The platforms’ own creator APIs, influencer databases, consent-based creator APIs and data APIs, compared on the creator data they return, how they charge and how you connect.
An editorial comparison of what each vendor publishes, checked 25 Sept 2026. Monocrawl is ours and listed first. How we compared
What are you building?
Finding creators by niche or keyword on Instagram, TikTok and YouTubeAn option with creator search. Databases search their own indexes with audience filters; data APIs search the platforms when you call.
New posts, views and brand tags from the creators you work withA data API that reads each creator’s latest posts when you call, or a database with its own monitoring or live endpoints.
Audience demographics, engagement and past sponsors before you book a creatorAn influencer database or Phyllo, which report audience breakdowns alongside engagement and sponsored posts. Eligible brands can also use Instagram’s own creator marketplace API.
An AI agent that finds and checks creatorsAn option whose MCP server has creator data tools, so the agent can call it directly.
First-party analytics from creators who connect their own accountsA consent-based creator API, or the platforms’ own routes: YouTube’s Analytics API for channels that authorise your app, and TikTok One for creators who authorise it.
14options compared
6with an MCP server
7free to start
55sources, checked 25 Sept 2026
Four routes
Instagram and TikTok open their creator marketplace data to eligible brands and approved partners, and YouTube’s API reads public channels. Influencer databases sell creator profiles they have already built, consent-based APIs read the accounts creators connect, and data APIs read public profiles on request.
Instagram, TikTok and YouTube
CreatorDB, Influencers.club and Modash
Ayrshare and Phyllo
Monocrawl, Apify, Bright Data, EnsembleData and SociaVault
What they return
Which platforms and creator data each option lists on its own pages, and how you connect. Engagement rate means a computed rate; Brand mentions covers sponsored posts, partnerships and brand tags.
| Influencer data | Connect | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Option | TikTok | YouTube | Creator search | Engagement rate | Audience | Contact emails | Posts and videos | Brand mentions | REST API | MCP server | Sources | |
| MonocrawlOur product | – | Our API | ||||||||||
| Instagram Creator Marketplace APIOfficial, Meta | – | – | – | 12 | ||||||||
| TikTok One APIOfficial, TikTok | – | – | – | – | 34567 | |||||||
| YouTube’s official APIOfficial, YouTube | – | – | – | – | – | – | 89101112 | |||||
| YouTube Analytics and Reporting APIsOfficial, authorised channels | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 131415 | ||||
| ApifyScraper actors | – | – | 1617181920 | |||||||||
| AyrshareCreator data API | – | – | – | – | 21222324 | |||||||
| Bright DataSocial media scraper APIs | – | 2526272829 | ||||||||||
| CreatorDBInfluencer database API | 30313233 | |||||||||||
| EnsembleDataSocial data API | – | – | 343536 | |||||||||
| Influencers.clubInfluencer database API | 37383940 | |||||||||||
| ModashInfluencer database API | 4142434445 | |||||||||||
| PhylloCreator data API | 4647484950 | |||||||||||
| SociaVaultSocial data API | – | 5152535455 | ||||||||||
Pricing
A request, a result, a record and a unit are not the same size, and allowances reset on different schedules. Price your own workload with each vendor.
One key and one response format across 70+ platforms, with monitors for alerts.
Monthly plans
No published price Your brand must be eligible for Instagram’s creator marketplace, and your app needs App Review.
Requests are capped at 5,000 per user per hour.
Worth knowingResults come from Instagram’s creator marketplace, which prioritises creators Meta expects to perform well in partnership ads.
No published price
No published price Access needs an approved developer app and a TikTok One Creator Marketplace account.
Creator search can filter by followers’ country, gender ratio and age.
Worth knowingOnce your developer app is approved, you ask your TikTok Partner Manager for access to its endpoints.
No published price
No published price The default quota is 10,000 units a day, plus 100 search calls.
Subscriber counts are rounded down to three significant figures.
Worth knowingIts policies bar storing a channel’s subscriber count for more than 30 days without the channel owner’s authorisation.
No published price
No published price Every request must be authorised by the channel or content owner.
The Reporting API delivers bulk reports; the Analytics API answers targeted queries.
Worth knowingReports a channel’s viewers by age group, gender and country, for channels that authorise your app.
No published price
$2.60 per 1,000 Instagram profiles on the free plan
From $1.60 on higher plans. Starter plan $19 a month.
Worth knowingIts own Influencer Discovery Agent scores TikTok creators against your brief, at $100 per 1,000 profiles.
$5 of usage a month
$299 a month for Launch, up to 10 social profiles
Business is $599 a month with 30 profiles. One profile can link any number of networks.
Worth knowingAlso a publishing API: once creators link their accounts, it returns their analytics and follower demographics.
28-day trial, no card
$1.50 per 1,000 records, pay as you go
$499 a month includes 384,000 records.
Worth knowingEach request triggers a live scrape, and Instagram profile records include an average engagement figure.
5,000 records a month
$79 a month for Pro, with 3,160 credits
Or pay as you go at $0.04 a credit, from a $20 top-up.
