# CarryFeed, top-up from $5: Instagram post API

> Read a bounded public Instagram profile snapshot (up to 12 first-page posts), photo post or Reel through a logged-out Cloudflare browser.

CarryFeed's Tools balance plan for the Instagram post API costs $0.417 per 1,000 posts. We check each provider's docs for 6 fields. CarryFeed's docs list 2: Media, Engagement.
We haven't run CarryFeed through [our Instagram post API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-post-api.txt) yet.
We rank 296 plans for Instagram post APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.178 or less per 1,000 posts. This plan costs less per 1,000 posts than 37% of the 296 plans.
[Zapi's Rp399,000 (about $22) monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/zapi/rp399000-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 posts: $0.0018. Zapi charges for each page of results. We count 12 posts on each page to get the $0.0018 price. [Influship's Usage-based credits plan](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/influship/pay-as-you-go-usage-based-credits-get-v1-raw-instagram-profile-username/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 posts a month: $0.36.
[ShortsIntel's $10 pack (/creators/{platform}/{handle}/videos)](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/shortsintel/10-pack-top-up-10-get-creators-platform-handle-videos/llms.txt) covers any number of posts. ShortsIntel's $10 pack costs less up front than Zapi's Rp399,000 (about $22) monthly plan.
[FetchLayer](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/fetchlayer/500-monthly/llms.txt), [Refetcher](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/refetcher/top-up/llms.txt) and [ReefAPI](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/reefapi/15-monthly/llms.txt) are the best Instagram post API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/carryfeed/top-up-from-5
- [Instagram post API: the best of 30+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-post-api.txt)
- Get it: https://carryfeed.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.carryfeed.com/api/instagram/resolve`
- API key: with the plan, on https://carryfeed.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://api.carryfeed.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- Sold by: CarryFeed (https://carryfeed.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-08

## In the answer

- Completeness: 33%
- Media: ✓
- Engagement: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 posts: $0.417
- Per: page of 12
- Billing: pay first

## Charges

- Repeat free: never
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Read a public Instagram profile or post · Download YouTube video · Download TikTok video

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Read a bounded public Instagram profile snapshot (up to 12 first-page posts), photo post or Reel through a logged-out Cloudflare browser.

## Data

- Freshness: 5 minutes
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Public links, source material, and downloads: Public-tool results may include third-party text, profile context, metadata, or media links. CarryFeed does not own that material and does not grant you a license to reuse it. Public availability does not eliminate copyright, privacy, publicity, trademark, contractual, or other rights. Download, quote, save, transform, or republish third-party material only when you have a lawful basis and the required permission. Do not use CarryFeed to bypass access controls, privacy settings, paywalls, authentication, technical restrictions, or platform rules. Prohibited uses: Spam, artificial amplification, platform manipulation, engagement farming, deceptive identities, impersonation, or misleading attribution. Unsolicited or automated replies, likes, follows, direct messages, surveillance, harassment, or collection intended to target people abusively. Bulk or abusive scraping, rate-limit evasion, credential theft, unauthorized account access, or interference with CarryFeed or another service. Infringing, illegal, fraudulent, threatening, privacy-invasive, or harmful content or activity. Removing source context in a misleading way or presenting public or AI-assisted material as evidence it is not. Reverse engineering or reselling the service in a way that violates law, these terms, or third-party platform rules.

## Plan

- Pay: $5
- You get: $5
- Enough for: 1,000 pages
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url, requestId, maxCostMicros
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/instagram/resolve

## About the plan

- Plan: Tools balance
- Who can get it: anyone with a Google account who is at least 13 and able to form a binding agreement where they live ("Sign in or create an account. Continue with Google", "You must be at least 13 and able to form a binding agreement where you live")

## The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

post URL, caption, created at, like count, image, video

## CarryFeed's plans (2)

- [CarryFeed, top-up from $5](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/carryfeed/top-up-from-5/llms.txt): $0.417 per 1,000, 33% complete, 5 minutes
- [CarryFeed, $30 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/carryfeed/30-pack/llms.txt): $0.25 per 1,000, 33% complete, 5 minutes

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

- `POST /api/instagram/resolve`: [CarryFeed, top-up from $5](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/carryfeed/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)

## CarryFeed's APIs (8)

- [CarryFeed: Bluesky post API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/carryfeed/free/llms.txt)
- [CarryFeed: Bluesky profile API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-profile-apis/carryfeed/free/llms.txt)
- [CarryFeed: Threads post API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/carryfeed/free/llms.txt)
- [CarryFeed: Threads profile API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/threads-profile-apis/carryfeed/free/llms.txt)
- [CarryFeed: X post API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/carryfeed/free/llms.txt)
- [CarryFeed: X profile API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/carryfeed/free/llms.txt)
- [CarryFeed: Instagram post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/carryfeed/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)
- [CarryFeed: Instagram profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/carryfeed/top-up-from-5/llms.txt)

## CarryFeed: Instagram post API alternatives

- [ReefAPI, $1,200 yearly, Enterprise yearly, POST /instagram/v1/posts, posts, full](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/reefapi/1200-yearly-enterprise-yearly-post-instagram-v1-posts-posts-full/llms.txt): $0.34 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $4,800 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/lobstr-io/4800-yearly/llms.txt): $0.40 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [FastSocial, $5 monthly, Starter, GET /v1/posts](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/fastsocial/5-monthly-starter-get-v1-posts/llms.txt): $0.417 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [SocialToAI, $50 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socialtoai/50-pack/llms.txt): $0.417 per 1,000, 67% 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 2026-11-08.

- https://api.carryfeed.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://carryfeed.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://carryfeed.com/instagram-viewer?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://carryfeed.com/mcp?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://carryfeed.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://carryfeed.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing