RedditAPIs is a pay-per-call Reddit API for developers who need posts, comments, users, subreddits and search as clean JSON, without waiting on Reddit's app review or wiring up OAuth. Sign up, copy your API key from the dashboard, and make your first call in minutes. It also covers writes: votes, comments, posts, profile updates and Reddit DMs, which most Reddit APIs do not offer.
Get a Reddit API key without the approval wait
Reddit's own Data API is free only for low-volume, non-commercial use, and commercial access is sold by negotiated agreement with a review that can take weeks. RedditAPIs skips that: one key, one flat price per call, no contract and no developer app to register.
Reddit API pricing and cost
Reads $0.002 per call ($2 per 1,000 calls)
Votes $0.005, writes such as comments and profile updates $0.012, DMs $0.025
$0.50 in free credits on signup, no card required (up to 250 reads)
Credits never expire, no subscription, no monthly minimum; pay by card or crypto
Full price list: Reddit API pricing.
What developers build with it
Reddit scraper replacement: subreddit posts, top and new listings, full comment trees, user history and Reddit search through a stable REST API instead of a Reddit scraper that breaks
No more "your request has been rate limited": skip Reddit's per-client rate limits and blocked IPs when you pull data at volume
Pushshift alternative: search posts and comments by keyword now that Pushshift is limited to moderators (see the comparison)
Reddit monitoring: watch keywords, brands and subreddits and get new matches delivered to your webhook with the Reddit monitoring API
Outreach and engagement: send DMs, comment, vote and update profiles from your own accounts
Subreddit rules, moderators, wikis and popular or new subreddit lists for research
Built for developers and AI agents
Plain REST with JSON responses, so it works from Python, Node.js or any HTTP client, and it is a drop-in PRAW alternative when you need writes without OAuth. RedditAPIs also ships an MCP server, so Claude, Cursor and other MCP clients can search and read Reddit directly.
FAQ
How do I get a Reddit API key? Create a free RedditAPIs account and copy the key from your dashboard. There is no Reddit app review and no OAuth flow.
How much does the Reddit API cost? On RedditAPIs, reads are $0.002 per call with no minimum spend, and new accounts get $0.50 free.
Is there a Pushshift or Apify alternative for Reddit data? Yes. RedditAPIs returns posts, comments and search results live from Reddit, priced per call instead of per scraper run.
Can I send Reddit DMs through an API? Yes. The DM endpoint sends messages from a Reddit account you connect, at $0.025 per message.
