Fetchin vs HarvestAPI
HarvestAPI is one of the more credible providers in this category. It publishes clear per-profile pricing, covers profiles, companies, employees and posts, and its actors are the most-used professional-data actors on the Apify marketplace.
Most people reach it through Apify, which means asynchronous runs. Fetchin returns JSON in about a second, synchronously or asynchronously through our Apify compatibility layer, at $1.00 per 1,000 against their $4.
The genuine gap is breadth: HarvestAPI has job-posting and email-lookup endpoints that Fetchin does not offer today.
- requests served per month
- 40M+requests served per month
- uptime
- 99.9%uptime
- median response time
- 1smedian response time
- serving production traffic since
- 2023serving production traffic since
Fetchin vs HarvestAPI, feature by feature
| Feature | Fetchin | HarvestAPI |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price per 1,000 requests | $1.00 | $4.00 |
| Data freshness | Fetched live on every request | Live, collected at request time |
| Response time | 1s median, 1.5s P95 | Seconds per item; run-based when used via Apify |
| Delivery | Synchronous, or asynchronous via the Apify compatibility layer | Direct API, or asynchronous runs via Apify |
| Rate limit | 5 req/s self-serve, 10 to 100+ on request | Concurrency-based, roughly 6 items at a time per actor |
| Uptime | 99.9% | 99.9% claimed |
| Endpoints | Profile, company, posts, comments, reactions, engagement | Profile, company, employees, posts, comments, reactions, jobs |
| Your own account required | ||
| Billed on failed lookups | Not stated publicly | |
| Free trial | 1,000 credits, no credit card | Platform credit via Apify |
| Commitment | None, cancel anytime | None, pay per result |
| Support | Live chat and email, same-day | Email and marketplace support |
| Public status page | Yes, at status.fetchin.io |
HarvestAPI figures are taken from their own public pages and were last verified in August 2026. Pricing and limits change, so check the sources below before making a decision.
Fetchin pricing: Starter plan, $50 for 50,000 credits. Drops to $0.90 per 1,000 at 1M credits.
HarvestAPI pricing: $4 per 1,000 detailed profiles, $10 per 1,000 when email lookup is included. Company records from $3 per 1,000.
Where Fetchin wins
- $1.00 per 1,000 against $4.00. Four times cheaper at entry, and the gap widens with volume.
- Synchronous or asynchronous, your call, with JSON back in about a second. Consumed through Apify, HarvestAPI means starting a run and polling it either way.
- A published rate limit, 5 req/s self-serve and up to 100+ on request, rather than a fixed six-at-a-time concurrency.
- A public status page, so you can verify availability instead of taking a number on trust.
- No billing on failed lookups, stated explicitly.
Where HarvestAPI wins
- Job postings. HarvestAPI covers them and Fetchin does not. Ask our support if you need this.
- Email lookup is available as a paid add-on at $10 per 1,000. Fetchin has no email endpoint.
- A company-employees endpoint that enumerates staff for an account, which Fetchin does not expose.
- Deep integration with the Apify ecosystem if your pipeline already lives there.
Choose Fetchin if…
- Cost per profile matters and you are running meaningful volume.
- You want a synchronous call rather than an asynchronous run to babysit, without giving up async for the batches where it suits you.
- You want a committed rate limit you can raise on request.
Choose HarvestAPI if…
- You need job postings or email lookup in the same vendor.
- You need to enumerate all employees at a company.
- Your pipeline is already built on Apify runs and you do not want to change the shape of it.
Fetchin vs HarvestAPI, answered
- What is the main difference between Fetchin and HarvestAPI?
- Price and delivery. Fetchin starts at $1.00 per 1,000 requests and answers in about a second, synchronously or asynchronously. HarvestAPI charges $4 per 1,000 detailed profiles and is most often consumed through Apify, which makes each lookup an asynchronous run you have to poll.
- Is Fetchin cheaper than HarvestAPI?
- Yes at every published tier. $1.00 per 1,000 on the $50 Starter plan, dropping to $0.90 at a million credits, against $4 per 1,000 for detailed profiles and $10 per 1,000 with email lookup.
- Does Fetchin cover everything HarvestAPI does?
- No. Fetchin covers profiles, companies, posts, comments, reactions and engagement. HarvestAPI additionally covers job postings, email lookup and company-employee enumeration. People search and bulk datasets are on the Fetchin roadmap for Q4 2026; job postings and email lookup are not planned, though support will discuss the use case.
- Can I try both before switching?
- Yes. Fetchin gives 1,000 credits with no credit card, which is enough to run the same sample through both and compare field coverage and response times directly.
Sources, verified August 2026
- HarvestAPI profile actor, published per-result pricing
- HarvestAPI product site
- Independent pricing comparison, 2026
Fetchin figures are our own measured values. Live availability is published here.
Try it against your own data
1,000 credits, no credit card. Run the same sample through Fetchin and HarvestAPI and compare field coverage and response times yourself.