# ReefAPI, free: Threads post API

> Public 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.

ReefAPI's Threads post API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 posts. It returns 3 of the 4 key fields we check: Text, Media, Engagement.
We rank 24 plans by price. [ReefAPI's $450 quarterly plan](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/reefapi/450-quarterly/llms.txt) 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](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/lobstr-io/500-monthly/llms.txt), [Captapi](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/captapi/9-monthly/llms.txt) and [ScrapeCreators](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/scrapecreators/47-pack/llms.txt) are the best Threads post API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/reefapi/free
- [Best Threads post API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-threads-post-api.txt)
- Get it: https://reefapi.com/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.reefapi.com/threads/v1/posts`
- API key: with the plan, on https://reefapi.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://reefapi.com/docs/threads#ep-posts
- Sold by: ReefAPI (https://reefapi.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 75%
- Text: ✓
- Media: ✓
- Engagement: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 posts: $0.00
- Per: page of 100
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 584 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Public 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

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You 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 get: 1,000 credits
- Enough for: 1,000 pages
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 10
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: username. Optional: limit
- Method: POST
- Path: /threads/v1/posts

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## 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

## ReefAPI's plans (11)

- [ReefAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/reefapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 75% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $15 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/reefapi/15-monthly/llms.txt): $0.015 per 1,000, 75% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $50 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/reefapi/50-monthly/llms.txt): $0.01 per 1,000, 75% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $200 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/reefapi/200-monthly/llms.txt): $0.0067 per 1,000, 75% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $33.75 quarterly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/reefapi/33-75-quarterly/llms.txt): $0.011 per 1,000, 75% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $112.50 quarterly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/reefapi/112-50-quarterly/llms.txt): $0.0075 per 1,000, 75% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $450 quarterly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/reefapi/450-quarterly/llms.txt): $0.005 per 1,000, 75% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $90 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/reefapi/90-yearly/llms.txt): $0.0075 per 1,000, 75% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $300 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/reefapi/300-yearly/llms.txt): $0.005 per 1,000, 75% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $1,200 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/reefapi/1200-yearly/llms.txt): $0.0033 per 1,000, 75% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/reefapi/contact-us/llms.txt): 75% complete, live

## ReefAPI's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /threads/v1/posts`: [ReefAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/reefapi/free/llms.txt)

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## ReefAPI: Threads post API alternatives

- [Captapi, $9 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/captapi/9-monthly/llms.txt): $0.09 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [API Direct, pay as you go, Pay per request, POST /v1/batch, Batch Requests](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/api-direct/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-request-post-v1-batch-batch-requests/llms.txt): $0.171 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $4,800 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/lobstr-io/4800-yearly/llms.txt): $0.40 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [EnsembleData, $1,400 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/ensembledata/1400-monthly/llms.txt): $0.933 per 1,000, 100% complete, live

## 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.

- https://reefapi.com
- https://reefapi.com/_next/static/chunks/app/pricing/page-560e08c02e869119.js
- https://reefapi.com/docs
- https://reefapi.com/docs/threads
- https://reefapi.com/docs/threads.md
- https://reefapi.com/pricing
- https://reefapi.com/refunds
- https://reefapi.com/terms