# Social media API cost estimator

Pick a platform, one of its 191 calls and how many you will make: the estimator gives the credits, what they cost at each pack and the smallest pack that holds them. Calls cost from 1 credit; failed calls are free. It runs in your browser and needs no account.

- Page: https://socialtoai.com/free-tools/api-cost-estimator/
- Last updated: 2026-10-29

## How the cost is worked out

- **Credits** = number of calls × the call's credits. Every call has a fixed price in credits, listed on its page.
- **Dollars** = credits ÷ the credits a dollar buys at your pack. Larger packs buy more credits per dollar.
- Failed calls cost nothing. A search that runs and finds nothing is charged as a call.

## Packs

| Pack | Credits | Credits per $1 | One credit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| $10 | 3,000 | 300 | $0.0033 |
| $50 | 20,000 | 400 | $0.0025 |
| $200 | 100,000 | 500 | $0.002 |

Any whole amount from $10 to $2,000 can be bought as well, at the rate of the tier it reaches. Credits never expire; there is no subscription and no refund. 100 free credits on sign-up, no card.

## A thousand calls on each platform

| Platform | Call | Price key | Credits | 1,000 calls | At $10 | At $200 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [TikTok](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/tiktok.md) | [Search](https://socialtoai.com/tiktok-search-api.md) | `tiktok.search` | 2 | 2,000 | $6.67 | $4.00 |
| [Instagram](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/instagram.md) | [Search · accounts instead of posts](https://socialtoai.com/instagram-search-api.md) | `instagram.search:user` | 3 | 3,000 | $10.00 | $6.00 |
| [X (Twitter)](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/x.md) | [Search](https://socialtoai.com/x-search-api.md) | `x.search` | 2 | 2,000 | $6.67 | $4.00 |
| [Reddit](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/reddit.md) | [Search](https://socialtoai.com/reddit-search-api.md) | `reddit.search` | 2 | 2,000 | $6.67 | $4.00 |
| [YouTube](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/youtube.md) | [Search](https://socialtoai.com/youtube-search-api.md) | `youtube.search` | 2 | 2,000 | $6.67 | $4.00 |
| [Facebook](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/facebook.md) | [Detail](https://socialtoai.com/facebook-detail-api.md) | `facebook.detail` | 2 | 2,000 | $6.67 | $4.00 |
| [LinkedIn](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/linkedin.md) | [Search](https://socialtoai.com/linkedin-search-api.md) | `linkedin.search` | 2 | 2,000 | $6.67 | $4.00 |
| [Threads](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/threads.md) | [Search](https://socialtoai.com/threads-search-api.md) | `threads.search` | 2 | 2,000 | $6.67 | $4.00 |
| [Telegram](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/telegram.md) | [Detail](https://socialtoai.com/telegram-detail-api.md) | `telegram.detail` | 2 | 2,000 | $6.67 | $4.00 |
| [Pinterest](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/pinterest.md) | [Search](https://socialtoai.com/pinterest-search-api.md) | `pinterest.search` | 2 | 2,000 | $6.67 | $4.00 |
| [Xiaohongshu (RedNote)](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/xiaohongshu.md) | [Search](https://socialtoai.com/xiaohongshu-search-api.md) | `xiaohongshu.search` | 12 | 12,000 | $40.00 | $24.00 |
| [Douyin](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/douyin.md) | [Search](https://socialtoai.com/douyin-search-api.md) | `douyin.search` | 12 | 12,000 | $40.00 | $24.00 |
| [Weibo](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/weibo.md) | [Search](https://socialtoai.com/weibo-search-api.md) | `weibo.search` | 2 | 2,000 | $6.67 | $4.00 |
| [WeChat Articles](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/wechat.md) | [Search](https://socialtoai.com/wechat-search-api.md) | `wechat.search` | 12 | 12,000 | $40.00 | $24.00 |
| [Bilibili](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/bilibili.md) | [Search](https://socialtoai.com/bilibili-search-api.md) | `bilibili.search` | 2 | 2,000 | $6.67 | $4.00 |
| [Zhihu](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/zhihu.md) | [Search](https://socialtoai.com/zhihu-search-api.md) | `zhihu.search` | 2 | 2,000 | $6.67 | $4.00 |
| [Kuaishou](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/kuaishou.md) | [Search](https://socialtoai.com/kuaishou-search-api.md) | `kuaishou.search` | 12 | 12,000 | $40.00 | $24.00 |
| [WeChat Channels](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/wechat-channels.md) | [Search](https://socialtoai.com/wechat-channels-search-api.md) | `wechat_channels.search` | 12 | 12,000 | $40.00 | $24.00 |
| [Meta Ad Library](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/meta.md) | [Ad Library search](https://socialtoai.com/meta-ad-search-api.md) | `meta.ad_search` | 2 | 2,000 | $6.67 | $4.00 |
| [Google Ads Transparency](https://socialtoai.com/platforms/google.md) | [Advertiser's ads](https://socialtoai.com/google-advertiser-ads-api.md) | `google.advertiser_ads` | 2 | 2,000 | $6.67 | $4.00 |

- [Pricing](https://socialtoai.com/pricing.md): Packs, custom amounts and when nothing is charged.
- [Link inspector](https://socialtoai.com/free-tools/link-inspector.md): Paste a link: which calls read it.
- [All platforms](https://socialtoai.com/platforms.md): Every call and its credits.