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LurkAPI pricing: Telegram channel post API

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100% complete: all 4 key fields we checkSee the 4 fields
$0.00per 1,000 postsWe haven't run LurkAPI through our Telegram channel post API benchmark yet.This plan is free. We rank 63 plans for Telegram channel post APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.03 per 1,000 posts or less.Zapi's Rp399,000 monthly plan costs the least per 1,000 posts: $0.0011. Zapi charges for each page of results. We count 20 posts on each page to get the $0.0011 price.
Plan: Free credits one of LurkAPI's 4 plans
Call: GET /v1/telegram/channel/posts LurkAPI's only call for this API
API: Telegram channel post API one of LurkAPI's 37 APIs

About this item

  • A copy at most 5 minutes old. You get posts from LurkAPI's copy of Telegram.
  • All 4 key fields we check. Text, Media, Engagement, Author.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 100 credits, enough for 100 pages.
  • One call. You send handle to GET /v1/telegram/channel/posts. You can also send cursor. The call returns the channel's posts.
  • Anyone can get it. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

LurkAPI: Telegram channel post API alternatives

LurkAPI alternatives: every Telegram channel post API plan compared

The table starts with LurkAPI's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 posts closest to LurkAPI's. Each plan in the table gives live data or data at most an hour old.

LurkAPI, $225 packZapi, Rp49,000 monthlyTikHub, $55 monthlyLiveDune, $225 monthlyScrape Everything, $119 pack
$ per 1,000 posts$0.022$0.0054$0.011$0.022$0.024
Completeness100%75%100%75%75%
Billingpay firstmonthlymonthlymonthlypay first
Pay$225Rp49,000$55$225$119
Enough for500,000 pages25,000 pages a monthas many as you pay for100,000 pages50,000 pages
Freshness5 minutes10 minuteslive1 hourlive
Who can get itanyoneanyoneanyone 18 or over (or of legal age where they live), for lawful internal business purposes, not in a US-embargoed country or on a US restricted-party list, paying it monthly from a Pay-as-you-go balanceanyoneanyone 18 or over who can enter a binding contract

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-05.

  1. lurkapi.com
  2. lurkapi.com/docs.md
  3. lurkapi.com/docs/linkedin/profile.md
  4. lurkapi.com/docs/telegram/channel-posts.md
  5. lurkapi.com/pricing.md
  6. lurkapi.com/terms

Product details

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

  • Text
  • Media
  • Engagement
  • Author
Price
$ per 1,000 posts$0.00
Perpage of 20
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 87 other calls
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchA public channel's latest posts, newest first, with text, views, media, links and reactions.
Data
Freshness5 minutes
Keep datano limit
Use dataFair use: Don't try to break, overload or get around the limits of the service. Don't share or resell your API keys. Building your own products on top of LurkAPI is fine. Don't use LurkAPI to harass people or for anything illegal. [...] LurkAPI returns publicly available data. You're responsible for how you use it, including the privacy and data protection laws that apply to you.
Plan
Pay$0
You get100 credits
Enough for100 pages
Rate limit
Per second5
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendhandle. Optional: cursor
MethodGET
Path/v1/telegram/channel/posts
About the plan
PlanFree credits
Who can get itanyone
The 17 fields the plan's answer can hold

post ID, post URL, channel name, date, text, text HTML, view count, author, edited at, forwarded from, in reply to, thumbnail URL, media, link card, poll, reactions, next cursor

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