GitHub alternatives

By Wayne Hamadi, founder of Datacircle. Last updated: November 6, 2026

The best GitHub alternatives for GitHub profile APIs: Scrappa, ReefAPI and Litescrape, by our benchmark of November 3, 2026.

GitHub profile API alternatives

GitHub is #3 of the 6 providers we rank.

Rank	Provider and plan	Overall score	Accuracy score	$ per 1,000 profiles
1	Scrappa, $25 pack	85.3	98	$0.291
2	ReefAPI, $200 monthly, Enterprise monthly	81.8	100	$0.667
4	Litescrape, top-up from $10, Usage-based	77.6	68	$0.15
5	Scavio, $500 monthly	58.0	85	$2.50
6	AnyAPI, top-up from $10	57.9	77	$1.20

GitHub is #2 of the 6 providers we rank.

Rank	Provider and plan	Overall score	Accuracy score	$ per 1,000 repositories
1	Scrappa, $10 pack	84.9	91	$0.303
3	Litescrape, top-up from $10, Usage-based	69.6	35	$0.15
4	ScrapeCreators, $497 pack	51.2	63	$0.994
5	AnyAPI, top-up from $10	47.4	49	$1.20
6	Parse, $30 monthly	39.2	61	$90.00

GitHub is #2 of the 5 providers we rank.

Rank	Provider and plan	Overall score	Accuracy score	$ per 1,000 repositories
1	Scrappa, $500 pack	93.9	100	$0.0024
3	ScrapeCreators, $47 pack	47.8	61
4	ScrapingIsNotACrime, $199 pack	47.6	21	$0.017
5	AnyAPI, top-up from $10	41.3	47