Trigify API Alternative: What Replaces Each Endpoint

There is no single Trigify API alternative, because the Trigify API did four separate jobs: it created listening searches per source, returned their results, ran workflows, and accepted custom signals. Each job has a different replacement. Scraper APIs on Apify cover LinkedIn engagers, Octolens and Buska cover keyword listening, Clay's HTTP API and webhooks cover the workflow layer, and Gojiberry or Clearcue cover the agent-facing MCP surface. All of it stops at 11:59pm BST on 22 October 2026, so pull what the API still returns today.

Everything about Trigify below comes from trigify.io and its help centre, opened on 21 October 2026. The notice says that integrations and API access stop when account access ends, and that accounts will not be migrated to HubSpot. If the job you are replacing is not programmatic, the Trigify alternatives sorted by job is the better starting point; this article is for the people who had a key in an environment variable.

What did the Trigify API actually give you?

Trigify's API docs article describes the REST API as the canonical surface, with the dashboard, CLI, MCP and Jarvis all running on it. Access is key-gated: every protected endpoint takes an API key in the x-api-key header, created under Settings and API Keys, and usage is billed in the same credit model as the app. The article groups the endpoints into four areas, and those four areas are the checklist for a replacement.

The CLI article lists the same four capabilities as terminal commands, authenticated with TRIGIFY_API_KEY, and the MCP article lists seven tools at api.trigify.io/mcp: create_search, search_podcasts, list_searches, get_search, get_search_results, update_search and delete_search. If your agents used the MCP server, note that it only covered searches, not workflows or custom signals.

Step 1: Pull what the API still returns today

Do this first, while the key still answers. Trigify's notice points customers to the existing export options in the product and to hugo@trigify.io for help, and the help docs do not describe a bulk export endpoint, so the practical route for API users is to list searches and fetch results per search. The CLI launch post shows the shape: npm install -g @trigify/cli, trigify login or TRIGIFY_API_KEY=trig_xxx trigify search list, with every command returning JSON. Run trigify --help for the exact subcommand names on your installed version, because the help centre says the command list depends on the version you installed.

A minimal pull looks like this, written as a sketch you adapt to the command names --help prints:

export TRIGIFY_API_KEY=trig_xxx
trigify search list > searches.json
  # for each search id in searches.json:
trigify search results <id> > results-<id>.json

Save three more things that no endpoint returns: the search definitions themselves (keywords, AND/NOT terms, sources, filters), the workflow graphs as screenshots or notes, and the field mapping of any HTTP Request node. Trigify's Clay and CRM article describes that node as a POST to a Clay webhook with mapped fields such as person name, email, company and post URL. That mapping is what you rebuild on the other side. The full list of what to save before access ends is in what stops on 22 October.

Step 2: Replace search results for LinkedIn engagers with a scraper API

If your searches tracked profiles and companies and your scripts pulled the people who liked or commented, the direct replacement is a scraper actor you call by API. Two options on Apify do this without a LinkedIn session, and one option on PhantomBuster does it with one.

HarvestAPI's LinkedIn Post Reactions Scraper takes a list of post URLs and returns, per reaction, the reaction type, the person's name, profile URL, position and picture. Its page says no cookies or account are required, lists the price as from $1.50 per 1,000 results (the description says $2 per 1,000, so check the pricing tab before you budget), and notes that LinkedIn's reactions pop-up stops loading after 1218 items, so one post caps there. Sibling actors from the same developer cover post comments, profile posts and company posts, which together replace a tracked-profile search.

Scraping Solutions' LinkedIn Engagers actor is the cheaper option at from $1.10 per 1,000 results. One run collects one engagement type (likers, commenters or reshares) for a list of public post URLs, with resultsLimit up to 3,000 per post, and returns post_Link, type, url_profile, name, a subtitle headline when available and, for commenters, the comment text. Its page states it does not promise a reaction subtype or a profile ID.

Both run through Apify's REST API. The pattern shown on an Apify actor API tab is a POST to https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/<developer>~<actor>/runs?token=<APIFY_TOKEN> with the input as JSON, or run-sync-get-dataset-items to wait and get the rows back in one call. Written for the HarvestAPI actor, as an example you should check against its own API tab:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/harvestapi~linkedin-post-reactions/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"postUrls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/posts/<competitor-post>"], "maxItems": 500}'

Apify's pricing page lists a Free plan with $5 of monthly usage, Starter at $19 a month, Scale at $199 and Business at $999, with pay-per-event actors drawing on that prepaid usage. Schedules, webhooks on run completion and an MCP server are listed on the actor pages, so the "new post, new engagers, push to Clay" loop can be rebuilt without a server.

