SocialRouter
SocialRouter is a unified social data API for AI agents and developers. Fetch profiles, posts, likes, comments, reviews, and transcripts from LinkedIn, Instagram, X, Reddit, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Bluesky, Snapchat, and Google Maps through one endpoint, with automatic failover across providers. Pay per record with no subscription, plus $1 in free credits to start.
What is SocialRouter?
SocialRouter is a unified social data API for AI agents and developers, delivering one endpoint per service with normalized responses and automatic failover across multiple data providers. It lets you fetch profiles, posts, likes, comments, reviews, jobs, places, and transcripts from LinkedIn, Instagram, X, Reddit, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Bluesky, Snapchat, and Google Maps through a single API — 50-plus services across 11 networks, served by three providers including Apify, Bright Data, and Apollo. The core call is a single POST to /v1/extract/{platform}/{service}; leave the provider out and the router picks the best offer, or pin a specific provider or bring your own key. Every response has the same shape whichever offer served it, and the served_by field names the offer that answered, so you write your parsing once. Failover is automatic: when an offer errors, rate-limits, or stalls, SocialRouter retries the next offer implementing the same service inside the same call — nothing to retry, nothing to ship. The product connects four ways: an MCP server (mcp.socialrouter.io/mcp) that works with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and any MCP client with a single command and no key to paste; a REST API with one POST per service; a typed TypeScript SDK (@socialrouter/sdk); and a CLI. Pricing is pay-as-you-go in USD-denominated credits with no subscriptions and no minimums — every offer's price per record is public, you are billed only for the offer that succeeded, and new users get $1 in free credits with no card. Example catalogue prices: reddit/subreddit.posts is about $0.69 for 100 records, googlemaps/place.reviews about $0.83 for 480 reviews, linkedin/post.likes about $2.15 for 312 records, and youtube/video.transcript costs less than a cent per video. The API covers lead sourcing, buying signals, location intelligence, launch research, CRM enrichment, and social listening. Documentation lives at docs.socialrouter.io with a full API reference, an interactive playground, and a live service catalogue at GET /v1/services.
SocialRouter Core Features
One POST endpoint per service — /v1/extract/{platform}/{service} — with normalized response shapes
50+ services across 11 networks
LinkedIn, Instagram, X, Reddit, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Bluesky, Snapchat, Google Maps
Automatic multi-provider failover (Apify, Bright Data, Apollo) with same-call retry when an offer errors or rate-limits
MCP server support for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and any MCP client — no key to paste
Typed TypeScript SDK (@socialrouter/sdk) plus a CLI and full REST API reference
Pay-per-record pricing with public per-offer rates, billed only for the offer that succeeded
Provider control
let the router pick, pin a provider, or bring your own key
Live service catalogue via GET /v1/services with prices, inputs, options, and batch caps
Who is SocialRouter for?
SocialRouter is for AI agents and developers who need social data inside their products, workflows, or automation. Growth and sales teams use it to source leads from LinkedIn engagement — pulling everyone who liked a competitor's post with their titles and companies — and to enrich CRM lists with profile information. Marketers and founders use it for competitor tracking and launch research, such as pulling YouTube transcripts of competitor launch videos or monitoring what a category is complaining about on Reddit. Product teams use it for social listening: surfacing buying signals and feature requests from X, Reddit, and Facebook, and mining Google Maps reviews for location-specific complaints. Data and analytics teams building dashboards appreciate the normalized response shape — one parsing layer across every network and provider. AI engineers integrating with Claude Code, Codex, or Gemini CLI can wire the MCP server in one command with no key to paste, while API-first developers can use the REST endpoint or the typed TypeScript SDK. It also suits agencies and no-code builders who wrap APIs for clients. The pay-per-record model with no subscription and no minimums makes it accessible for small teams and side projects, and the $1 free credits let you test real services before paying. It is not for casual consumers — this is a developer tool that requires an API key and a dashboard account, and per-record pricing means large extractions should be budgeted against the public catalogue rates.
SocialRouter Use Cases
Lead sourcing from LinkedIn post likes and engagement with titles and companies
Competitor tracking across social channels and launch announcements
Social listening for buying signals and complaints on Reddit and X
Location intelligence from Google Maps reviews across multiple places
Launch research via YouTube video transcripts and channel metadata
Enriching CRM and sales lists with profile info and company data
Monitoring brand mentions, sentiment, and community conversations
Powering AI agents that answer social-data questions in natural language
SocialRouter Pros and Cons
Pros
- One normalized API for 11 networks — write your parsing once
- Automatic failover across providers keeps calls working through outages
- Transparent pay-per-record pricing with no subscription or minimum
- $1 free credits with no card, and MCP works with Claude Code out of the box
Cons
- Per-record pricing can add up on large extractions
- Service catalogue is thinner on some networks — X currently offers two services
- Requires an API key and dashboard account; not a no-code tool
FAQ About SocialRouter
SocialRouter Pricing
Pay-as-you-go in USD-denominated credits, no subscription and no minimum. New users get $1 in free credits with no card. Billed only for successful extractions; per-record prices are public in the live catalogue.
Check official pricingFree Credits
$1 in free credits on signup, no card required. Test any service from the live catalogue before paying.
Pay-as-you-go
Public per-record prices from the live catalogue (e.g. reddit/subreddit.posts ~$0.69 per 100 records). Billed only for successful extractions.
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