Benchmarks · Facebook
The Facebook video transcript scrapers people use most, measured on the same requests
We ran the same requests through Facebook Transcript Scraper and through the most used Facebook video transcript scrapers on the Apify Store, then checked what came back against the source. Measured on October 12, 2026. Alternatives = the most used scrapers for the same platform on the Apify Store, ranked by monthly users (Apify public statistics). Scrapers change: these are the results on that date, and we keep the raw runs.
Open Facebook Transcript Scraper on ApifyTranscripts cost $0.0225 each plus $0.01 per started minute of video transcribed by speech-to-text, plus $0.004 per run; videos returned from the creator's captions cost only the $0.0225, and videos without speech are free.
What came back
| Test | Quarra | Alternatives |
|---|---|---|
| 10 reel links shared on Reddit, the same 10 linksThe most used Facebook transcript scraper. Ours returned the 10th, a rap song, as a free record without speech. The second most used returned 4 transcripts before the $0.60 spending cap we set for the test; it bills by the second of audio ($0.001 per second plus $0.02 per run on the Apify Store, read on October 29, 2026). | 9 transcripts | 10 transcripts |
| 3 of those reels in Hungarian“Szijjártó Péter” came back as “CIR-tópeiterát”. The second most used garbled all 3. | 3 of 3 with names right | Names garbled in 2 of 3 |
Where we are not ahead
- Songs: on a rap song, the most used alternative returned the lyrics; ours returned it as a free record without speech.