PhantomBuster's LinkedIn Post Commenter and Liker Scraper does the same job but requires a connected LinkedIn account through its browser extension. Its API uses the X-Phantombuster-Key-1 header on phantombuster.com/api/v2, launches a Phantom by agent ID and fetches results per container, and the getting-started article says the API is available on all paid plans. Pick it if you already run Phantoms and want one key; pick Apify if you do not want a LinkedIn session involved.

Step 3: Replace keyword listening searches with a listening API

If your searches were keyword listening across Reddit, X, Hacker News, YouTube and podcasts rather than LinkedIn engagement, the scraper actors above are the wrong tool. Two listening products publish an API on their own pricing pages.

Octolens says its REST API, webhooks and MCP server are included on every plan, with mentions delivered as structured JSON. Its Pro plan is $199 a month ($159 billed annually) for 15,000 mentions and 10 keywords, and Scale is $599 a month with real-time refresh and 40 keywords. Sources listed are LinkedIn posts and comments, X, Reddit, Hacker News, GitHub, YouTube, TikTok, Bluesky, Stack Overflow, podcasts and newsletters. The same page states what it does not do: it does not track or export the people who like or comment on LinkedIn posts, it does not enrich contacts, and it has no outreach. So Octolens replaces the listening half of a Trigify API setup and nothing else.

Buska prices the API by plan: Starter at $49 a month lists no API, Growth at $99 a month includes "500 req/mo" and webhooks, and Scale at $249 a month includes "Full API access (2,500 req/mo)". If your scripts polled results every few minutes, 500 requests a month runs out in days, so size the plan to the polling interval, or switch to webhooks and let Buska push.

Where each is the wrong choice: Octolens if you only need LinkedIn and were on a small budget, because the lowest plan on its page is $199 a month. Buska if you need unlimited requests, because both API plans carry a monthly request cap. Both if the people behind the mentions are what you sold against, because neither exports engagers. For the non-API version of this comparison, the Trigify alternative for social listening covers more tools.

Step 4: Replace workflow operations and custom signal ingestion

Trigify's workflow operations and custom signal endpoints were the glue: results in, enrichment, filter, CRM or webhook out, plus your own events pushed in to trigger a workflow. The replacement is a workflow tool that accepts a webhook and exposes an HTTP step.

Clay is the common choice, and its pricing page is specific about the tier: Growth at $446 a month includes webhook automation, HTTP API integrations and CRM auto-sync, while Launch at $167 a month and the Free plan do not list them. The page's FAQ quotes different figures ($185 and $495) in places, so confirm which applies before you commit. A Clay webhook table receiving the Apify dataset replaces the Trigify HTTP Request node in reverse; an HTTP API step inside Clay replaces the workflow operation that called out to your CRM. The Clay rebuild guide walks through the node-by-node mapping.

Custom signal ingestion is the piece most people forget. In Trigify you pushed an event (a demo request, a pricing-page visit) and a workflow fired. In the replacement stack, that becomes a POST to the same Clay webhook, or to your own endpoint, with a source field so the filter step can tell it apart from scraped signals. Nothing in the tools above provides a "custom signal" object the way Trigify did, so define the JSON shape yourself and keep it stable.

Trigify API alternative options compared

Two notes on the MCP row. Gojiberry's MCP page lists tools for contacts, lists, source agents, campaigns, directory search and the LinkedIn inbox, flags the tools that change data, and says the server calls the same external API your own scripts would. That is a broader surface than Trigify's seven search tools, but it is an outreach product's API, not a listening API. Clearcue's FAQ page says it offers native MCP integration that can create and query signals and lists "CSV, API" under export, but it is dated February 2026 and names no endpoints, so ask for the reference before relying on it.

When you do not need an API at all

Be honest about why you had the API. For many small teams the Trigify key existed for one reason: to get the people who engaged with competitor and industry-leader posts into HubSpot and then message them. If that is the whole job, the API was a means, and a tool that does the step natively is the simpler replacement. Intentsly covers exactly that path: it watches post engagement, keyword posts, competitor page followers and hashtag engagement on LinkedIn, scores each person against your ideal customer profile, adds verified emails, syncs to HubSpot, and its AI SDR sends the LinkedIn connection request and message and holds the conversation until the calendar link is booked. When we launched, that loop, with no manual outreach, produced 14 qualified demos in 14 days; the case study has the detail. If you want to see the engagers it would find for your competitors before rebuilding any pipeline, try the AI with no account shows matching buyers from a profile.

