FetchLayer alternatives

By Wayne Hamadi, founder of Datacircle. Last updated: November 6, 2026

The best FetchLayer alternatives for Instagram post APIs: Captapi, ScrapeCreators and lobstr.io, by our benchmark of October 29, 2026.

Instagram post API alternatives

FetchLayer is #1 of the 10 providers we rank.

Rank	Provider and plan	Overall score	Accuracy score	$ per 1,000 posts
2	Captapi, $9 monthly	55.6	79	$1.35
3	ScrapeCreators, $47 pack	52.7	94
4	lobstr.io, $500 monthly	50.6	61	$0.50
5	Scrappa, $10 pack	50.3	65
6	SociaVault, $29 pack	49.2	85
7	EnsembleData, $200 monthly	42.9	60	$1.333
8	Bright Data, top-up	41.8	67	$1.50
9	AnyAPI, top-up from $10	41.4	47
10	Desearch, top-up	39.8	59

FetchLayer is #4 of the 15 providers we rank.

Rank	Provider and plan	Overall score	Accuracy score	$ per 1,000 videos
1	Litescrape, top-up from $10	81.5	72	$0.0043
2	Scrappa, $10 pack	73.6	54	$0.0087
3	TikTokAPI.io, $199 monthly	68.2	73	$0.08
5	Captapi, $9 monthly	63.4	48	$0.045
6	Refetcher, top-up from $200	56.5	55	$0.071
7	EnsembleData, $200 monthly, Bronze	55.3	83	$0.133
8	SociaVault, $29 pack	50.2	89
9	Context.dev, $500 monthly	50.0	44	$0.033
10	ScrapeCreators, $47 pack	50.0	88
11	lobstr.io, $500 monthly	48.4	69	$0.50
12	Scrapeless, top-up	47.1	73
13	AnyAPI, top-up from $10	31.8	30
14	Bright Data, top-up, Pay as you go	31.4	42	$1.50
15	Desearch, top-up	28.6	30