Credits, not subscriptions.
A credit is $0.004 at list. Three packs, and the bigger the pack the cheaper each credit. Credits never expire, so buy the pack that fits and top up when you need more.
no card, no subscription
failed calls: 0 credits
checkout by Paddle, final amount shown before you pay
1Ordering information
| Pack | Credits | Price | Per credit | Below list | Buys, for example | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | 5,000 | $19 | $0.0038 | 5% | 2,500 Reddit searches or 1,666 X searches | Start with starter |
| Growthrecommended | 25,000 | $65 | $0.0026 | 35% | 12,500 Reddit searches or 8,333 X searches | Start with growth |
| Pro | 150,000 | $315 | $0.0021 | 48% | 75,000 Reddit searches or 50,000 X searches | Start with pro |
Every pack covers every platform and endpoint, with automatic fallback. Failed calls are free and credits never expire. New accounts start with 50 free credits before any pack.
Buy from your dashboard, or let your agent start the purchase with POST /v1/checkout and hand you the payment link. Tax follows the convention where you buy: where prices are customarily quoted before tax, such as the United States, Paddle adds sales tax at checkout; elsewhere, including India, the UK and the EU, the price shown already includes any tax and the receipt itemises it. Paddle shows the final amount before you pay.
2What each call costs
Generated from the same table the API bills against, so it cannot drift. A native search is 1 credit; platforms with a paid upstream cost more because they cost us more.
| Platform | Endpoint | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| /v1/reddit/comments/search | 1 | |
| /v1/reddit/post | 2 | |
| /v1/reddit/post/comments | 2 | |
| /v1/reddit/post/transcript | 5 | |
| /v1/reddit/profile | 1 | |
| /v1/reddit/profile/comments | 1 | |
| /v1/reddit/profile/posts | 1 | |
| /v1/reddit/search | 2 | |
| /v1/reddit/subreddit | 2 | |
| /v1/reddit/subreddit/posts | 2 | |
| /v1/reddit/subreddit/search | 2 | |
| /v1/reddit/subreddits | 1 | |
| X / Twitter | /v1/x/post | 1 |
| /v1/x/post/comments | 3 | |
| /v1/x/profile | 1 | |
| /v1/x/profile/posts | 3 | |
| /v1/x/search | 3 | |
| /v1/instagram/post | 2 | |
| /v1/instagram/post/comments | 3 | |
| /v1/instagram/profile | 2 | |
| /v1/instagram/profile/posts | 2 | |
| /v1/instagram/profile/search | 2 | |
| TikTok | /v1/tiktok/hashtag | 2 |
| /v1/tiktok/post | 2 | |
| /v1/tiktok/post/comments | 3 | |
| /v1/tiktok/post/transcript | 5 | |
| /v1/tiktok/profile | 2 | |
| /v1/tiktok/profile/posts | 2 | |
| /v1/tiktok/search | 2 | |
| /v1/facebook/group/posts | 2 | |
| /v1/facebook/post | 2 | |
| /v1/facebook/post/comments | 3 | |
| /v1/facebook/profile | 2 | |
| /v1/facebook/profile/posts | 2 | |
| Hacker News | /v1/hackernews/profile | 1 |
| /v1/hackernews/search | 1 | |
| /v1/hackernews/story | 1 | |
| /v1/hackernews/story/comments | 1 | |
| YouTube | /v1/youtube/channel | 2 |
| /v1/youtube/channel/videos | 1 | |
| /v1/youtube/search | 1 | |
| /v1/youtube/video | 1 | |
| /v1/youtube/video/comments | 2 | |
| /v1/youtube/video/transcript | 2 | |
| Bluesky | /v1/bluesky/post | 1 |
| /v1/bluesky/profile | 1 | |
| /v1/bluesky/profile/posts | 1 | |
| /v1/bluesky/profile/search | 1 | |
| /v1/bluesky/search | 1 | |
| Mastodon | /v1/mastodon/search | 1 |
| /v1/mastodon/tag | 1 | |
| GitHub | /v1/github/issue | 1 |
| /v1/github/issue/comments | 1 | |
| /v1/github/profile | 1 | |
| /v1/github/profile/repos | 1 | |
| /v1/github/repo | 1 | |
| /v1/github/repo/issues | 1 | |
| /v1/github/repo/readme | 1 | |
| /v1/github/repo/releases | 1 | |
| /v1/github/search | 1 | |
| Google News | /v1/google_news/search | 1 |
| Web / News | /v1/web/search | 1 |
New accounts start with 50 free credits, spent at exactly these prices on any endpoint. Every endpoint's cost is in the API reference.
3Before you pay
- What happens when I run out?
- Calls return HTTP 402 with a top-up link in the body. Nothing auto-charges, nothing is deleted, and your key keeps working the moment you add credits.
- Do credits expire?
- No. They sit on your account, shared by all its keys, until you spend them.
- Can I get a refund?
- No: all sales are final and unused credits are not refundable. What we guarantee instead: credits never expire, and a failed API call is never charged - you only pay for calls that return data. If a payment ever goes wrong (a double charge, a wrong amount), email support@socialsearchapi.com from your account email and we correct it by crediting your account.
- What if a call fails?
- You are not charged. Credits are deducted on success only, and if a native source blocks we try the backup provider first at our cost, not yours.
- Is there a rate limit?
- Yes: 5 requests per second per key, bursts up to 10, at most 10 calls in flight. Past that you get HTTP 429 RATE_LIMITED with a Retry-After header; nothing is charged and nothing is queued, so retry after the pause. Every key on an account has its own limit, so create more keys to run more in parallel.
- Do I need a card?
- No. Signup is email only - you only pay if and when you choose to buy credits, through our secure checkout.
- How do I keep my key out of an AI agent's context?
- Keys are only ever shown in the dashboard, exactly once, at creation - never returned by the API, never emailed. An agent can call POST /v1/auth/browser-link to open your dashboard already signed in, so you create a key and copy it straight into your .env without it passing through the chat. Never paste a key into a chat transcript.