Apify alternative

An Apify alternative for social media data

If all you need from Apify is social media data, Captapi gives you fixed REST endpoints that return JSON, with no actors to choose or run. If you scrape arbitrary websites or need a niche scraper from a large marketplace, Apify is the better fit.

What a request looks like

Real production responses, trimmed. Replace $CAPTAPI_KEY with your key.

Instagram profile

1 credit · captured 2026-10-10

curl "https://api.captapi.com/v1/instagram/channel-details?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fnasa%2F" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CAPTAPI_KEY"

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "platform": "instagram",
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/",
    "id": "528817151",
    "username": "nasa",
    "displayName": "NASA",
    "bio": "Making the seemingly impossible, possible. ✨",
    "followers": 104271708,
    "following": null,
    "postCount": null,
    "verified": true,
    "externalUrl": "https://www.nasa.gov",
    "isPrivate": false,
    "isBusinessAccount": true
  }
}

Trimmed. following and postCount are null because Instagram did not show them on this fetch. Captapi does not fill them in. Full field list on the Instagram Channel Details API page.

Endpoints that cover this job

Instagram Channel Details APIProfile, followers, bio links. 1 credit.Instagram Transcript APITranscript of an Instagram reel. 2 credits.TikTok Video Details APIOne TikTok video: caption, counts, creator, sound. 1 credit.TikTok Comments APIComments on a TikTok video, with a cursor. 2 credits.YouTube Video Details APIOne YouTube video's metadata and counts. 1 credit.YouTube Comments APIComments on a YouTube video. 2 credits.Reddit Search APIReddit post search. 2 credits.Twitter/X Profile APIX profile and counts. 1 credit.

What Captapi does not do here

No general web scraping. Only the endpoints in the catalog.
No marketplace and no custom code running on our side.
One response shape per endpoint. You cannot change which fields are collected.

Captapi and Apify, side by side

	Apify	Captapi
Model	Pick and run actors from a marketplace	Call a fixed REST endpoint
Coverage	Any website, through actors	The social platforms in our catalog
Output	Depends on the actor	One documented JSON shape per endpoint
Pricing	See Apify's current pricing at apify.com/pricing. Their plans combine a monthly fee with usage credits.	Credits per request, listed on each endpoint page

Choose Apify when

Choose Apify when you need to scrape sites outside social media, want a specific scraper from its marketplace, or need to customise the crawl yourself.

Choose Captapi when

Choose Captapi when you want a small set of social endpoints with a fixed response shape and a price per request you can read on the docs page.

Frequently asked questions

Is Captapi an Apify alternative?+

Only for social media data. Captapi is a fixed set of REST endpoints for social platforms. Apify is a general scraping platform with a marketplace, which Captapi is not.

Do I need to run or maintain anything?+

No. You send an HTTP request with your API key and get JSON back.

How is a request priced?+

Each endpoint page lists its credit cost. Cache hits with cache=true are free.

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