrics
- Social Fetch
- Not available
- Phyllo
- Core product (OAuth Connect)
Free evaluation
- Social Fetch
- 100 credits, no card
- Phyllo
- Sandbox / sales-enabled trial
| Scenario | Social Fetch | Phyllo |
|---|---|---|
| List price for a TikTok profile | ~$0.00165 | Not published — quote-based |
| 75k public profile lookups/month | ~$124 at the Scale pack rate | Custom — often includes platform + connection fees |
| Minimum commitment | None on PAYG | Typical custom monthly plan |
| Private / consented metrics | Not available | Core product (OAuth Connect) |
| Free evaluation | 100 credits, no card | Sandbox / sales-enabled trial |
Phyllo prices checked 21 July 2026. How we priced this, with sources
Pricing
Social data, priced simply.
Start with 100 free credits. Monthly plans give you predictable volume and lower per-request rates.
Starter
1,000credits
$14.00 per 1k · $0.0140 per request
- Prove one workflow before you buy more
- All 25 platforms on one API key
Growth
25,000credits
$2.36 per 1k · $0.00236 per request
- For a project or one-off batch job
- Better per-credit rate than the Starter pack
Scale
230,000credits
$1.64 per 1k · $0.00164 per request
- For a large one-time job
- Best pack rate of the three — includes bonus credits
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Social Fetch vs Phyllo, side by side.
How each product expects you to integrate, what you're billed for, and which capabilities come as standard.
Primary data model
- Social Fetch
- Public data — no creator login required
- Phyllo
- Authenticated (OAuth) + public APIs
Pricing
- Social Fetch
- From $1.35/1k, published; 100 free credits
- Phyllo
- Custom quote (third parties cite ~$199/mo entry)
Getting started
- Social Fetch
- Self-serve API key in minutes
- Phyllo
- Sales / quote; sandbox for development
Request shape
- Social Fetch
- Sync REST — JSON in the same response
- Phyllo
- Public APIs often async (job + webhook/poll)
What only they can return
- Social Fetch
- N/A — public surface only
- Phyllo
- Private metrics, earnings, Stories with consent
Catalog
- Social Fetch
- 264 ops / 25 platforms
- Phyllo
- 20–25+ platforms marketed; suite is quote-scoped
| Row | Social Fetch | Phyllo |
|---|---|---|
| Primary data model | Public data — no creator login required | Authenticated (OAuth) + public APIs |
| Pricing | From $1.35/1k, published; 100 free credits | Custom quote (third parties cite ~$199/mo entry) |
| Getting started | Self-serve API key in minutes | Sales / quote; sandbox for development |
| Request shape | Sync REST — JSON in the same response | Public APIs often async (job + webhook/poll) |
| What only they can return | N/A — public surface only | Private metrics, earnings, Stories with consent |
| Catalog | 264 ops / 25 platforms | 20–25+ platforms marketed; suite is quote-scoped |
| Capability | Social Fetch | Phyllo |
|---|---|---|
| Synchronous REST JSON (no actor run polling) | ||
| One API key for all platforms | ||
| Unified schema across platforms | ||
| Public OpenAPI specification | ||
| Official TypeScript SDK | ||
| Interactive API playground | ||
| TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, Reddit, X in one vendor | ||
| Pay-as-you-go without required monthly subscription | ||
| PAYG credits never expire | ||
| Web fetch (markdown/HTML) in same product | ||
| Scheduled account / feed monitors | ||
| Signed webhooks when watched accounts post |
Customers
Teams building on Social Fetch.
“Our TikTok and Instagram scrapers broke constantly. Social Fetch took us off that rotation — we ship product again.”
“Transcripts at volume from one endpoint. No broken scrapers for our small team to maintain.”
“Live profile data on every request. We never flag accounts from a stale cache.”
“Heavy concurrent load, no rate limits to negotiate. The rare API I haven't wrapped in retries.”
Which one should you pick?
If the Phyllo list sounds like you, Phyllo is probably the better buy — and that's fine.
Pick Social Fetch if…
- Public profile/post lookups with no creator login in the flow
- Self-serve pricing you can model from a public page
- Sync REST inside user-facing requests
- Multi-platform public coverage (25 platforms) under one key without a sales cycle
Pick Phyllo if…
- You need first-party private metrics (earnings, Stories, demographics) with creator consent
- OAuth identity proof that a user owns the social accounts they claim
- Enterprise procurement that wants a named account manager and custom SLA
- Webhook-driven updates after creators connect once
Social Fetch vs Phyllo: common questions
Migration, billing surprises, and what changes when you add a second platform.
