# Bluesky, free: Bluesky profile API

> Get detailed profile view of an actor. Does not require auth, but contains relevant metadata with auth.

Bluesky's Bluesky profile API on its Public AppView plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. It returns all 6 key fields we check: Bio, Photo, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts.
Bluesky limits how many calls you get but gives no number.
Half of the 81 plans we rank by price cost $2.215 per 1,000 profiles or less. This plan has the lowest price per 1,000 profiles of the 81 plans.
[Bluesky](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-profile-apis/bluesky/free/llms.txt), [Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-profile-apis/scrappa/10-pack/llms.txt) and [ScrapeCreators](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-profile-apis/scrapecreators/497-pack/llms.txt) are the best Bluesky profile API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-profile-apis/bluesky/free
- [Best Bluesky profile API in 2026: providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-bluesky-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky-profile-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://public.api.bsky.app/xrpc/app.bsky.actor.getProfile`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://docs.bsky.app/docs/api/app-bsky-actor-get-profile?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky-profile-api-pricing
- Sold by: Bluesky (https://bsky.app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky-profile-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-02

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Following: ✓
- Posts: ✓

## Score

- Overall score: 89.8
- Price score: 100
- Accuracy score: 99
- Cost to get started score: 100
- Bundle score: 0

## Price

- $ per 1,000 profiles: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get detailed profile view of an actor. Does not require auth, but contains relevant metadata with auth.

## Data

- Freshness: stored
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.06 s

## The call

- You send: actor
- Method: GET
- Path: /xrpc/app.bsky.actor.getProfile

## About the plan

- Plan: Public AppView
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 29 fields the plan's answer can hold

user ID, username, name, bio, pronouns, bio links, profile picture, banner image, followers, following, posts count, account created, indexed at, labels, lists count, feed generators count, starter packs count, labeler, allow incoming chats, allow group chat invites, allow activity subscriptions, Germ message URL, Germ button shown to, joined via starter pack, pinned post, live status, verifications, verified status, trusted verifier status

## Bluesky's plans (1)

- [Bluesky, free](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-profile-apis/bluesky/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, stored

## Bluesky's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /xrpc/app.bsky.actor.getProfile`: [Bluesky, free](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-profile-apis/bluesky/free/llms.txt)

## Bluesky's APIs (2)

- [Bluesky: Bluesky post API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/bluesky/free/llms.txt)
- [Bluesky: Bluesky profile API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-profile-apis/bluesky/free/llms.txt)

## Bluesky: Bluesky profile API alternatives

- [Scrappa, free](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-profile-apis/scrappa/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [ScrapeCreators, free](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-profile-apis/scrapecreators/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [API Direct, free tier, POST /v1/batch](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-profile-apis/api-direct/free-tier-post-v1-batch/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [ScrapingIsNotACrime, free](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-profile-apis/scrapingisnotacrime/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 83% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-02.

- https://bsky.social/about/support/tos?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky-profile-api-pricing
- https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/api-directory?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky-profile-api-pricing
- https://docs.bsky.app/docs/advanced-guides/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky-profile-api-pricing
- https://docs.bsky.app/docs/api/app-bsky-actor-get-profile?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky-profile-api-pricing
- https://endpoints.bsky.app/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky-profile-api-pricing
- https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:4v4y5r3lwsbtmsxhile2ljac/app.bsky.actor.defs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky-profile-api-pricing
- https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:4v4y5r3lwsbtmsxhile2ljac/app.bsky.actor.getProfile?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bluesky-profile-api-pricing