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Ayrshare alternative for public metrics

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Ayrshare answers "how do I post to my users' social accounts from my app?" Metrika answers "what are the public numbers for this handle?" If you are comparing the two, the useful question is whose accounts you care about: accounts your users connect, or any public account on the internet.

What Ayrshare is built for

Ayrshare is a unified layer over the platforms' official APIs. Your users connect their accounts, and your application publishes posts, schedules content, and reads analytics for those connected accounts across a long list of networks. It is the right shape when your product acts on behalf of its users.

Where Metrika fits instead

Metrika is read-only and connection-free. There is no OAuth linking and nothing for an account owner to approve, because we only read what is already public: follower count, following count, post count, and verified status, as each platform provides them, collected into a daily snapshot for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, Threads, YouTube, and Bluesky. Any public handle is fair game, whether or not its owner has ever heard of your product.

bash 
$ curl -X POST https://metrika.run/api/v1/resources/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"resources": [{"platform": "x", "type": "account", "identifier": "nasa"}]}'

Your request does not trigger a scrape, it reads the latest value we hold, stamped with collected_at, so responses stay fast and predictable.

When Ayrshare is the better choice

The moment you need to write anything: posting, scheduling, replying to comments. The same goes for analytics only an account owner can see, like reach or impressions, which official APIs expose for connected accounts and public pages do not show at all. Metrika has none of that, by design. If your product manages accounts, use a tool built for managing accounts.

Getting started

Create a free account, generate an API key, and you can make up to 500 API requests per month at no cost, no credit card required. The docs cover authentication and response formats, and pricing covers what the free tier includes.

Get started with Metrika

Create a free account and start pulling social media datapoints in minutes. The free tier includes 500 requests per month, no credit card required.

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