Where Intentsly is the wrong choice is just as clear. It lists no public API, so there is nothing for a script to call. It monitors LinkedIn only, so Reddit, X, YouTube, podcast and Hacker News listening are not covered. HubSpot is the only CRM integration, with Cal.com and Google Calendar for booking. Export exists, but the product does not name a format on its pages, so do not assume a JSON feed. The AI SDR sends LinkedIn messages only, from up to 2 accounts per plan, capped at 30 messages and 30 connection requests per account per day with 15 recommended, in English, Romanian, German and Dutch. If any of those is a blocker, use the API rows in the table above and keep Intentsly out of it. The migration guide maps each Trigify signal type to its equivalent if you decide the no-code route fits.

Copy this endpoint map

Fill this in today with the Trigify side, then the replacement side as you pick tools. Keep it in the repo next to the scripts it replaces.

Trigify endpoint or CLI command     -> Replacement call                                   -> Plan needed   -> Done?
search create (LinkedIn profile)    -> Apify run: HarvestAPI profile posts actor           -> Free/Starter  ->
search results (engagers)           -> Apify run-sync-get-dataset-items (reactions, comments) -> Free/Starter  ->
search create (keyword, Reddit/X)   -> Octolens keyword or Buska signal via API             -> Pro / Growth  ->
search results (mentions)           -> Octolens webhook or Buska API poll                   -> Pro / Growth  ->
workflow trigger                    -> Clay webhook table + HTTP API step                   -> Growth        ->
custom signal push                  -> POST to Clay webhook with source=custom              -> Growth        ->
MCP create_search / get_results     -> Apify MCP, Octolens MCP or Gojiberry MCP             -> per vendor    ->
HTTP Request node -> Clay           -> Apify webhook on run finish -> Clay webhook           -> Growth        ->
HubSpot node                        -> Clay CRM auto-sync, or Intentsly native HubSpot sync  -> Growth / n/a ->

Three habits make the cutover safer. Run the replacement call against one competitor post today and diff its fields against a Trigify result for the same post, so you know what the CRM mapping loses. Keep the Trigify JSON exports in the same bucket as the new data, with a source field, so dashboards do not break on 23 October. And write down the daily request volume your old scripts generated before you pick a Buska or Clay tier, because the caps are monthly and the overage is where the budget goes.

What to do next

Run the pull in Step 1 now, while trigify search list still returns something. Then pick one row from the table for each of the four API jobs you actually used, and leave the rest blank; most teams used two.

If the job behind your key was LinkedIn engagers into HubSpot and a message to each, see how Intentsly's LinkedIn signals do that without a script, and try the AI on a competitor's profile first, because it costs nothing to see whether the people it finds are the ones your API used to return.

FAQ

Does the Trigify API stop working on 22 October 2026?

Yes. The notice on trigify.io says that Trigify integrations and API access stop when account access ends, at 11:59pm BST on 22 October 2026 for most customers. Customers with other contractual notice periods get their own dates directly. Anything that polls the API or receives its webhooks stops receiving data at that moment.

Can I export my Trigify search results through the API before access ends?

The help docs describe search results retrieval as one of the API's four areas and the CLI as able to fetch results from saved searches, so listing searches and pulling results per search is the route for API users. Trigify's notice also points to the export options in the product and to hugo@trigify.io for help. No bulk export endpoint is documented.

Which tool has an API for LinkedIn post likers and commenters?

On Apify, HarvestAPI's post reactions actor and Scraping Solutions' engagers actor both return likers or commenters for a list of post URLs through the REST API with no LinkedIn session, priced per 1,000 results. PhantomBuster's commenter and liker scraper does the same through its API on paid plans, with a connected LinkedIn account.

Is there an MCP server that replaces Trigify's?

Not one with the same seven search tools. Octolens lists an MCP server on every plan for listening, Apify actors expose MCP for scraping, Gojiberry's MCP covers contacts, source agents, campaigns and the LinkedIn inbox, and Clearcue says its MCP integration creates and queries signals. Choose by the job your agent did, since each server covers a different object model.

Do I need Clay's Growth plan to receive webhooks?

According to Clay's pricing page on 21 October 2026, webhook automation, HTTP API integrations and CRM auto-sync are listed on Growth at $446 a month and on Enterprise, and are not listed on Free or Launch. The page's FAQ quotes Growth at $495 in one place, so confirm the current figure with Clay before you budget.

Is there a free Trigify API alternative?

Partly. Apify's pricing page lists a Free plan with $5 of monthly usage, which at $1.10 to $1.50 per 1,000 results is a few thousand engagers a month at most, before platform usage, and the plan blocks until the next cycle once that is spent. Octolens, Buska and Clay all put their API or webhooks on paid tiers. For the LinkedIn engagement job without any API, Intentsly's try the AI page shows matching buyers with no account, and the product has a 7-day free trial.