SocialCrawl

SocialCrawl offers a unified API for pulling social media data across 67 platforms, instead of requiring a separate integration for every individual network. All supported platforms share the same authentication method, response structure, and pagination — according to the provider, 630 endpoints in total through a single API key.

Through the official Socialcrawl MCP server, this functionality is also directly available to AI agents like Claude, Cursor, and Codex, either via installable skills or a simple JSON configuration. A cross-platform search feature lets a query run across all 67 networks at once and returns results in a unified data schema, instead of manually merging responses from different APIs.

Its target audience includes developers building brand monitoring, sentiment analysis, or trend detection tools, AI agents that need structured social media data, and companies doing competitive intelligence and market research. The business model is freemium with usage-based billing: after 100 free starter credits, additional credit packs can be purchased ranging from £15 to £299, which the provider says never expire and require no subscription.

Standard API calls cost one credit, while more complex composite endpoints that pull from multiple data sources consume correspondingly more credits — a billing model tied to the actual complexity of a request rather than a flat usage fee.

Because purchased credits never expire according to the provider, the model also suits projects with highly variable query volume, such as seasonal campaign analysis, without losing unused subscription capacity along the way.