Post archives, full articles, comment threads with nested replies, author profiles, and category leaderboards with subscriber-count estimates — one actor, six modes, structured output you can use immediately.
From $0.30 / 1,000 records · all 6 data types in one actor · 95-test suite · never bypasses paywalls
[
{
"postTitle": "Why we're leaving Substack",
"authorName": "Gordon Strause",
"depth": 0,
"body": "Too bad — I think their policies are the right ones…",
"reactionCount": 132,
"childCount": 2
},
{
"authorName": "Casey Newton",
"depth": 1, // ← a reply, one level deep
"parentId": 47125539,
"body": "Appreciate that, Gordon. We didn't decide lightly.",
"reactionCount": 41,
"isPinned": true
}
]
Switch modes with a single input field. Every mode returns flat, ready-to-use rows — no HTML soup, no pagination code, no login.
A newsletter's full post list, newest-first, auto-paginated. Filter by date, audience, and type.
Full public content of one post as clean HTML and auto-extracted plain text.
Every top-level comment plus nested replies, depth-flattened — at the same flat rate, no per-comment surcharge.
Bio, publication details, custom domain, Twitter handle, and paid status — no auth needed.
Ranked publications in any of 30+ categories, with real subscriber estimates (1.1M+, 228K+).
Keyword lookup across posts and publications for quick discovery.
Most Substack actors do one thing — posts, or notes, or a leaderboard — and charge $1–$5 per 1,000. This one does all six in a single run, includes comment threads at the same flat rate, and comes in at the lowest price in the category.
| Actor | Price / 1K | Comments | Data types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Substack Scraper | $0.30 | ✓ flat rate | 6 in one actor |
| sourabhbgp | $0.30 + fees | ✓ +per-comment fee | 3 |
| benthepythondev | $1.00 | ✗ | 1 |
| easyapi | $2.99–4.99 ×6 actors | ✗ | 1 each |
| automation-lab | higher | ✗ | 1 |
Pure JSON API — no headless browser, no proxy, no JS rendering. Low cost to run, so the price stays low.
Pay-per-event: a $0.002 start fee plus $0.0003 per record. One flat rate for posts, comments, authors, and leaderboards — no per-comment surcharge, no subscription, no minimums. A 50-post pull costs under two cents.
Pull a competitor's full archive and analyze posting cadence, topics, and engagement over time.
Top-N newsletters by subscriber estimate, with author handles — an outreach list in one run.
Large batches of long-form text with bodyText already clean — no HTML stripping.
Every comment and reply for a post, with depth to rebuild the full conversation.
No login, no proxy setup, no scraping code. Point it at a publication and go.
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