19 articles in this category
Creator database guide: the fields that matter, why engagement rate is a methodology not a fact, and how to measure contactable yield.
10/1/2026The seven places brands actually source UGC creators, ranked by cost per usable creator, with the contact-data problem that kills most sourcing funnels.
10/1/2026Influencer API guide: how to tell discovery from lookup, what a record should return, how it is metered, and when an export is enough.
10/1/2026Ten influencer databases compared on what they actually cost, whether email is filterable, whether the API is self-serve, and real platform coverage. Two publish no price at all.
10/1/2026SociaVault (not Social Vault) reviewed: credit-pack pricing, the three-parameter search limit, TikTok-only audience data, and alternatives.
10/1/2026Scrape Creators API pricing: credit tiers, free cache hits, per-page billing, and what 100,000 profile lookups really cost.
10/1/2026Scrape Creators reviewed: real pricing, the 37 APIs, the discovery gap, and when a creator database fits better than raw scraping.
10/1/2026Migrate off Apify Actors: endpoint mapping, the polling and normalization code you delete, field renames and a safe cutover plan.
10/1/2026Apify YouTube scraper costs per video rather than per channel. What that means for creator evaluation, and the alternatives.
10/1/2026Apify Instagram scraper pricing by plan tier, the 3.41-star hashtag Actor, and alternatives when you need filtered creator discovery.
10/1/2026Apify TikTok scraper pricing and limits: clockworks Actor costs, the async run model, and alternatives when you need creator discovery.
10/1/2026Apify Actors for finding creators and emails, reviewed: real user counts, pricing changes and what to use when discovery is the feature.
10/1/2026Apify pricing decoded: what a compute unit really costs, the four metered categories, tier-dependent Actor prices and expiring credits.
10/1/2026Apify alternative compared: Actor pricing, compute units, the async run model, and when a dedicated social data API fits better.
10/1/2026Social media data APIs compared on real pricing, what each returns, discovery filters and platform coverage. Verified October 2026.
10/1/2026Comparing a Modash alternative for creator and UGC data? See the real endpoints, auth, credit pricing, and rate limits before you write a line of code.
9/24/2026EnsembleData API: which endpoints exist, what the JSON actually contains, how credits burn at scale, and when a roster API beats raw scraping.
9/24/2026Build affiliate links and track clicks through an affiliate link API: real endpoints, credit costs, attribution gaps, and what breaks at scale.
9/23/2026Build an AI agent that sources and briefs UGC creators: the exact API calls, schemas, rate limits and failure modes that engineers hit at scale.
9/5/2026