Social Fetch vs Scrape.do
Scrape.do (scrape.do) sells a general web scraping API: datacenter or residential proxies, JS rendering, geo targeting, pay only for successful responses. Social Fetch sells structured public social data. Cheap HTML credits are not the same product as a TikTok profile object.
- Product
- Social data REST APIWeb scraping API (HTML/JSON/XML/markdown from URLs)
- Billing
- PAYG packs; $1.64/1k at ScaleMonthly credits from $29 (Hobby) — success-based
- Credit multipliers
- Mostly 1 credit per standard lookup1 / 5 / 10 / 25 by proxy + render; special domains higher
Teams running monitoring, research, and enrichment pipelines
Why Social Fetch
Why teams switch from Scrape.do.
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 Scrape.do 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 Scrape.do, 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.
Successful scrape credits vs structured social lookups
Scrape.do: Free 1k/mo; Hobby $29/250k; Pro $99/1.25M. Base 1 credit datacenter, 5 with JS, 10 residential, 25 residential+JS. LinkedIn 30 credits. Social Fetch Scale: $1.64/1k structured social lookups.
Free tier
- Social Fetch
- 100 credits, no monthly clawback
- Scrape.do
- 1,000 successful credits/month, full features
Hobby plan
- Social Fetch
- N/A — buy packs as needed
- Scrape.do
- $29/mo · 250k credits · ~$0.11/1k credits
1,000 datacenter fetches (Hobby)
- Social Fetch
- N/A
- Scrape.do
- ~$0.11
1,000 residential+JS fetches (25 credits)
- Social Fetch
- N/A
- Scrape.do
- ~$2.90 on Hobby credit math
1,000 LinkedIn pages (30 credits)
- Social Fetch
- ~$1.64 structured (LinkedIn routes)
- Scrape.do
- ~$3.48 on Hobby + your parsing
1,000 structured multi-platform profiles
- Social Fetch
- ~$1.64
- Scrape.do
- Scrape + parse + keep selectors alive
| Scenario | Social Fetch | Scrape.do |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 100 credits, no monthly clawback | 1,000 successful credits/month, full features |
| Hobby plan | N/A — buy packs as needed | $29/mo · 250k credits · ~$0.11/1k credits |
| 1,000 datacenter fetches (Hobby) | N/A | ~$0.11 |
| 1,000 residential+JS fetches (25 credits) | N/A | ~$2.90 on Hobby credit math |
| 1,000 LinkedIn pages (30 credits) | ~$1.64 structured (LinkedIn routes) | ~$3.48 on Hobby + your parsing |
| 1,000 structured multi-platform profiles | ~$1.64 | Scrape + parse + keep selectors alive |
Scrape.do 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 Scrape.do, side by side.
How each product expects you to integrate, what you're billed for, and which capabilities come as standard.
Product
- Social Fetch
- Social data REST API
- Scrape.do
- Web scraping API (HTML/JSON/XML/markdown from URLs)
Billing
- Social Fetch
- PAYG packs; $1.64/1k at Scale
- Scrape.do
- Monthly credits from $29 (Hobby) — success-based
Credit multipliers
- Social Fetch
- Mostly 1 credit per standard lookup
- Scrape.do
- 1 / 5 / 10 / 25 by proxy + render; special domains higher
LinkedIn special cost
- Social Fetch
- Standard social credit (see docs per route)
- Scrape.do
- 30 credits per successful LinkedIn request (docs)
You maintain parsers?
- Social Fetch
- No — normalized fields
- Scrape.do
- Yes — unless using a site-specific scraper add-on
Best fit
- Social Fetch
- App features needing social entities
- Scrape.do
- High-volume general scraping with WAF bypass
| Row | Social Fetch | Scrape.do |
|---|---|---|
| Product | Social data REST API | Web scraping API (HTML/JSON/XML/markdown from URLs) |
| Billing | PAYG packs; $1.64/1k at Scale | Monthly credits from $29 (Hobby) — success-based |
| Credit multipliers | Mostly 1 credit per standard lookup | 1 / 5 / 10 / 25 by proxy + render; special domains higher |
| LinkedIn special cost | Standard social credit (see docs per route) | 30 credits per successful LinkedIn request (docs) |
| You maintain parsers? | No — normalized fields | Yes — unless using a site-specific scraper add-on |
| Best fit | App features needing social entities | High-volume general scraping with WAF bypass |
| Capability | Social Fetch | Scrape.do |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Scrape.do list sounds like you, Scrape.do is probably the better buy — and that's fine.
