Looking for a SocialKit alternative? Here's an honest comparison — including where SocialKit is the better pick. Numbers last verified July 2026 from socialkit.dev.
The short answer
Need YouTube data? Pick SocialKit. ScraperSocial doesn't cover YouTube and doesn't plan to. For work on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X or LinkedIn, we cover those five platforms starting at $5/month against SocialKit's $29 entry plan, and our free trial is 100 credits to their 20. We also cover Threads, though narrowly: stats, profiles, posts and search only. At heavy volume the math can flip, because SocialKit's larger bundles cost less per credit. Price your own workload on both before committing.
| ScraperSocial | SocialKit | |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Threads (6) | TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, LinkedIn + YouTube + generic video files |
| YouTube | No — deliberately out of scope | Yes, deepest coverage (8 endpoints incl. download) |
| Transcripts | TikTok & Instagram full; Facebook & X caption-dependent (documented) | All platforms incl. YouTube & video files |
| AI summaries | TikTok & Instagram (FB/X caption-dependent) | Every platform |
| Stats, comments, channel data | Yes on all 5 core platforms, per-item billing (Threads: stats, profiles & posts; replies v2) | Yes (comments billed 1 credit per 50) |
| Search | TikTok, Instagram, X, LinkedIn and Threads (keyword; TikTok also hashtag) | YouTube & TikTok search |
| Downloads | Instagram & Facebook (TikTok in v2) | YouTube only |
| MCP server | Yes (mcp.scrapersocial.com + server card) | Yes (+ Claude Agent Skills) |
| No-code integrations | Zapier, Make, n8n | Zapier, Make, n8n |
| Docs transparency | Per-endpoint credit cost + availability caveats on every page | Clean docs; per-endpoint credit costs not published |
| ScraperSocial | SocialKit | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry paid plan | $5/mo — 1,000 credits | $29/mo — 12,000 credits |
| Annual option | $54/yr — 12,000 credits | 30% discount on all tiers |
| Free tier | 100 trial credits, no card | 20 credits, no card |
| At scale | Single plan + top-ups; volume by email | Up to $210/mo for 150,000 credits ($1.40/1k) |
| Failed calls | Never charged | Not stated on pricing page |
| Credit expiry | Valid until end of billing period | Monthly allotment; rollover not stated |
Credits are not equivalent units across vendors; each meters differently (e.g. SocialKit bills comments at 1 credit per 50 results; ScraperSocial bills per item returned with per-endpoint costs from 1 to 42 credits). Price out your actual workload on both before deciding on volume alone.
At the entry level, yes: $5/month versus $29/month, and a 100-credit trial versus 20. At high volume SocialKit's bigger bundles can be cheaper per credit. The honest answer is: cheaper to start, workload-dependent at scale.
No. ScraperSocial deliberately covers TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X/Twitter, LinkedIn and Threads only. If YouTube is core to your product, SocialKit (or another YouTube-focused API) is the right choice.
Both use a platform/capability REST pattern with API-key auth and JSON responses, so switching is mostly changing base URLs and field mappings. ScraperSocial responses use a consistent { data, request_id } envelope across all endpoints.
Yes, both ship MCP servers. ScraperSocial additionally publishes an OpenAPI spec, llms.txt, and .well-known discovery endpoints (api-catalog, MCP server card, agent skills) so agents can find and use the API without human setup.
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