Proxycurl alternative: live LinkedIn data, plus every other network
Proxycurl shut down in 2025. Get live LinkedIn profiles and company pages as JSON — plus TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and X on the same key.
- Status (2026)
- Live, actively maintainedProxycurl shut down July 2025; successor products exist
- Core focus
- Public social data across 25 platformsLinkedIn person/company enrichment (historically)
- Entry pricing
- 100 free credits; $14 Starter pack (1,000 credits, one-time, never expire)Was credit-based; see Enrich Layer for current terms
Teams running monitoring, research, and enrichment pipelines
Why Social Fetch
Why teams moved from Proxycurl to Social Fetch.
A live, self-serve API for LinkedIn — and every other network you'll need next.
LinkedIn, plus everything else
LinkedIn profiles and company pages sit next to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit and X — one key, one schema, one credit balance.
Self-serve, published pricing
Credit packs from $14 that never expire. LinkedIn profiles are 3 credits each, with no sales call or contract to start.
Live LinkedIn data
Profiles and company pages are fetched when you ask, not served from an old enrichment snapshot.
Not a single-network bet
Proxycurl ended when one network took legal action. Social Fetch covers 25 platforms behind the same response shape.
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 rebuilt on Social Fetch
LinkedIn enrichment was usually the start. These are the workflows that sit next to it on the same key.
Enrich people and companies
LinkedIn profiles and company pages, with TikTok, Instagram and YouTube stats on the same key.
Monitor brands and competitors
Watch accounts on a schedule and get a signed webhook when something new posts.
Client reports from one key
Turn video into searchable text
Transcribe and index video and audio content so you can find the exact moment you need.
Migrating off a shutdown vendor
Proxycurl shut down July 2025 after LinkedIn litigation. Enrich Layer offers key/credit carryover for many users. Social Fetch: self-serve packs from $14, LinkedIn profile lookups at 3 credits each, and LinkedIn is one of 25 platforms on one key. Do not budget 2026 spend on dead Proxycurl SKUs.
Can I buy Proxycurl today?
- Social Fetch
- N/A
- Proxycurl
- No — service shut down July 2025
LinkedIn profile JSON (live vendor)
- Social Fetch
- ~$0.0049 per profile (3 credits) at the Scale pack rate
- Proxycurl
- Enrich Layer / other LinkedIn APIs (separate pricing)
Multi-platform in one key
- Social Fetch
- Yes — 264 operations
- Proxycurl
- Historically LinkedIn-centric
Free start on Social Fetch
- Social Fetch
- 100 credits, no card
- Proxycurl
- N/A (Proxycurl)
Single-network shutdown risk
- Social Fetch
- Spread across many platforms
- Proxycurl
- Realized — LinkedIn legal action ended the product
Migration effort from Proxycurl
- Social Fetch
- Map person/company fields to SF LinkedIn routes
- Proxycurl
- Enrich Layer aims for wire-compatible migration
| Scenario | Social Fetch | Proxycurl |
|---|---|---|
| Can I buy Proxycurl today? | N/A | No — service shut down July 2025 |
| LinkedIn profile JSON (live vendor) | ~$0.0049 per profile (3 credits) at the Scale pack rate | Enrich Layer / other LinkedIn APIs (separate pricing) |
| Multi-platform in one key | Yes — 264 operations | Historically LinkedIn-centric |
| Free start on Social Fetch | 100 credits, no card | N/A (Proxycurl) |
| Single-network shutdown risk | Spread across many platforms | Realized — LinkedIn legal action ended the product |
| Migration effort from Proxycurl | Map person/company fields to SF LinkedIn routes | Enrich Layer aims for wire-compatible migration |
Proxycurl prices checked 23 September 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 Proxycurl, side by side.
How each product expects you to integrate, what you're billed for, and which capabilities come as standard.
Status (2026)
- Social Fetch
- Live, actively maintained
- Proxycurl
- Proxycurl shut down July 2025; successor products exist
Core focus
- Social Fetch
- Public social data across 25 platforms
- Proxycurl
- LinkedIn person/company enrichment (historically)
Entry pricing
- Social Fetch
- 100 free credits; $14 Starter pack (1,000 credits, one-time, never expire)
- Proxycurl
- Was credit-based; see Enrich Layer for current terms
LinkedIn
- Social Fetch
- Structured profile & company routes
- Proxycurl
- Was deep LinkedIn enrichment; API now dark
Other networks
- Social Fetch
- TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, X, …
- Proxycurl
- Not the historical product center
Best fit today
- Social Fetch
- Teams rebuilding after Proxycurl or starting fresh
- Proxycurl
- Enrich Layer if you want a like-for-like LinkedIn migration
| Row | Social Fetch | Proxycurl |
|---|---|---|
| Status (2026) | Live, actively maintained | Proxycurl shut down July 2025; successor products exist |
| Core focus | Public social data across 25 platforms | LinkedIn person/company enrichment (historically) |
| Entry pricing | 100 free credits; $14 Starter pack (1,000 credits, one-time, never expire) | Was credit-based; see Enrich Layer for current terms |
| Structured profile & company routes | Was deep LinkedIn enrichment; API now dark | |
| Other networks | TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, X, … | Not the historical product center |
| Best fit today | Teams rebuilding after Proxycurl or starting fresh | Enrich Layer if you want a like-for-like LinkedIn migration |
| Capability | Social Fetch | Proxycurl |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Proxycurl list sounds like you, Proxycurl is probably the better buy — and that's fine.
