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lobstr.io pricing and alternatives: Threads post API

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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 one of lobstr.io's 9 plans
Call: POST /v1/runs lobstr.io's only call for this API
API: Threads post API one of lobstr.io's 27 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 100 credits a month, enough for 100 results.
  • One call. You call POST /v1/runs with the inputs in Product details. The call returns a job. You fetch the answer once the job is done. Or the provider sends the answer to your webhook.
  • Who can get it: professionals, not consumers. Keep data: no limit, results stay on lobstr.io 7 days on Free, 28 days on paid plans. Use data: with conditions.

lobstr.io: Threads post API alternatives

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

lobstr.io, $4,800 yearlyCaptapi, $90 monthlyAPI Direct, pay as you go, Pay per request, GET /v1/threads/user/posts, Threads User Posts, fullEnsembleData, $1,400 monthlyBright Data, $499 monthly
$ per 1,000 posts$0.40$0.09$0.20$0.933$1.30
Completeness100%100%100%100%100%
Billingyearlymonthlypay as you gomonthlymonthly
Pay$4,800$90at a threshold$1,400$499
Enough for1,000,000 results a month10,000 pages a monthas many as you pay for50,000 results a day384,000 results a month
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itprofessionals, not consumersanyone at least 18 years oldat least 18 years old, with the legal capacity to enter into the Termsanyoneanyone 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. api.lobstr.io/v1/plans
  2. docs.lobstr.io/docs/concepts
  3. docs.lobstr.io/docs/configure-webhook-delivery
  4. docs.lobstr.io/docs/pricing
  5. docs.lobstr.io/docs/rate-limiting
  6. docs.lobstr.io/docs/start-run
  7. docs.lobstr.io/examples/threads-scraper/add-tasks.md
  8. docs.lobstr.io/examples/threads-scraper/credit-cost.md
  9. docs.lobstr.io/examples/threads-scraper/get-results.md
  10. docs.lobstr.io/examples/threads-scraper/update-settings.md
  11. help.lobstr.io/billing/manage-subscription
  12. help.lobstr.io/billing/reset-billing-cycle
  13. help.lobstr.io/core-concepts/credits
  14. lobstr.io/legal/terms-of-use
  15. lobstr.io/pricing
  16. lobstr.io/store/linkedin-profile-scraper
  17. lobstr.io/store/threads-scraper

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
Perresult
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 72 other calls
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchGive it a profile, post, keyword or #tag, get the posts: display name, bio, like count, fediverse enabled, followers count, music title, post url and 61 more fields, in a spreadsheet, in your tools, through the API or from your AI agent.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit, results stay on lobstr.io 7 days on Free, 28 days on paid plans
Use dataThe User hereby asserts and affirms that the utilization of the Platform is solely for professional activities, thereby exempting the User from being classified as a "consumer" under the governing law. [...] Squiders are obligated to: (i) Procure requisite permissions for accessing websites through Squids, (ii) Abstain from extracting substantial portions of databases, whether in terms of quality or quantity, (iii) Refrain from unauthorized access to confidential or proprietary information, (iv) Observe all third-party rights, including but not limited to copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights, (v) Comply with all pertinent laws, statutes, ordinances, and regulations, inclusive of those related to the protection of personal data. [...] a global, non-exclusive, non-transferrable, and non-sublicensable right to employ the Platform for the duration of the User's active account on said Platform [...] Absent express written consent from LOBSTR, the User shall abstain—and shall prohibit any third parties acting on their behalf, including but not limited to employees, agents, affiliates, and subcontractors—from: (i) Decompiling, disassembling, or reverse-engineering the Platform, or attempting to discern its source code, foundational ideas, algorithms, file formats, or interoperability features [...], (ii) Independently or with third-party assistance, rectifying any Platform defects to render it compliant with its intended use [...], (iii) Removing or altering any notifications, labels, or references pertaining to the intellectual property rights of LOBSTR or any third parties, (iv) Engaging in the transfer, utilization, or exportation of the Platform in a manner that contravenes applicable laws, (v) Integrating, associating, or amalgamating the Platform with any other software or documents, or generating derivative works based in whole or part on the Platform, (vi) Conducting any activities with the Platform other than those explicitly sanctioned by these Terms and Conditions
Plan
Pay$0
You get100 credits a month
Enough for100 results a month
Expirescredits refresh each month and don't roll over at renewal, only a paid billing-cycle reset carries unused credits over, for 30 days
Rate limit
Per second2
Concurrent1
Speed
Answerby polling or webhook
The call
You sendsquid (a Threads Scraper squid, crawler 7308ae543e6abc70438d6b968d3a1b38, holding the Threads profile URLs or @handles as its tasks (url)). Optional: max_results, max_unique_results_per_run, fetch_since, fetch_since_timezone
MethodPOST
Path/v1/runs
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itprofessionals, not consumers
The 66 fields the plan's answer can hold

post URL, post ID, post code, post type, source tab, scraped at, text, created at, language, topic tag, hashtags, mentions, mentioned users, mentioned accounts, like count, reply count, repost count, quote count, share count, has media, media type, media URLs, media width, media height, has audio, alt text, is GIF, has stickers, sticker count, sticker IDs, sticker URLs, music title, music artist, music song ID, links, link title, paid partnership, is pinned, is edited, is spoiler, flagged AI-generated, reply control, is reply, reply to username, thread root author username, thread root author ID, is quote post, quoted post URL, is repost, reposted post URL, author username, author ID, author name, author profile URL, author profile picture, author verified, author private account, author followers, author bio, author bio links, author profile tags, author HD profile picture, author fediverse enabled, podcast name, podcast URL, podcast platform

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