Benchmarks · Reddit
The Reddit scrapers people use most, measured on the same requests
We ran the same requests through Reddit Scraper and through the most used Reddit scrapers on the Apify Store, then checked what came back against the source. Measured on October 4 and 5, 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 Reddit Scraper on ApifyPosts, comments and profiles cost $2.50 per 1,000 on the Free plan ($2.40 on Starter, $2.30 on Scale, $2.20 on Business and above), plus $0.005 per run.
What came back
| Test | Quarra | Alternatives |
|---|---|---|
| 50 posts from r/technology (hot), checked against the page read at the same minuteRun times from the same night, October 4. The most used one returned 27 of 50 and reported success, after 775 s. | 50 of 50, exact order, 8 and 9 s | 50, 50 and 27 of 50; fastest 7.4 s |
| Comments of a 1,650-comment thread written since October 1 (263 comments, spread down to depth 12)Two of the most used; the most used one was not run on this thread. We looked up the 40 comments they missed directly on Reddit: all 40 exist, same parent, same text. | 263 of 263 | 245 and 224 |
| Deepest reply level reached in that threadBoth stop where Reddit shows a “continue this thread” link. | 12 | 9 and 9 |
| Comments of a 137-comment threadThe 6 missing everywhere were deleted on Reddit. The most used one returned 25 and reported success. | 131 of 137 | 131, 131 and 25 |
| Search “home assistant”, top of the month, 50 posts, strict modeWithout strict mode, 17 of Reddit's first 100 results contain the phrase. | 50 of 50 contain both words | — |
Where we are not ahead
- Fields per post: one alternative returns 71 fields per post, ours fewer. The difference is raw Reddit objects, duplicated URLs and fields that are empty for a reader without a login.
Reddit API alternatives as public API access closesHow to export a Reddit thread with all its commentsAll benchmarks and how we measure