Socify
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Oxylabs alternative, social API without residential proxy ops.

Oxylabs is a premium proxy and web scraping infrastructure provider. Socify is built for social builders and agents: no concurrency ceiling, 99.97% uptime SLA, and a focused social schema.

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request.sh
GET /api/v1/instagram/user?username=natgeo

curl -s 'https://trysocify.com/api/v1/instagram/user?username=natgeo' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOCIFY_KEY"

# → { ok, platform, resource, data, meta }

Why switch?

Socify

  • No proxy pool to operate
  • Social JSON in one call
  • Pay per successful lookup
  • Self-serve builder plans
  • Nine networks one envelope
  • 99.97% SLA

Oxylabs

  • Proxy-first business
  • Infrastructure ops overhead
  • Web scraping, not social schema
  • Enterprise sales gravity
  • Bandwidth/CU-style thinking
  • Overkill for handle lookups

The workflow tax: proxies when you wanted a profile JSON.

Oxylabs sells IPs, scrapers, and unblocking. Fetching a TikTok profile still means infrastructure decisions your agent loop should not own.

On Socify a profile fetch is not a proxy purchase. Structured social JSON ships in one call; credits bill success only.

Oxylabs vs Socify, line by line.

FeatureSocifyOxylabs
Throughput
  • Credits not bandwidth
  • No proxy rotation knobs
  • Sync social REST
  • Proxy/bandwidth limits
  • Scraper infra knobs
  • Enterprise packaging
Reliability
  • 99.97% SLA
  • High success majors
  • Live /status
  • Infra SLAs
  • Site-dependent success
  • Strong proxy network
Coverage
  • 9 social networks
  • Same every plan
  • Social schema
  • Any site via proxies
  • Scraper APIs
  • No social envelope

Switching from Oxylabs.

What is Socify?

Socify is a social-data API for builders and agents: nine major networks, credits as the only hard quota, a published uptime SLA, and one Bearer + JSON envelope across every plan.

How do I move from Oxylabs to Socify?

Replace Oxylabs social scrapes with Socify lookups; keep Oxylabs for non-social proxy needs.

Will Socify cover the same surface Oxylabs does?

Oxylabs is general web infra; Socify is social-only on nine networks.

How close is Socify’s API to Oxylabs’s?

Different layers: proxies/scrapers vs social REST API.

Can I run Socify alongside Oxylabs before cutting over?

Yes. Keep Oxylabs on production paths while you shadow-read through Socify on the overlapping platforms. Compare payloads and latency, then flip traffic when you are ready: no need for a big-bang cutover.

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