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Captapi pricing and alternatives: Instagram post API

Captapi's sitellms.txt
100% complete: all 6 key fields we checkSee the 6 fields
$0.00per 1,000 postsWe rank 49 plans by price. Litescrape's top-up from $10 costs the least per 1,000 posts: $0.003. Litescrape charges for each page of results. We count 50 posts on each page to get the $0.003 price.
Plan: Free one of Captapi's 4 plans
Call: GET /v1/instagram/channel-posts Captapi's only call for this API
API: Instagram post API one of Captapi's 14 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the posts from Instagram when you call.
  • All 6 key fields we check. Text, Media, Engagement, Analytics, Author, Audience.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 100 credits once, enough for about 333 results.
  • One call. You send url to GET /v1/instagram/channel-posts. You can also send limit, cursor and cache. The call returns the account's posts.
  • Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old, once their email is verified. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

Captapi: Instagram post API alternatives

The table starts with Captapi's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 posts closest to Captapi's. Each plan in the table gives live data.

Captapi, $9 monthlyAnysite, $49 monthlyEnsembleData, $200 monthlySocialCrawl, £49 pack, Growth, GET /v1/instagram/profile/posts/fulllobstr.io, $192 yearly
$ per 1,000 posts$1.35$0.272$1.333$1.361$1.60
Completeness100%67%67%83%67%
Billingmonthlymonthlymonthlypay firstyearly
Pay$9$49$200£49$192
Enough forabout 6,666 results a month15,000 pages a month5,000 results a day4,000 pages10,000 results a month
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyone at least 18 years oldanyone at least 18 years old or of the age of majority in their jurisdictionanyoneanyone 18 or overprofessionals, not consumers

Instagram post API pricing: plans compared

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-29.

  1. captapi.com/apis/instagram-channel-posts
  2. captapi.com/apis/linkedin-profile
  3. captapi.com/docs
  4. captapi.com/legal/acceptable-use
  5. captapi.com/legal/terms
  6. captapi.com/llms.txt
  7. captapi.com/openapi.json
  8. captapi.com/pricing

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Text
  • Media
  • Engagement
  • Analytics
  • Author
  • Audience
Price
$ per 1,000 posts$0.00
Perresult
Billingfree
Charges
Repeat free24 hours
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 178 other calls
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchLatest posts from a public Instagram profile — carousel children[], mediaCount, user{} in one call.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou agree not to use the Service, or data obtained through it, to: Harm or target individuals — stalking, harassment, doxxing, re-identification of anonymous users, or building profiles used to threaten, intimidate, or discriminate against people. Process personal data unlawfully — in violation of the GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, or other applicable data-protection laws, including using public personal data for a purpose the individual would not reasonably expect without a lawful basis. Enable unlawful discrimination — such as decisions about credit, employment, housing, or insurance based on protected characteristics. Infringe intellectual property — reproduce or redistribute content in violation of copyright, trademark, or database rights. Send spam or run deceptive campaigns — unsolicited bulk messaging, phishing, fraud, or impersonation. Circumvent controls — bypass authentication, rate limits, or access restrictions on any platform, or attempt to access non-public data. Break the law — any use that is illegal in your jurisdiction or that facilitates illegal activity. Resell or clone the Service — resell raw API access as a standalone substitute for Captapi or build a directly competing data API. [...] You must have a lawful basis for your processing, honor deletion and opt-out requests from data subjects, keep appropriate security, and comply with the terms of any platform you interact with.
Plan
Pay$0
You get100 credits
Enough forabout 333 results, once
Rate limit
Per second0.67
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendurl. Optional: limit, cursor, cache
MethodGET
Path/v1/instagram/channel-posts
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone at least 18 years old, once their email is verified
The 42 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, profile URL, count on page, next cursor, has more, user profile, user ID, degraded, degraded reason, platform, post URL, post ID, post type, product type, text, description, created at, thumbnail, video, author username, author name, author URL, author followers, author verified, author profile picture, view count, like count, comment count, Instagram view count, Facebook view count, views source, hashtags, mentions, carousel media count, children, alt text, video duration, has audio, music, is ad, is affiliate, paid partnership

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