Worth knowingCharges by data type from one credit pool: a profile costs 2 credits, audience demographics 10 and a verified email 15.
No free trial; pay as you go from $20
$100 a month for 1,500 units a day
Units reset daily at 00:00 UTC.
Worth knowingEvery plan covers all eight of its platforms, from one daily allowance of units.
50 units a day
From $208 a month for Pro, the plan with API access
Credits from $0.23 each on Pro. A full creator profile costs 1 credit, and search 0.01 a creator.
Worth knowingEnriches a handle or email into a cross-platform profile with a verified email, audience data and past sponsors.
10 free credits, no card
$16,200 a year and up for the Discovery API
The Raw API starts at $10,000 a year. An influencer or audience report costs 1 credit.
Worth knowingIt offers no monthly or pay-as-you-go plans, and testing credits come after a call with its team.
Testing credits after a call
$399 a month for its Startup plan
Up to 2,000 monitored accounts for its identity, engagement, audience and comments APIs.
Worth knowingPairs public creator data with data creators agree to share through their own login.
Sandbox on signup
$29 for 6,000 credits, one time
Credits never expire.
Worth knowingMost calls cost 1 credit; its TikTok audience-country lookup costs 26.
50 credits
Try a call
A creator search for “skincare routine” and profile lookups for Gymshark on Instagram and TikTok and Red Bull on YouTube, in cURL, TypeScript or Python with each recorded response, including the Instagram account Luxe Skincare Routine (@luxe.skincareroutine, 22,473 followers). No platform login, developer app or partner approval.
GET /v1/search/creatorscurl "https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/search/creators?query=skincare%20routine" \
-H "x-api-key: mn_your_key_here"
Luxe Skincare Routine
@luxe.skincareroutine · Instagram
Selected public fields from the recorded response. Live values will differ.
Creator search10 credits
Instagram profile1 credit
TikTok profile1 credit
YouTube channel1 creditInstagram engagement rate10 creditsTikTok audience countries30 creditsInstagram tagged posts2 creditsYouTube sponsor detection4 credits2.1sMedian response in our benchmark. 22 September 2026 catalogue benchmark. Median of recorded endpoint timings across 636 operations with a successful HTTP response. Includes network time; individual requests vary.
Questions
Each has an official route with its own gate. Instagram’s Creator Marketplace API searches creators with first-party insights, for brands Meta finds eligible and apps that pass App Review; its Business Discovery endpoint returns basic metrics on other professional accounts. TikTok One’s API covers creators on TikTok One, with access requested through a TikTok Partner Manager. YouTube’s official API reads public channel stats within a daily quota, and its Analytics API reports audiences only for channels that authorise your app.
The platforms publish no prices for their own routes, which come with quotas, approval or consent requirements. Several third-party APIs let you start free: Monocrawl gives 1,000 credits every month, Bright Data 5,000 records a month, Apify $5 of usage a month, EnsembleData 50 units a day, SociaVault 50 credits and Influencers.club 10 credits. Ayrshare offers a 28-day trial, Phyllo a sandbox, and Modash testing credits after a call.
An influencer database, such as CreatorDB, Influencers.club or Modash, sells creator profiles it has already collected, with search filters, audience demographics and contact emails. A data API, such as Monocrawl, Apify, Bright Data, EnsembleData or SociaVault, fetches public profiles and posts on request. Consent-based APIs, such as Phyllo and Ayrshare, read the accounts creators connect.
Yes. CreatorDB, Influencers.club, Modash and Phyllo return audience breakdowns such as country, age and gender for a creator. Audience data from the platforms themselves comes with conditions: YouTube’s Analytics API and TikTok One’s authorised insights need each creator’s authorisation, and Instagram’s Creator Marketplace API is for eligible brands. Monocrawl and SociaVault return audience countries for TikTok accounts.
Modash’s Discovery API starts at $16,200 a year and its Raw API at $10,000 a year, with no monthly or pay-as-you-go plans. HypeAuditor sells its API as a separate paid service through its sales team; we found no published price. Among self-serve options, Influencers.club’s Pro plan with API access starts at $208 a month, CreatorDB’s paid plans at $79 a month, and Monocrawl gives 1,000 credits every month for public profiles, posts and creator search.
Monocrawl, Apify, Bright Data, CreatorDB, Influencers.club and SociaVault publish MCP servers with creator data tools, so assistants such as Claude or Cursor can call them directly. Ayrshare’s MCP server reads only the accounts creators link, and working with sub-profiles needs its Business plan. Modash’s API page mentions an MCP server, but the one in its docs searches documentation, and Phyllo has you add its endpoints to your own MCP server.
Method
What’s includedInstagram’s, TikTok’s and YouTube’s own creator and channel APIs, plus influencer databases, consent-based creator APIs and data APIs that publish API docs and either their pricing or a trial, and come up across influencer API, influencer database and creator search API searches and comparison lists.
What we comparedWhich platforms and creator data each vendor lists, and its pricing, free allowance and access, read on its own pages. “Best” here means worth comparing, not a ranking from tests: we have not run their APIs.
About MonocrawlMonocrawl is our product and is listed first. Its details come from our live plans and catalogue.
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