Pick Social Fetch if…
- You are rebuilding and want a live vendor with published PAYG pricing
- You need LinkedIn plus other social networks under one key
- Official TypeScript SDK, playground, and requestId matter
- You want to reduce single-network vendor concentration risk
- Cold public enrichment without waiting on a LinkedIn-only successor sales motion
Pick Proxycurl if…
- You want the lowest-effort Proxycurl → Enrich Layer migration for LinkedIn-only
- Your codebase depends on Proxycurl-shaped endpoints and you refuse a remap
- LinkedIn enrichment is the entire product surface
Social Fetch vs Proxycurl: common questions
Migration, billing surprises, and what changes when you add a second platform.
Is Proxycurl still available?
No. The service shut down in July 2025. Treat any "Proxycurl pricing 2026" page that implies you can buy it as outdated.
What is Enrich Layer?
A LinkedIn-focused successor path documented for many former Proxycurl customers (keys/credits/base URL). Evaluate it separately from Social Fetch.
Does Social Fetch replace Proxycurl 1:1?
Not as a wire-compatible clone. Expect to remap LinkedIn person/company fields to Social Fetch routes and retest. You gain multi-platform coverage in exchange.
Does Social Fetch offer LinkedIn people search like Proxycurl?
There is a public people search route, GET /v2/linkedin/people/search (3 credits), alongside profile, company, job, and post routes. That is not a promise of every historic Proxycurl endpoint — check the LinkedIn endpoint list and validate the exact operations you need.
Why compare against a dead product?
Because search traffic still asks "Proxycurl alternative." This page answers with accurate shutdown context and a live multi-platform option — without pretending Proxycurl still sells credits.
The detailed Social Fetch vs Proxycurl comparisonHow Proxycurl works, where the costs come from, and when to keep it.
The short version
Proxycurl was the default LinkedIn enrichment API for many teams until it shut down in July 2025 after LinkedIn litigation. Traffic now points at Enrich Layer (and related successors). Social Fetch is a live multi-platform public social API — LinkedIn included, but not LinkedIn-only.
Proxycurl shut down in July 2025
Proxycurl was widely used for LinkedIn person and company enrichment: URL in, JSON out, credit billing, developer-friendly docs. In 2025 LinkedIn sued; the service wound down. The founder's public goodbye stated the team complied with the settlement and stopped the product.
If your integration still calls proxycurl.com hosts, it is already broken. This page exists for migration shopping, not for a living price war with a dead API.
Enrich Layer as the like-for-like path
Enrich Layer positions itself for former Proxycurl users: existing API keys, similar endpoints, credit carryover, base URL change. If LinkedIn enrichment is your only requirement and you trust that operator path, it can be the lowest-effort migration.
Social Fetch is not pretending to be a drop-in Proxycurl clone. Field names differ. People-search depth differs. What you get instead is a maintained multi-platform public social API with LinkedIn as one network among many — plus self-serve pricing and an official TypeScript SDK.
The lesson is vendor concentration
Proxycurl's revenue concentration on LinkedIn scraping became an existential risk when litigation hit. Teams that only ever needed LinkedIn still felt it; teams that had parked "we will add Instagram later" on the same vendor lost the whole enrichment layer overnight.
Social Fetch spreads public coverage across 25 platforms and 264 operations. That does not make anyone lawsuit-proof — public data vendors all carry platform risk — but it means your product roadmap is not a single-network monoculture behind one enrichment SKU.
Where they win
If you need maximum wire compatibility with old Proxycurl clients and LinkedIn is your only network, evaluate Enrich Layer first. Social Fetch will cost engineering time to remap fields.
If you are rebuilding anyway, or you already needed TikTok/Instagram/YouTube beside LinkedIn, starting on a live multi-platform API is usually cheaper than stitching Enrich Layer plus three other vendors.
Bottom line: Dead LinkedIn API vs live multi-platform API
Proxycurl is gone. Enrich Layer is the continuity bet for LinkedIn-only stacks. Social Fetch is the rebuild bet for teams that want public social JSON across many networks with self-serve credits. Choose based on migration pain versus roadmap breadth — not on nostalgic Proxycurl rate cards.
Methodology and sourcesHow we priced each scenario, and where every Proxycurl figure comes from. Checked 23 September 2026.
Sources
Shutdown details from Nubela's Proxycurl goodbye post (July 2025) and public migration guides. Enrich Layer terms from enrichlayer.com docs. Social Fetch pricing from socialfetch.dev/pricing (September 2026): Scale pack $379 for 230,000 credits, about $1.64 per 1,000; LinkedIn credit costs from the API reference.
Proxycurl is a trademark of its owner. Social Fetch is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Proxycurl. Details about Proxycurl come from public sources checked on 23 September 2026.
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