apinoa vs EnsembleData
Both sell public social media data per request through one API key. This page puts the public facts side by side (price, billing rules, coverage and tools) and leaves the choice to you.
EnsembleData's figures come from its own public pages, read on November 7, 2026. Prices change, so check them there: ensembledata.com/pricing, ensembledata.com
Billing
| What is compared | apinoa | EnsembleData |
|---|---|---|
| How you pay | Prepaid balance, charged per call. No plans and no monthly fee. | Monthly plans with a daily allowance of units, reset every day at 00:00 UTC. |
| Price | $0.001 a unit, down to $0.0005 (50% off) from 30,000 calls a day. Most calls are one unit. | From $100 a month for 1,500 units a day to $1,400 a month for 50,000 units a day. Each endpoint has its own unit cost: basic user info is 1 unit, a detailed user lookup 10, and some are priced per post returned. |
| Free use | Up to $1 of free credit per account, no card needed: $0.10 with the first key you create from the command line or an MCP client, the rest on request. | A free trial of 50 units a day, no card needed. |
| Failed requests | Not billed. | Not charged when the failure is an internal error. |
Coverage
| What is compared | apinoa | EnsembleData |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | 8: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Reddit, Threads, TikTok, X, and YouTube. | 8: TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Threads, Reddit, Twitch, Twitter, and Snapchat. |
| Account needed | None. Public data, no login or cookie. | None. Public data, no account credentials. |
| With the same key | Products from AliExpress, Amazon, Shopify, TikTok Shop, and Walmart, 16 search sources, 7 AI answer engines, and image translation. | Social media platforms. |
Response and Tools
| What is compared | apinoa | EnsembleData |
|---|---|---|
| Response | One schema for every platform, with platform-only fields in ext. | REST APIs that return JSON, each endpoint with its own fields. |
| SDKs and agent tools | TypeScript and Python SDKs, one MCP server for every API (local or hosted), and an OpenAPI document. | Python and JavaScript SDKs. |
Which One Fits
EnsembleData covers Twitch and Snapchat, gives a free trial of 50 units every day, and its fixed monthly plans with a daily allowance suit a steady, budgeted load. If you need those, EnsembleData has them.
apinoa has no plan and no daily allowance: you pay per call from $0.001 a unit, and failed calls are free. 8 platforms share one vocabulary and one response schema, and the same key reads marketplaces, search engines and AI answers.