Can Social Fetch return Instagram Stories views or creator earnings?
No. Those require creator-authenticated access. Phyllo's Authenticated APIs are built for that. Social Fetch only returns public data.
Does Phyllo publish per-request pricing?
Not on their public pricing page as of July 2026. Plans are customized. Social Fetch publishes credit pack rates including $1.64 per 1,000 at Scale.
Is Phyllo a scraper?
Phyllo positions Authenticated APIs as platform OAuth, not scraping. Their Public APIs cover non-login public data and are closer to what Social Fetch does — still evaluate sync vs async and pricing separately.
Can I use both?
Yes. Public discovery and enrichment on Social Fetch; Phyllo Connect after creators opt in for private metrics. Many creator platforms already split those stages across vendors.
Which is cheaper?
For public lookups alone, Social Fetch is almost always cheaper to start because pricing is published and PAYG has no monthly floor. Phyllo may be cheaper or necessary once private consented data is required — that is a different line item, not a like-for-like rate card.
The detailed Social Fetch vs Phyllo comparisonHow Phyllo works, where the costs come from, and when to keep it.
Public scrape vs creator-consented pipe
Phyllo splits Authenticated APIs (OAuth Connect — demographics, earnings, Stories, consent trails) from Public APIs (often job-based). Social Fetch only does public lookups by handle or URL — right for enrichment, monitoring, and agents that cannot wait on OAuth.
"Verify ownership and pull private earnings" → Phyllo. "Look up 10,000 public TikTok profiles tonight" → Social Fetch.
Self-serve credits vs Get a Quote
Phyllo's pricing page ends in Get a Quote. That fits enterprise influencer platforms with a named account manager and SOC 2 paperwork already on the checklist. It is slow when a founder wants an API key before lunch.
Social Fetch is the opposite procurement story: 100 free credits, published packs, optional monthly plans if you want included credits. Finance can model $1.64 per 1,000 before engineering opens a Slack thread with sales.
Neither approach is morally better. Quote-based vendors often discount at volume and include SLAs; self-serve vendors force you to read the pricing page. Pick the motion that matches how your company buys software.
Sync request thread vs jobs and webhooks
Phyllo documents async public flows — kick off a job, receive results via webhook or poll. That matches warehouse and CRM sync patterns. It fights a React onboarding screen that needs follower count before the next step.
Social Fetch is sync for the happy path: GET /v1/tiktok/profiles/{handle}, JSON in the body, typically a few seconds. Errors are HTTP status codes with meta.requestId. There is no dataset ID to store for a one-off lookup.
Phyllo's webhook story is a strength when creators connect once and you want push updates forever. For public accounts you do not control, Monitors is the third lane: scheduled checks plus a signed webhook when something new posts — no OAuth, no creator Connect SDK.
They can sit in the same stack
A common architecture for creator marketplaces: Social Fetch (or any public API) for discovery and cold enrichment, Phyllo Connect after the creator opts in for private metrics and identity proof. Phyllo's own Modash comparison describes a similar split — public index for discovery, authenticated pipe after onboarding.
We are not asking you to rip Phyllo out if OAuth is already live. We are saying do not pay Phyllo quote pricing for the public lookup half of that funnel if a self-serve REST API covers it.
Bottom line: Different products that share a keyword
Phyllo wins when consented, private creator data is the product. Social Fetch wins when public social JSON at a published per-request price is the product. Comparing them on "social API" alone is how teams buy the wrong shape. Use Phyllo for OAuth-backed creator platforms. Use Social Fetch for public enrichment, monitoring, and app features that never ask a creator to connect.
Methodology and sourcesHow we priced each scenario, and where every Phyllo figure comes from. Checked 21 July 2026.
Sources
Phyllo pricing from getphyllo.com/pricing (July 2026) — quote-based, no public per-call table. Third-party reviews citing ~$199/mo are secondary sources; confirm with Phyllo sales before budgeting.
Phyllo is a trademark of its owner. Social Fetch is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Phyllo. Details about Phyllo come from public sources checked on 21 July 2026.
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