What is Zyte?
Zyte provides web scraping APIs, including automatic extraction that returns structured JSON from URLs. They handle proxies, browser rendering, and anti-bot challenges as part of the service.
Public pricing shows plans starting around $100/month for API access with request-based limits and overages. Higher tiers add more requests, support, and features. Developer integration is expected.
What does Social Scraper+ offer?
Social Scraper+ works on Reddit and X pages in Chrome. Scrape comments and replies, preview in the side panel, export locally. No API key, no request quota, no JSON schema to parse unless you want JSON export.
Free tier: 10 scrapes. Pro: $29.00 once, unlimited on one browser.
Using Zyte to scrape social media data
With Zyte you send URLs to an API endpoint and receive structured data back. Good for pipelines: URL queue in, JSON out, store in your database. You still handle which URLs to scrape, rate limits, and monthly bills.
Social Scraper+ skips the pipeline for ad hoc research. You are already on the Reddit or X page. Scrape what you see. Export what you need.
Pricing comparison
Zyte API plans from about $100/month equal roughly $1,200 per year on public pricing, before overages on high request volume.
Social Scraper+ Pro: $29.00 one-time. Three years of Zyte API at $100/month is about $3,600 versus $29.00 total for unlimited Reddit and X scrapes on your browser.
Competitor pricing based on public pages at insightsocial.xyz, redditcommentscraper.com, exportcomments.com, thunderbit.com, apify.com, brightdata.com, and zyte.com as of 2026. Their plans and prices may change.
When to use which
Use Zyte when your product or data team needs programmatic access to many pages across varied site layouts, with engineering resources to integrate and monitor the API.
Use Social Scraper+ when you browse Reddit and X for research and want immediate export to CSV, JSON, clipboard, or an AI prompt without API plumbing.