# GitHub, free, Unauthenticated, GET /orgs/{org}: GitHub profile API

> Gets information about an organization.

GitHub's GitHub profile API on its Unauthenticated plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 profiles. It returns all 7 key fields we check: Bio, Company, Location, Links, Contact, Followers, Repositories.
We rank 82 plans by price. [GitHub's $21 monthly plan (/users/{username})](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/github/21-monthly-enterprise-get-users-username/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 profiles: as little as $0.0019. GitHub's $21 monthly plan covers up to 10,800,000 profiles a month at no extra cost.
[GitHub](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/github/21-monthly-enterprise-get-users-username/llms.txt), [Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/scrappa/10-pack/llms.txt) and [ReefAPI](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/reefapi/200-monthly-enterprise-monthly-post-github-v1-user/llms.txt) are the best GitHub profile API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/github/free-unauthenticated-get-orgs-org
- [Best GitHub profile API in 2026: providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-github-profile-api.txt)
- Get it: https://github.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-profile-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.github.com/orgs/{org}`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/orgs/orgs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-profile-api-pricing#get-an-organization
- Sold by: GitHub (https://github.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-profile-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-02

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Bio: ✓
- Company: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Links: ✓
- Contact: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Repositories: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Get a user · Get a repository · List repositories for a user

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Gets information about an organization.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: H. API Terms, GitHub Terms of Service: "You may not share API tokens to exceed GitHub's rate limitations. You may not use the API to download data or Content from GitHub for spamming purposes, including for the purposes of selling GitHub users' personal information, such as to recruiters, headhunters, and job boards. All use of the GitHub API is subject to these Terms of Service and the GitHub Privacy Statement. GitHub may offer subscription-based access to our API for those Users who require high-throughput access or access that would result in resale of GitHub's Service."

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.017
- Concurrent: 100
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: org
- Method: GET
- Path: /orgs/{org}

## About the plan

- Plan: Unauthenticated
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 23 fields the plan's answer can hold

user ID, username, name, profile picture, bio, company, website, location, Twitter username, account type, followers, following, public repos, public gists, account created, profile URL, node ID, API URL, email, profile updated, Gravatar ID, user view type, verified

## GitHub's plans (3)

- [GitHub, free, Unauthenticated, GET /orgs/{org}](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/github/free-unauthenticated-get-orgs-org/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [GitHub, free, Personal access token, GitHub App or OAuth app, GET /orgs/{org}](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/github/free-personal-access-token-github-app-or-oauth-app-get-orgs-org/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [GitHub, $21 monthly, Enterprise, GET /orgs/{org}](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/github/21-monthly-enterprise-get-orgs-org/llms.txt): $0.0019 per 1,000, 100% complete

## GitHub's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /users/{username}`: [GitHub, free, Unauthenticated, GET /users/{username}](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/github/free-unauthenticated-get-users-username/llms.txt)
- `GET /orgs/{org}`: [GitHub, free, Unauthenticated, GET /orgs/{org}](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/github/free-unauthenticated-get-orgs-org/llms.txt)

## GitHub's APIs (3)

- [GitHub: GitHub repository API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/github-repository-apis/github/free-unauthenticated/llms.txt)
- [GitHub: GitHub user repository API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/github-user-repository-apis/github/free-unauthenticated/llms.txt)
- [GitHub: GitHub profile API pricing, 3 plans, GET /orgs/{org}](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/github/free-unauthenticated-get-orgs-org/llms.txt)

## GitHub: GitHub profile API alternatives

- [Libraries.io, free](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/libraries-io/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 86% complete, stored
- [Litescrape, top-up from $10, Usage-based, GET /api/github/user](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10-usage-based-get-api-github-user/llms.txt): $0.15 per 1,000, 86% complete
- [Scrappa, $1,000 pack](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/scrappa/1000-pack/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 86% complete
- [ReefAPI, $1,200 yearly, Enterprise yearly, POST /github/v1/user](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/reefapi/1200-yearly-enterprise-yearly-post-github-v1-user/llms.txt): $0.333 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [ScrapeCreators, $497 pack](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/scrapecreators/497-pack/llms.txt): $0.994 per 1,000, 100% 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://docs.github.com/en/rest/about-the-rest-api/about-the-rest-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-profile-api-pricing
- https://docs.github.com/en/rest/orgs/orgs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-profile-api-pricing
- https://docs.github.com/en/rest/using-the-rest-api/rate-limits-for-the-rest-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-profile-api-pricing
- https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/github-terms/github-terms-of-service?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-profile-api-pricing
- https://github.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github-profile-api-pricing