# Best Bluesky post API in 2026

> [API Direct](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/api-direct/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-request-get-v1-bluesky-user-posts-bluesky-user-posts), [ScrapingIsNotACrime](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/scrapingisnotacrime/199-pack) and [Bright Data](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/bright-data/top-up) are the best Bluesky post API providers in our benchmark. We benchmarked 3 providers. We list all three, ranked by score. For each one, we show its top scoring plan, each part of the plan's score and what 1,000 posts cost. We rank 21 plans by price. [ProLevelMax's top-up](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/prolevelmax/top-up) costs the least per 1,000 posts: $0.003. ProLevelMax charges for each page of results. We count 1,000 posts on each page to get the $0.003 price.

1. [API Direct, pay as you go, Pay per request: Bluesky post API](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/api-direct/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-request-get-v1-bluesky-user-posts-bluesky-user-posts): Overall score 69.7 (Price 46, Data 71, Cost to get started 100, Bundle 99, Performance 100), $0.06 per 1,000 posts
   - It returns all 4 key fields we check: Text, Media, Engagement, Author.
   - On 31 October 2026, we sent this provider the same 20 accounts as every other provider in our benchmark.
   - This plan scored 0.7111 out of 1 on those 20 accounts. That gives this plan a Data score of 71 out of 100.
2. [ScrapingIsNotACrime, $199 pack: Bluesky post API](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/scrapingisnotacrime/199-pack): Overall score 61.0 (Price 75, Data 46, Cost to get started 72, Bundle 97, Performance 18), $0.017 per 1,000 posts
   - It returns 3 of the 4 key fields we check: Text, Engagement, Author.
   - On 31 October 2026, we sent this provider the same 20 accounts as every other provider in our benchmark.
   - This plan scored 0.4599 out of 1 on those 20 accounts. That gives this plan a Data score of 46 out of 100.
3. [Bright Data, top-up: Bluesky post API](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/bright-data/top-up): Overall score 41.1 (Price 17, Data 60, Cost to get started 93, Bundle 50, Performance 1), $1.50 per 1,000 posts
   - It returns all 4 key fields we check: Text, Media, Engagement, Author.
   - On 31 October 2026, we sent this provider the same 20 accounts as every other provider in our benchmark.
   - This plan scored 0.6049 out of 1 on those 20 accounts. That gives this plan a Data score of 60 out of 100.

The Data score on Bluesky post APIs: This score, out of 100, shows how much of an account's posts the call returns. Each call returns the first page of the account's posts. For each account, we count the posts the call returned. We also check which of the parts we score those posts hold. Then we average each account's result over all accounts. If the call returned no post for an account, that account counts as 0. Some providers may run on fewer accounts. We compare each such provider with the other providers on the same accounts. A provider can't score higher by running only on easy accounts. We lower the score when we test the call on fewer accounts than the benchmark has.

Last updated: November 1, 2026. The page: https://datacircle.dev/best-bluesky-post-api. Every plan: https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-api-pricing. The benchmark: https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-api-pricing/benchmark.csv.