Pick Social Fetch if…
- You need normalized social profiles and posts, not HTML
- LinkedIn/Instagram/TikTok entity lookups should not burn 25–30 scrape credits each
- MCP or Agent Skills should call social tools without inventing selectors
- PAYG social credits without a monthly scrape subscription fit product traffic
- Support with requestId on social routes beats debugging selectors alone
Pick Scrape.do if…
- General web scraping at low per-credit rates is the main workload
- Success-based billing and full features on free/Hobby matter operationally
- Targets are non-social or unsupported by Social Fetch endpoints
- You already maintain parsers and only need transport + unblock
- Custom WAF strategies and high concurrency on Advanced/Enterprise plans
Social Fetch vs Scrape.do: common questions
Migration, billing surprises, and what changes when you add a second platform.
Is Scrape.do cheaper than Social Fetch for social media?
Base datacenter credits are much cheaper per page than Social Fetch per lookup. Social pages often need residential+JS (25 credits) or LinkedIn's 30-credit special — and you still parse. Structured Social Fetch lookups at $1.64/1k are usually cheaper fully loaded for production social features.
Is the slug scrape-do the same as scrape.do?
Yes. The product site is scrape.do; our compare slug is scrape-do for URL safety.
Does Scrape.do return TikTok profile JSON?
It returns whatever the URL response contains (HTML or configured output). Structured TikTok profile schemas are Social Fetch's product, not a Scrape.do default.
What happens when Scrape.do credits run out?
Requests stop until you upgrade or buy more credits (per their FAQ). Social Fetch PAYG: buy another pack; optional plans available for steady volume.
Can I use Scrape.do and Social Fetch together?
Yes. Route social entity reads to Social Fetch and everything else to Scrape.do. That split matches how most teams already think about URL classes.
Do you only charge for success like Scrape.do?
We charge for completed lookups, including not_found. We do not charge lookup_failed or 503 temporarily_unavailable. Different definition of "success" than HTTP scrape success.
The detailed Social Fetch vs Scrape.do comparisonHow Scrape.do works, where the costs come from, and when to keep it.
Scrape.do is priced to win general scraping volume
Hobby economics (~$0.11/1k base credits) look aggressive for open-web scraping. Social pages often need residential + JS (25 credits) or LinkedIn (30) — plus your parsers. Headline $/1k was never the fully loaded cost of a stable creator API.
Domain specials are a tell
When a scraper vendor publishes LinkedIn at 30 credits and Google at 10, they are admitting those targets need heavier infrastructure. Social Fetch's answer is not "pay 30 credits for HTML" — it is a LinkedIn route that returns documented fields under the same credit philosophy as TikTok.
If your roadmap is mostly LinkedIn company pages and Instagram profiles, compare structured API vendors first. Reach for Scrape.do when the URL is not a supported social entity.
Agents and scrapers want different tools
Run Scrape.do for arbitrary sites and hard WAF targets. For social entity work inside Cursor, Claude, or VS Code, Social Fetch's hosted MCP (OAuth, or x-api-key if the client cannot complete OAuth) and Agent Skills install expose the same marketplace operations as REST — plus docs search helpers. Credits bill like the API.
That is a different workflow from wiring scrape credits into an agent that still has to invent selectors. Migration off Scrape.do-for-social is deleting parse code and calling typed tools or REST, not rewriting your whole data platform.
Where Scrape.do fairly wins
Volume HTML with success-based billing; sites we do not cover; teams that want one scraping gateway with full features on the free tier for tests. If you truly only need raw page bytes and already own parsers, buying Social Fetch would be the wrong abstraction.
We win when the artifact you ship is a social object in a product, not a string of HTML in a dataset.
Bottom line: Cheap successful scrapes vs social objects
Scrape.do is a strong general scraping API with sharp success-based credit pricing. Social Fetch is a social data API with flat lookup pricing and maintained schemas. Use Scrape.do for the open web. Use Social Fetch when the unit of work is a social entity. Mixing them by URL class is normal; replacing one with the other end-to-end usually is not.
Methodology and sourcesHow we priced each scenario, and where every Scrape.do figure comes from. Checked 21 July 2026.
Sources
Scrape.do pricing from scrape.do/pricing; credit table and domain overrides from scrape.do/documentation/request-costs/ (July 2026). Only successful responses consume credits. Confirm LinkedIn and other specials before estimating social workloads.
Scrape.do is a trademark of its owner. Social Fetch is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Scrape.do. Details about Scrape.do come from public sources checked on 21 July 2026.
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