# What Reddit data costs through RouterGrowth, and how a call is billed

A Reddit keyword search through RouterGrowth is priced per post returned. The quote is shown before the call, the charge settles on what came back, and a search that finds nothing costs nothing. There is no plan, seat or monthly minimum, and nothing from Reddit's own developer pricing applies.

HTML page: https://www.routergrowth.com/tools/reddit/api-pricing
Part of: [Reddit tools](https://www.routergrowth.com/tools/reddit.md)

## The call

[`social.search`](https://www.routergrowth.com/catalog/social.search): Public posts matching a keyword on X, LinkedIn, Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram or Facebook: brand mentions, category conversations, competitor chatter.

Price on this network: $0.002432 per post, $0.002 minimum a call. The exact quote is shown before every run.

## What a real run returned

Run on 2026-10-19: 5 records in 8.4 s for $0.012162. Personal fields are masked. Five posts for web scraping api, from r/WebScrapingInsider, r/SaaS, r/Python and an agent community. The run cost shown is the whole charge for those five posts.

| text | community | posted |
|---|---|---|
| How to Scrape Difficult Websites at Scale: Inside a Web Scraping API Processing 10B+ Pages a Month / AMA with Batuhan from Scrape.do | r/WebScrapingInsider | 2026-09-21 |
| I scraped billions of TikTok videos and profiles by reverse engineering the mobile API. Here's how it works + source code | r/SaaS | 2026-10-04 |

## How to do it

1. **Set the limit.** The limit is the most posts the call may return. It is also what the quote is built on, so a small limit keeps a test cheap.
2. **Read the quote.** inspect shows the price per post for Reddit before anything runs, and max_cost stops a call that would go above your cap.
3. **Run and settle.** The charge is taken on the posts actually returned. If the search finds nothing, nothing is charged.
4. **Check the receipt.** Every run keeps its run id, the provider, the records and the charge, in the dashboard and through the runs endpoint.

## Ask it like this

- Before you run it, tell me what a search for 20 Reddit posts about our category would cost, then run it if it is under the cap. (`social.search`)
- Search Reddit for web scraping api, keep the five newest posts and read the replies on the busiest one. (`social.search`, `social.comments`)

## Connect

MCP server: `https://api.routergrowth.com/mcp`

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http routergrowth https://api.routergrowth.com/mcp
```

```bash
npm install -g routergrowth && routergrowth setup
routergrowth run -c social.search -i '{"platform": "reddit", "query": "web scraping api", "limit": 5}'
```

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.routergrowth.com/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ROUTERGROWTH_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"capability": "social.search", "input": {"platform": "reddit", "query": "web scraping api", "limit": 5}}'
```

## Worth knowing

- **No Reddit price list here.** This page does not quote Reddit's own API tiers. RouterGrowth is independent and its prices are its own, shown live on this page.
- **Prepaid wallet.** Calls draw from one prepaid balance shared with every other capability, so Reddit, X and SERP data sit on the same bill.
- **A cap on every call.** Set max_cost on a run and the router refuses any provider that would cost more, instead of charging past it.

## Questions

### How is a Reddit search priced?

Per post returned, with a quote before the call. The price block on this page is read live from the catalog.

### Am I charged when nothing matches?

No. A search with no posts is not billed.

### Is there a subscription?

No. You top up a wallet and each call draws from it. Optional monthly plans exist for teams that want a lower rate.

### Does this include Reddit's commercial API terms?

No. RouterGrowth is not Reddit's API and does not sell access to it. It returns public posts through its own providers.

## Related

- [A hosted Reddit scraper your agent runs by naming a subreddit](https://www.routergrowth.com/tools/reddit/scraper.md)
- [Scrape the newest posts of any public subreddit into clean rows](https://www.routergrowth.com/tools/reddit/post-scraper.md)
- [Read a subreddit's posts without registering a Reddit developer app](https://www.routergrowth.com/tools/reddit/developer-api.md)
- [Scrape the comments on a Reddit thread by pasting its link](https://www.routergrowth.com/tools/reddit/comment-scraper.md)
- [Search every public subreddit for a phrase, in one API call](https://www.routergrowth.com/tools/reddit/search-api.md)
- [Search Reddit from your agent without a Reddit developer account](https://www.routergrowth.com/tools/reddit/api.md)
- [Read Reddit from a Python script with one HTTP request, no PRAW setup](https://www.routergrowth.com/tools/reddit/python.md)