Vid Kraken vs XCrap

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Vid Kraken compared with XCrap
Detail	Vid Kraken	XCrap
What it does	YouTube download API for developers that handles bot detection and returns ready-to-use MP4 or audio files	Free API to read X posts, threads and profiles as Markdown or JSON without login or API key
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	2023
Based in	Not given	FR
Pricing model	Freemium	Free
Pricing	Starter: $99/month (400 GB bandwidth, $0.25 per GB); Growth: $399/month (2 TB bandwidth, $0.20 per GB); Scale: $1,499/month (10 TB bandwidth, $0.15 per GB). Additional usage charged at $0.50, $0.40, or $0.30 per extra GB respectively. Pay-as-you-go from one-time $49 startup fee. Custom plans with co	No charge. Funded by donations. Rate limits are applied per IP address and per endpoint: 45 requests per minute for single posts and profiles, 15 per minute for threads and timelines, 20 per minute for media, 4 history exports and 6 bulk requests every five minutes, 10 searches every fifteen minutes
Key features	MP4 video download up to 4K (1080p, 720p, 480p, 360p, 4K on request) with H.264 default codec Direct HTTPS download links for immediate use or streaming REST API with async job queue that scales from first request to high-volume production MCP server for AI agents including Claude Clear machine-readable error codes for videos that cannot be downloaded	Single posts with full metrics: likes, reposts, replies, quotes, bookmarks and views Thread unrolling by stitching timeline with conversation ID Direct media downloads at every bitrate X encoded Bulk processing: up to fifty posts in one request Five output formats: JSON, Markdown, YAML, CSV, HTML MCP server integration for Claude and Cursor Full-text search with X search operators Markdown token counting via x-markdown-tokens header No authentication required: works with bare post IDs or x.com and twitter.com links Multiple integrations: SDK, OpenAPI spec, skill file, MCP server
What makes it different	99.995% download success rate over last 30 days, published live daily per video Automatically handles YouTube bot detection without requiring cookie management or proxy rotation Pay for bandwidth only with no per-download fees, failed downloads are free	Completely free with no sign-up, API key generation or credit card required Works with any AI agent without needing credentials to store or rotate No data storage: posts cached five days only, media streamed through disk Works even when X's official API is unavailable via four fallback sources behind each endpoint
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	13 −1 (down) since last check	Not checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	11	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	30	14
Referring domains (Majestic)	56	4

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