API alternatives
Honest, tested comparisons against the tools you already know. One key, one wallet, priced in dollars, 479 APIs behind it.
Best Twitter API alternative for reading X posts (2026)
X's own API charges $5 per 1,000 post reads. Only reading public posts, profiles, and search? Paying per request costs far less. Seven options priced. 2026.
Kevin WangOct 20, 2026
The best Data365 alternatives for social media data in 2026
Data365 is an enterprise social media API from €300 a month per network. Need less, or more networks? Five options priced per 1,000 profiles and posts. 2026.
Kevin WangOct 3, 2026
The best EnsembleData alternatives for social data in 2026
EnsembleData sells social media data in daily units from $100 a month. Uneven volume? Five options priced per 1,000 TikTok and Instagram profiles. 2026.
Kevin WangOct 2, 2026
The best TikHub alternatives in 2026, tested on 17 lookups
TikHub is the widest pay-per-request social API, Douyin and Xiaohongshu too. Want card payments and the same fields everywhere? Five options compared. 2026.
Kevin WangOct 1, 2026
The best ScrapeCreators alternatives in 2026, tested
ScrapeCreators is a great social media scraping API. Want per-call prices, one shape across platforms, and the rest of the web on one key? Five options, 2026.
Kevin WangSep 30, 2026
The best Serper alternatives in 2026, tested on 20 searches
Serper was the fastest Google search API in our tests. Don't need sub-second answers? Six options priced, two tested on the same 20 searches. 2026 prices.
Kevin WangSep 29, 2026
The best Outscraper alternatives for Google Maps in 2026
Outscraper is great for Google Maps exports. Calling Maps from code? Five options priced per 1,000 places and reviews, with a 10-city test. 2026 prices.
Kevin WangSep 28, 2026
The best Oxylabs alternatives in 2026, priced per call
Want Google, Amazon, or a page back without a $49 monthly plan? Six options priced per call, two tested, and who should stay on Oxylabs instead. 2026 prices.
Kevin WangSep 27, 2026
Best SerpApi alternative for Google results as JSON (2026)
SerpApi is the most complete search API, at $25 down to $9 per 1,000 searches on a monthly plan. Google results as JSON: pay per request, no plan. 2026 prices.
Kevin WangSep 11, 2026
Best ScrapingBee alternative with no monthly credits (2026)
ScrapingBee is the cheapest raw-HTML API at steady volume, but credits expire monthly and a request costs 1 to 75 of them. One flat price per page instead.
Kevin WangSep 11, 2026
Best ScraperAPI alternative for one price per page (2026)
ScraperAPI charges 1 credit for a page, 10 to render it, 25 for Google, and 30 for LinkedIn, on a plan that resets monthly. One flat price per call instead.
Kevin WangSep 11, 2026
Best Firecrawl alternative for pay-per-page scraping (2026)
Firecrawl is the best way to crawl a site into LLM-ready markdown. Fetching pages one at a time? Paying per request costs less, with no plan. 2026 prices.
Kevin WangSep 11, 2026
Best Bright Data alternative for scraping many APIs (2026)
Need JSON from a few sources, not a proxy network? Bright Data's 2026 prices job by job, when it's still the right call, and when paying per request is simpler.
Kevin WangJun 28, 2026
Best RapidAPI alternative for multi-source API access (2026)
Using several APIs on RapidAPI, now Nokia API Hub? Each is its own monthly subscription. Pay per request: one wallet, nothing to cancel, a real $44 bill.
Kevin WangJun 27, 2026
Best Apify alternative for multi-source API scraping (2026)
Apify is great if you run your own scrapers. If you just want the data back, paying per request is easier to budget. Apify's prices on every self-serve plan.
Kevin WangJun 27, 2026