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API Direct pricing and alternatives: Threads post API, POST /v1/batch, Batch Requests

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100% complete: all 4 key fields we checkSee the 4 fields
$0.00per 1,000 postsWe rank 18 plans by price. Captapi's $9 monthly plan costs the least per 1,000 posts: $0.09. Captapi charges for each page of results. We count 100 posts on each page to get the $0.09 price.
Plan: Free tier one of API Direct's 2 plans
Call: POST /v1/batch, Batch Requests one of API Direct's 4 calls for this API
API: Threads post API one of API Direct's 16 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the posts from Threads when you call the API.
  • All 4 key fields we check. Text, Media, Engagement, Author.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 50 requests a month, enough for 50 pages. Requests are reset on the 1st of each month.
  • One call. You send requests[].params.username to POST /v1/batch. You set requests[].endpoint to "/v1/threads/user/posts". You can also send requests[].params.pages, requests[].params.get_sentiment and requests[].tag. The call returns the posts of each account you send.
  • Who can get it: at least 18 years old, with the legal capacity to enter into the Terms. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

API Direct: Threads post API alternatives

The table starts with API Direct's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 posts closest to API Direct's. Each plan in the table gives live data.

API Direct, pay as you go, Pay per request, POST /v1/batch, Batch RequestsCaptapi, $90 monthlylobstr.io, $4,800 yearlyEnsembleData, $1,400 monthlyBright Data, $499 monthly
$ per 1,000 posts$0.171$0.09$0.40$0.933$1.30
Completeness100%100%100%100%100%
Billingpay as you gomonthlyyearlymonthlymonthly
Payat a threshold$90$4,800$1,400$499
Enough foras many as you pay for10,000 pages a month1,000,000 results a month50,000 results a day384,000 results a month
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itat least 18 years old, with the legal capacity to enter into the Termsanyone at least 18 years oldprofessionals, not consumersanyoneanyone 18 or over, not sanctioned or in Russia, Belarus, Syria or Lebanon

Threads post 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 2026-10-29.

  1. apidirect.io/docs/batch
  2. apidirect.io/docs/pricing
  3. apidirect.io/docs/rate-limits
  4. apidirect.io/docs/threads-user-posts
  5. apidirect.io/dpa
  6. apidirect.io/endpoints/linkedin-person
  7. apidirect.io/llms-full.txt
  8. apidirect.io/openapi.json
  9. apidirect.io/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 35
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays for143 other calls: 50 requests a month each, 20 for Places Search, Place Reviews and Place Photos
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchInstead of looping an endpoint over a list of IDs, URLs or usernames, send up to 100 requests in a single call
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou agree not to use the Service to: Violate any applicable laws, regulations, or third-party rights, Infringe upon intellectual property rights of others, Engage in any activity that could damage, disable, or impair the Service, Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the Service, Use the Service for any illegal, harmful, or fraudulent purposes, Circumvent or attempt to circumvent any rate limits, usage limits, or security measures, Use automated means to create accounts or generate API keys, Harass, abuse, or harm individuals using data obtained through the Service, Scrape our Service [...] You acknowledge that: [...] You are responsible for complying with the terms of service of the underlying platforms (LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, etc.) when using data obtained through our Service [...] You agree that: You have a lawful basis for requesting, receiving, and using the data you obtain through the Service [...] You will comply with applicable data protection law, including providing any notices and honouring any rights owed to individuals by you as controller [...] You will not use the Service to identify or target individuals on the basis of special categories of personal data
Plan
Pay$0
You get50 requests a month
Enough for50 pages a month
Expiresreset on the 1st of each month
Rate limit
Per second1.39
Concurrent10
Batch100
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendrequests[].endpoint "/v1/threads/user/posts", requests[].params.username. Optional: requests[].params.pages, requests[].params.get_sentiment, requests[].tag
MethodPOST
Path/v1/batch
About the plan
PlanFree tier
Who can get itat least 18 years old, with the legal capacity to enter into the Terms
The 33 fields the plan's answer can hold

title, post URL, created at, author username, platform, platform domain, text, like count, reply count, repost count, quote count, reshare count, author name, author verified, is reply, is pinned, post type, image, video, media width, media height, has audio, reply control, hashtags, mentions, carousel media, link preview, quoted post, post ID, post code, AI content label, results returned, pages returned

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