# RedditScraperAPI, free: Reddit post API

> Set the kind parameter to submitted for posts only or comments for comments only, and leave it on overview for a mixed feed of recent activity. The limit parameter then controls how many of those items you get back, up to 25 per call.

RedditScraperAPI's Reddit post API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 posts. It returns 3 of the 5 key fields we check: Text, Author, Subreddit.
We haven't run RedditScraperAPI through [our Reddit post API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-reddit-post-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 98 plans for Reddit post APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.02 per 1,000 posts or less.
[Crawlora's $499 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/crawlora/499-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 posts: $0.001. Crawlora charges for each page of results. We count 100 posts on each page to get the $0.001 price.
[Arctic Shift](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/arctic-shift/free/llms.txt), [RedditAPI](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/redditapi/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) and [API Direct](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/api-direct/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-request-get-v1-reddit-user-posts-reddit-user-posts/llms.txt) are the best Reddit post API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/redditscraperapi/free
- [Reddit post API: 4 providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-reddit-post-api.txt)
- Get it: https://redditscraperapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=reddit-post-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.redditscraperapi.com/api/v1/reddit/user`
- API key: with the plan, on https://redditscraperapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=reddit-post-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://redditscraperapi.com/profiles?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=reddit-post-api-pricing
- Sold by: RedditScraperAPI (https://redditscraperapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=reddit-post-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-04

## In the answer

- Completeness: 60%
- Text: ✓
- Author: ✓
- Subreddit: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 posts: $0.00
- Per: page of 25
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Comment Thread · Post · Search · Subreddit

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Set the kind parameter to submitted for posts only or comments for comments only, and leave it on overview for a mixed feed of recent activity. The limit parameter then controls how many of those items you get back, up to 25 per call.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Use restrictions: You are responsible for complying with all applicable laws and with the terms of service and robots policies of any site you target through the API. You agree not to use the service for unlawful, infringing, deceptive, or abusive purposes, or to access data you are not permitted to access. API access and limits: [...] You agree not to resell raw access or attempt to circumvent plan limits. Ownership: [...] Data you retrieve may be subject to the rights of the underlying source.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 requests
- Enough for: 1,000 pages

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 10
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 2.60 s

## The call

- You send: username. Optional: kind, limit
- Method: GET
- Path: /reddit/user

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone of legal age to form a binding contract

## The 11 fields the plan's answer can hold

post ID, post fullname, title, text, subreddit, link URL, permalink, created at, item kind, username, results returned

## RedditScraperAPI's plans (5)

- [RedditScraperAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/redditscraperapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 60% complete, live
- [RedditScraperAPI, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/redditscraperapi/top-up/llms.txt): $0.036 per 1,000, 60% complete, live
- [RedditScraperAPI, $19 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/redditscraperapi/19-monthly/llms.txt): $0.028 per 1,000, 60% complete, live
- [RedditScraperAPI, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/redditscraperapi/49-monthly/llms.txt): $0.024 per 1,000, 60% complete, live
- [RedditScraperAPI, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/redditscraperapi/contact-us/llms.txt): $0.02 per 1,000, 60% complete, live

## RedditScraperAPI's calls (1)

- `GET /reddit/user`: [RedditScraperAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/redditscraperapi/free/llms.txt)

## RedditScraperAPI's APIs (2)

- [RedditScraperAPI: Reddit post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/redditscraperapi/free/llms.txt)
- [RedditScraperAPI: Reddit profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/redditscraperapi/free/llms.txt)

## RedditScraperAPI: Reddit post API alternatives

- [KonbiniAPI, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/konbiniapi/49-monthly/llms.txt): $0.02 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Upscrape, $49 pack](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/upscrape/49-pack/llms.txt): $0.02 per 1,000, 80% complete, live
- [FetchLayer, $500 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/fetchlayer/500-monthly/llms.txt): $0.02 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [ChocoData, $100 monthly, Custom $100, POST /api/v1/{site}/batch](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/chocodata/100-monthly-custom-100-post-api-v1-site-batch/llms.txt): $0.02 per 1,000, 40% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-04.

- https://redditscraperapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=reddit-post-api-pricing
- https://redditscraperapi.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=reddit-post-api-pricing
- https://redditscraperapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=reddit-post-api-pricing
- https://redditscraperapi.com/profiles?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=reddit-post-api-pricing
- https://redditscraperapi.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=reddit-post-api-pricing