Social Fetch vs. Gaffa

Social Fetch is a RESTful API that provides straightforward access to structured JSON data, which includes public posts, user profiles, comments, engagement metrics, transcripts, and search results from numerous platforms like Instagram, TikTok, X/Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, Reddit, Threads, Telegram, GitHub, Spotify, Rumble, and additional web sources. By managing the intricate aspects of scraping infrastructure—such as proxies, headless browsers, DOM changes, and request rate limitations—it ensures a uniform cross-platform schema. This consistency allows developers to seamlessly integrate or transition between various platforms without needing to alter their client-side implementations. Consequently, it serves as an essential resource for developers aiming to optimize their workflows and enrich their applications with ease. Furthermore, the ability to navigate different platforms without extensive rework significantly enhances productivity and reduces potential errors in application development.

Gaffa is an API for web scraping and browser automation that gives developers control over real, full browsers with a single request, no headless-browser setup, proxy management, or infrastructure scaling required. Pages render with full JavaScript support by default, matching exactly what a real user would see. The platform covers the full range of automation needs: scraping, AI-powered data extraction into structured JSON using custom schemas, full-page screenshots, PDF export, infinite-scroll scraping, automated form filling, and converting webpages into clean Markdown for AI and LLM workflows. Reliability is built in through a rotating residential proxy network and automatic CAPTCHA and anti-bot handling, so requests succeed even against protected sites. Pricing follows a transparent, credit-based model tied to browser execution time and bandwidth, making costs predictable as usage scales. Gaffa is aimed at AI engineers, data-driven teams, and developers who need dependable, large-scale web data without the overhead of running their own scraping infrastructure.