# Arctic Shift, free: Reddit profile API

> This is endpoint only contains aggregate data of user names, ids, number of posts/comments, earliest/latest posts/comments, karma, etc.

Arctic Shift's Reddit profile API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. It returns 1 of the 6 key fields we check: Karma.
Arctic Shift limits how many calls you get but gives no number.
We haven't run Arctic Shift through [our Reddit profile API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-reddit-profile-api.txt) yet.
Half of the 168 plans we rank by price cost $1.244 per 1,000 profiles or less. This plan has the lowest price per 1,000 profiles of the 168 plans.
[API Direct](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/api-direct/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-request-get-v1-reddit-user/llms.txt), [RedditAPI](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/redditapi/top-up-from-10-pay-as-you-go-get-api-reddit-user-name/llms.txt) and [AnyAPI](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/anyapi/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) are the best Reddit profile API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/arctic-shift/free
- [Reddit profile API: 3 providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-reddit-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://github.com/ArthurHeitmann/arctic_shift/blob/master/api/README.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=reddit-profile-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/api/users/search`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://github.com/ArthurHeitmann/arctic_shift/blob/master/api/README.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=reddit-profile-api-pricing#search-2
- Sold by: Arctic Shift (https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=reddit-profile-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-04

## In the answer

- Completeness: 17%
- Karma: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 profiles: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: This is endpoint only contains aggregate data of user names, ids, number of posts/comments, earliest/latest posts/comments, karma, etc.

## Data

- Freshness: stored
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: author. Optional: author_prefix, min_num_posts, min_num_comments, active_since, min_karma, limit, sort, sort_type
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/users/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 9 fields the plan's answer can hold

username, user ID, post count, comment count, earliest post, latest post, earliest comment, latest comment, total karma

## Arctic Shift's plans (1)

- [Arctic Shift, free](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/arctic-shift/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 17% complete, stored

## Arctic Shift's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /api/users/search`: [Arctic Shift, free](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/arctic-shift/free/llms.txt)

## Arctic Shift's APIs (2)

- [Arctic Shift: Reddit post API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/arctic-shift/free/llms.txt)
- [Arctic Shift: Reddit profile API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/arctic-shift/free/llms.txt)

## Arctic Shift: Reddit profile API alternatives

- [API Direct, free tier, POST /v1/batch](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/api-direct/free-tier-post-v1-batch/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [RedditAPI, free credits, GET /api/reddit/user/{name}](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/redditapi/free-credits-get-api-reddit-user-name/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [AnyAPI, free trial key, POST /v1/run/reddit.profile, Reddit Profile](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/anyapi/free-trial-key/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Veezee, free](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/veezee/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 83% complete, stored

## 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://github.com/ArthurHeitmann/arctic_shift?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=reddit-profile-api-pricing
- https://github.com/ArthurHeitmann/arctic_shift/blob/master/api/README.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=reddit-profile-api-pricing