Reddit API Pricing (2026): Official $0.24/1K Calls vs PRAW 403s vs $0.10/1K Pay-As-You-Go

curl -sS "https://api.redditdataapi.io/v1/subreddit/posts?subreddit=redditdev&sort=hot&limit=2" \
  -H "x-api-key: rd_live_your_api_key_here"

import os
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.redditdataapi.io/v1/subreddit/posts",
    params={"subreddit": "redditdev", "sort": "hot", "limit": 2},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["REDDIT_API_KEY"]},
    timeout=15,
)
resp.raise_for_status()
payload = resp.json()

print("Credits charged:", resp.headers.get("x-credits-cost"), "| Remaining:", resp.headers.get("x-credits-remaining"))
for post in payload["data"]["items"]:
    print(f"[{post['score']} pts | {post['num_comments']} comments] {post['post_id']}: {post['title']}")

const res = await fetch(
  "https://api.redditdataapi.io/v1/subreddit/posts?subreddit=redditdev&sort=hot&limit=2",
  { headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.REDDIT_API_KEY! } },
);
const { data, meta } = await res.json();
console.log({
  returned: data.count,
  creditsUsed: meta.credits_used,
  remainingHeader: res.headers.get("x-credits-remaining"),
  topPost: data.items[0].title,
});

{
  "code": 0,
  "provider": "https://redditdataapi.io",
  "status": "ok",
  "data": {
    "subreddit": "redditdev",
    "sort": "hot",
    "items": [
      {
        "post_id": "1qm8v4k",
        "subreddit": "redditdev",
        "title": "Deploying PRAW workers on AWS Lambda in 2026: dealing with 403 ASN blocks and OAuth limits",
        "author": "backend_infra_eng",
        "score": 184,
        "upvote_ratio": 0.96,
        "num_comments": 67,
        "created_utc": 1762310412,
        "is_self": true,
        "permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/redditdev/comments/1qm8v4k/deploying_praw_workers_on_aws_lambda_in_2026/"
      },
      {
        "post_id": "1qlz92d",
        "subreddit": "redditdev",
        "title": "Breakdown of api/morechildren call counts on 500+ comment threads",
        "author": "rag_pipeline_dev",
        "score": 92,
        "upvote_ratio": 0.94,
        "num_comments": 31,
        "created_utc": 1762298105,
        "is_self": true,
        "permalink": "https://www.reddit.com/r/redditdev/comments/1qlz92d/breakdown_of_apimorechildren_call_counts_on_500/"
      }
    ],
    "count": 2,
    "next_cursor": "t3_1qlz92d",
    "has_more": true
  },
  "meta": {
    "endpoint": "/v1/subreddit/posts",
    "credits_used": 2,
    "cache_hit": false,
    "latency_ms": 192
  }
}

# Option A: 1-Click OAuth 2.1 Connector URL for Claude Web / ChatGPT / Claude Code CLI
# claude mcp add --transport http reddit https://mcp.redditdataapi.io/v1/mcp

# Option B: Direct API-Key MCP tools/call over Streamable HTTP
curl -sS -X POST "https://api.redditdataapi.io/mcp" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: rd_live_your_api_key_here" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "tools/call",
    "params": {
      "name": "reddit_search_posts",
      "arguments": { "query": "reddit api pricing", "sort": "new", "limit": 2 }
    }
  }'

import os
import requests

# Call the hosted MCP server directly from any Python agent framework
resp = requests.post(
    "https://api.redditdataapi.io/mcp",
    headers={
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "x-api-key": os.environ["REDDIT_API_KEY"],
    },
    json={
        "jsonrpc": "2.0",
        "id": 1,
        "method": "tools/call",
        "params": {
            "name": "reddit_search_posts",
            "arguments": {"query": "reddit api pricing", "sort": "new", "limit": 2},
        },
    },
    timeout=15,
)
print(resp.json()["result"]["content"][0]["text"])

// For Claude Web & ChatGPT Connectors, paste OAuth 2.1 URL:
// https://mcp.redditdataapi.io/v1/mcp

const res = await fetch("https://api.redditdataapi.io/mcp", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "x-api-key": process.env.REDDIT_API_KEY!,
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    jsonrpc: "2.0",
    id: 1,
    method: "tools/call",
    params: {
      name: "reddit_search_posts",
      arguments: { query: "reddit api pricing", sort: "new", limit: 2 },
    },
  }),
});
const rpc = await res.json();
console.log(rpc.result);

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": {
    "isError": false,
    "content": [
      {
        "type": "text",
        "text": "{\"items\":[{\"post_id\":\"1qn1c8p\",\"subreddit\":\"SaaS\",\"title\":\"What are people using instead of Official Reddit API ($0.24/1k) for brand mention alerts?\",\"author\":\"indie_founder_io\",\"score\":47,\"num_comments\":29,\"created_utc\":1762314900},{\"post_id\":\"1qm9x0e\",\"subreddit\":\"LocalLLaMA\",\"title\":\"Best cost-effective pipeline to ground RAG answers on live subreddit threads?\",\"author\":\"vector_rag_builder\",\"score\":118,\"num_comments\":44,\"created_utc\":1762306210}],\"count\":2,\"credits_used\":2}"
      }
    ]
  }
}