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The cheapest Reddit read API for your AI agents.

Give Claude — Code, Desktop, or web — live Reddit search: posts, comments, and more. Any agent with real outbound HTTP can call it directly too. From $0.0015 per read, as low as $1.00 per 1,000 in bulk (see how we compare). 1,000 free Reddit searches on signup, no card required.

Live search — no signupr/SaaS: “customer”Search →

1,000 free Reddit searches to start · credits never expire · automatic retries absorb upstream hiccups · curl, Python, and MCP ready below.

GET /v1/posts?subreddit=startups200 OK
curl "https://api.threadsnoop.com/v1/posts?subreddit=startups&limit=25" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"
response (truncated)
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "1abcxyz",
      "title": "Anyone know a tool that watches Reddit for me?",
      "author": "some_founder",
      "subreddit": "startups",
      "score": 12
    }
  ],
  "_threadsnoop": {
    "credits_used": 1,
    "credits_remaining": 332
  }
}

What makes ThreadSnoop cheaper and faster than Apify?

If you're not calling Reddit directly, the usual alternative is a general-purpose scraper like Apify's. So we picked their most popular Reddit tool, pulled the same real thread through both, back to back — here's what came back.

Apify Reddit ScraperFinished

Reddit Scraper Lite · 90 items scraped

$0.40023 seconds
ThreadSnoop200 OK

GET /v1/comments/tree · 107 comments

$0.0015under 1 second

Same thread, same comments — 267x the cost, 20x+ the wait, on Apify. Full test & methodology →

Three lines, any stack.

One key, plain REST responses shaped like Reddit's own — no SDK to learn.

curl

curl "https://api.threadsnoop.com/v1/posts?subreddit=startups&limit=25" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

Python

import requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://api.threadsnoop.com/v1/posts",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_KEY"},
    params={"subreddit": "startups", "limit": 25},
)
print(r.json())

MCP

Claude Code — one command
claude mcp add --transport http threadsnoop \
  https://api.threadsnoop.com/mcp \
  --header "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

Using Claude Desktop instead? See the full setup — it needs one extra step Claude Code doesn't.

Packaged skills, not just an API.

Finished playbooks built on top of the API — drop one in and go, in whichever agent you use. More are on the way; every skill we publish lives in one open GitHub repo.

See all skills →

Simple, pay-as-you-go pricing.

1 credit = 1 request, forever. Buy more at once and each read costs less — credits never expire, no subscription.

Top-upPer readPer 1,000 readsCredits
Free signup——1,000 free Reddit searches · no card
$5 – $24$0.0015$1.503,333 per $5
$25 – $49$0.0013$1.3019,230 at $25
$50 – $99$0.0012$1.2041,666 at $50
$100+$0.0010$1.00100,000 per $100

Run out of balance and a call returns 402 with a top-up link — never silent failures.

The cheapest Reddit API — how we compare.

Same workload, different bills. Read pricing only.

ProviderPer read / resultPer 1,000 reads
ThreadSnoop APIBestbulk discount ladder above$0.0015 → as low as $0.001$1.50 → as low as $1.00
Apify Reddit ScraperReddit Scraper Lite — Apify's most popular Reddit tool (35K users), per-result billing$0.0034$3.40
Reddit Official (Commercial)+ $12,000/yr minimum$0.024$24.00

Pricing as publicly listed by each provider, current as of 2026 — figures may change on their end. ThreadSnoop bills per API call (one read); Apify bills per scraped result, not per call.

Seven endpoints. Every Reddit read you need.

GET /v1/posts

List by subreddit/author, or batch-fetch up to 100 by id.

GET /v1/comments

List by subreddit/author, or batch-fetch up to 100 by id.

GET /v1/comments/tree

Full nested comment tree — real counts, no 36h wait.

GET /v1/subreddits/search

Find subreddits by name.

GET /v1/subreddits/{name}/rules

A subreddit's posting rules.

GET /v1/users/{name}

A user's karma, post/comment counts, and activity dates.

GET /v1/account

Balance and rate limit — free, 0 credits.

Every endpoint has a matching tool in our remote MCP server, so Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client can call it directly — one config, seven tools. Full reference and MCP setup →

Read-only, always — no writes, votes, or DMs. Every call reads Reddit data directly and answers immediately — no scraper run to start, no job to poll. How that compares to a scraper →

Prefer to write the code yourself?

No SDK to install — every guide below is a real, runnable example against the live API.

See all API guides →

Frequently asked questions

Is there a free Reddit API?

ThreadSnoop gives every new key 1,000 free Reddit searches with no card required, enough to build and test against real Reddit data before you pay anything. See the free tier in the docs →

How much does the Reddit API cost?

ThreadSnoop starts at $0.0015 per read and drops to $1.00 per 1,000 reads at higher volumes, with credits that never expire — cheaper than Reddit's own commercial terms or other third-party providers. Read the full pricing breakdown →

Can Claude search Reddit?

Not on its own — Claude has no built-in Reddit access. ThreadSnoop's remote MCP server adds it in one command, so Claude or Claude Code can call live Reddit search and comment tools directly. See the MCP setup guide →

Is this read-only?

Always. ThreadSnoop only reads — posts, comments, subreddits, and user profiles. No writes, votes, DMs, or authenticated Reddit actions, ever. See the full endpoint reference →