LurkAPI alternatives

Quick picks

• Closest match
  
  SocialCrawlOne unified API for all social media and e-commerce data.
• Free, like LurkAPI
  
  SociavaultSociaVault is a unified REST API
• Has an API
  
  QoviaSocial media data API + MCP server for AI agents

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   SocialCrawlSame job

   One unified API for all social media and e-commerce data.

   Pick it if you need social mention monitoring with webhook alerts, sentiment scores in responses, and a unified schema across social and e-commerce platforms.

   • Free plan
   • API
   • Web
   Drop-in replacementFreemiumSimilar price to LurkAPIView SocialCrawl
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   SociavaultSame job

   SociaVault is a unified REST API

   Pick it if you want ad library monitoring and social data across 25+ platforms, with per-request credit pricing and no stated rate limits or concurrency caps.

   • Free plan
   • API
   • Web
   Drop-in replacementFreeView Sociavault
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   QoviaSame job

   Social media data API + MCP server for AI agents

   Pick it if you need product review data and pay-per-call billing that does not charge for failed or empty calls, and you can accept paid-only pricing.

   • API
   • Web
   Drop-in replacementPaidCosts more than LurkAPIView Qovia
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   XCrawl

   Turn any web page into LLM-ready JSON or Markdown.

   Pick it if your main need is converting general web pages, crawls and search results into JSON or Markdown for RAG pipelines, with a CLI and Python and Node.js SDKs.

   • Free plan
   • API
   • Web
   • CLI
   Covers most of itFreemiumView XCrawl
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   FineData.ai

   FineData.ai is a web scraping API built for AI agents

   Pick it if you want schema-based extraction from specific web page URLs, with anti-bot and CAPTCHA handling and screenshot outputs.

   • Free plan
   • API
   • Web
   • CLI
   Covers most of itPaidSimilar price to LurkAPIView FineData.ai
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   superagnt_

   One MCP server, every tool your agent needs

   Pick it if you want agents to combine social and contact data with a managed Postgres database, scheduled jobs and webhooks, accepting paid pricing and no self-hosting.

   • API
   • Web
   Covers most of itFreemiumCosts more than LurkAPIView superagnt_
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   Apify

   Build, deploy, and monitor web scraping and automation tools

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   Pick it if you want to run pre-built or custom scrapers from a marketplace, schedule runs, and use the open-source Crawlee library alongside a paid platform.

   • API
   • Web
   • CLI
   Covers most of itFreemiumCosts more than LurkAPI

   View Apify
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   MCP360

   The 360 platform that unlocks your AI agent

   Pick it if your priority is connecting AI assistants to many pre-built search, scraping and market data tools through one hosted MCP endpoint, with a free tier.

   • Free plan
   • API
   • Web
   Covers some of itFreemiumSimilar price to LurkAPIView MCP360

LurkAPI and its top 5, side by side

What we compared	LurkAPIThis product	SocialCrawl#1	Sociavault#2	Qovia#3	XCrawl#4	FineData.ai#5
What it does	Social media data for your AI and your code	One unified API for all social media and e-commerce data.	SociaVault is a unified REST API	Social media data API + MCP server for AI agents	Turn any web page into LLM-ready JSON or Markdown.	FineData.ai is a web scraping API built for AI agents
Fit for LurkAPI users	—	Drop-in	Drop-in	Drop-in	Covers most	Covers most
Pricing	Freemium	Freemium	Free	Paid	Freemium	Paid
Free plan	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
API	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Open source	No	No	No	No	No	No
Platforms	Web, API	Web, API	Web, API	Web, API	Web, API, CLI	Web, API, CLI