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ReefAPI pricing and alternatives: Threads post API

ReefAPI's sitellms.txtBest Threads post API in 2026

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75% complete: 3 of the 4 key fields we checkSee the 4 fields
$0.00per 1,000 postsWe rank 24 plans by price. ReefAPI's $450 quarterly plan costs the least per 1,000 posts: $0.005. ReefAPI charges for each page of results. We count 100 posts on each page to get the $0.005 price.lobstr.io, Captapi and ScrapeCreators are the best Threads post API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: Free one of ReefAPI's 11 plans
Call: POST /threads/v1/posts ReefAPI's only call for this API
API: Threads post API one of ReefAPI's 25 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the posts from Threads when you call the API.
  • 3 of the 4 key fields we check. Text, Media, Engagement.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 1,000 credits, enough for 1,000 pages. Calls stop once your credits run out. Credits never expire.
  • One call. You send username to POST /threads/v1/posts. You can also send limit. The call returns the account's posts.
  • Anyone can get it. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

ReefAPI: Threads post API alternatives

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

ReefAPI, $1,200 yearlyCaptapi, $9 monthlyAPI Direct, pay as you go, Pay per request, POST /v1/batch, Batch Requestslobstr.io, $4,800 yearlyEnsembleData, $1,400 monthly
$ per 1,000 posts$0.0033$0.09$0.171$0.40$0.933
Completeness75%100%100%100%100%
Billingyearlymonthlypay as you goyearlymonthly
Pay$1,200$9at a threshold$4,800$1,400
Enough for300,000 pages a month1,000 pages a monthas many as you pay for1,000,000 results a month50,000 results a day
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyoneanyone at least 18 years oldat least 18 years old, with the legal capacity to enter into the Termsprofessionals, not consumersanyone

Every Threads post API provider we score, ranked

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. reefapi.com
  2. reefapi.com/_next/static/chunks/app/pricing/page-560e08c02e869119.js
  3. reefapi.com/docs
  4. reefapi.com/docs/threads
  5. reefapi.com/docs/threads.md
  6. reefapi.com/pricing
  7. reefapi.com/refunds
  8. reefapi.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, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 posts$0.00
Perpage of 100
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 584 other calls
Overage
Units caphard
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchPublic posts from a Threads profile (most-recent first). Returns full text, media, engagement counts, location and music per post. Set `limit` for how many to return.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou are solely responsible for how you use the data you retrieve and for ensuring your use complies with all applicable laws, third-party terms, and the rights of others (including data-protection, intellectual-property, and anti-spam laws) in your jurisdiction and your users'. You will not use the Service to break the law, infringe rights, send spam, or build a competing bulk-redistribution product. [...] Don't attempt to circumvent authentication, rate limits, or credit metering, don't probe, scan, or stress the Service except your own account within posted limits. [...] Where a source requires attribution, we surface it in the response meta, honor it.
Plan
Pay$0
You get1,000 credits
Enough for1,000 pages
Expiresnever
Rate limit
Per second10
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendusername. Optional: limit
MethodPOST
Path/threads/v1/posts
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone
The 16 fields the plan's answer can hold

post ID, post code, post URL, text, media type, image, video, carousel media, like count, reply count, repost count, quote count, created at, place, music, tagged users

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