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SocialCrawl pricing and alternatives: Hacker News comment API

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100% complete: both key fields we checkSee the 2 fields
$0.00per 1,000 commentsWe rank 13 plans by price. ProLevelMax's top-up costs the least per 1,000 comments: $0.0006. ProLevelMax charges for each page of results. We count 5,000 comments on each page to get the $0.0006 price.
Plan: Free one of SocialCrawl's 5 plans
Call: GET /v1/hackernews/story/comments SocialCrawl's only call for this API
API: Hacker News comment API one of SocialCrawl's 90 APIs

About this item

  • Live. SocialCrawl reads the comments on Hacker News when you call the API.
  • Both key fields we check. Comment and Commenter.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 100 credits once, enough for 100 pages. Credits never expire.
  • One call. You send id to GET /v1/hackernews/story/comments. You can also send since and until. The call returns the story's comments.
  • Who can get it: anyone 18 or over. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

SocialCrawl: Hacker News comment API alternatives

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 comments. Each plan in the table gives live data.

This planSocialCrawl, freeAnysite, freeParse, freeProLevelMax, freeScrapingIsNotACrime, free
$ per 1,000 comments$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00
Completeness100%100%100%100%100%
Billingfreefreefreefreefree
Pay$0$0$0$0$0
Enough for100 pages, once1,000 pagesabout 66 pagesabout 666 pages100 pages, once
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyone 18 or overanyone at least 18 years old or of the age of majority in their jurisdiction, who has not had a credit plan before, starting the trial takes a cardanyone of legal age to enter into the Terms of Service, or acting for an organization they have the legal authority to bindnew users, one per person: $1 when you verify your email and $1 more after your first successful run, no card requiredanyone

Hacker News comment API pricing: plans compared

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-01.

  1. socialcrawl.dev/docs/caching.md
  2. socialcrawl.dev/docs/credits.md
  3. socialcrawl.dev/docs/endpoint-pricing.md
  4. socialcrawl.dev/docs/rate-limits.md
  5. socialcrawl.dev/legal/terms-and-conditions
  6. socialcrawl.dev/llms-hackernews.txt
  7. socialcrawl.dev/llms.txt
  8. socialcrawl.dev/platforms/hackernews/story-comments
  9. socialcrawl.dev/platforms/hackernews/story-comments.md
  10. socialcrawl.dev/platforms/linkedin
  11. socialcrawl.dev/platforms/linkedin.md
  12. socialcrawl.dev/pricing

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Comment
  • Commenter
Price
$ per 1,000 comments$0.00
Perpage, size not stated
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 678 other calls
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchReturns the whole comment tree for a story under `data.items[]`, in the unified Comment shape: each entry carries `id`, `author`, `text`, `published_at`, the HN permalink at `url`, its direct-reply count at `engagement.replies`, and its nested replies at `replies[]`, recursively.
Data
Freshnesslive
Use dataYou may use the Service for lawful purposes that comply with these Terms, applicable laws, and the terms of service of the social media platforms from which data is retrieved. [...] You must not: Resell raw data: You may not redistribute, resell, or sublicense raw Platform Data retrieved through the Service without adding meaningful transformation, analysis, or value. You must not operate a service that merely proxies or mirrors SocialCrawl responses. Violate platform terms: You must not use the Service in a manner that violates the terms of service of any social media platform from which data is retrieved. Harass or harm: You must not use the Service to stalk, harass, doxx, or otherwise harm any individual. Surveillance and identification of individuals: You must not use the Service or Platform Data to (a) perform facial recognition, biometric identification, or biometric verification of any individual, or build or enrich any facial-recognition or biometric database, (b) conduct surveillance, tracking, or behavioural monitoring of identified or identifiable individuals, including for law-enforcement, intelligence, or employment-vetting purposes, (c) re-identify individuals from aggregated, pseudonymised, or anonymised data, (d) profile individuals based on special categories of personal data (such as health, religion, political opinions, or sexual orientation), or (e) compile databases of individuals' personal data for sale or licensing as such. Circumvent restrictions: You must not attempt to bypass any usage limits, access controls, or security measures of the Service. Reverse engineer: You must not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of the Service or its underlying infrastructure. Overload the Service: You must not engage in activity designed to degrade, disrupt, or place an unreasonable burden on the Service or its infrastructure. Illegal activity: You must not use the Service for any purpose that violates applicable law, including but not limited to data protection legislation, intellectual property law, or export control regulations. Automated abuse: You must not use automated systems to create accounts, generate API Keys, or consume Credits in a manner intended to exploit the Service. [...] You are solely responsible for: Ensuring your use of Platform Data complies with all applicable laws, including data protection and privacy legislation (such as the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018). Respecting the intellectual property rights of content creators whose data is accessed through the Service. [...] Complying with the terms of service of the social media platforms from which data originates. [...] Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and use the Service for your internal business or personal purposes. You retain ownership of any data, applications, or materials that you create using Platform Data retrieved through the Service, subject to: The intellectual property rights of the original content creators on social media platforms. Any applicable terms of service of the social media platforms from which the data originates. The restrictions set out in Section 7 (Acceptable Use Policy) of these Terms.
Plan
Pay$0
You get100 credits
Enough for100 pages, once
Expiresnever
Rate limit
Per second10
Concurrent50
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendid. Optional: since, until
MethodGET
Path/v1/hackernews/story/comments
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone 18 or over
The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

comment ID, text, created at, commenter, comment URL, replies

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