# Desearch, free: Instagram post API

> Retrieve normalized public posts for an Instagram username.

Desearch's Instagram post API on its $5 in API credits for a new account plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 posts. It returns all 6 key fields we check: Text, Media, Engagement, Analytics, Author, Audience.
We rank 65 plans by price. [Litescrape's top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) 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.
[Captapi](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/captapi/9-monthly/llms.txt), [ScrapeCreators](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/scrapecreators/47-pack/llms.txt) and [Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/scrappa/10-pack/llms.txt) are the best instagram post API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/desearch/free
- [Best instagram post API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-post-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.desearch.ai/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.desearch.ai/desearch/instagram/profile/{username}/posts`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.desearch.ai/pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.desearch.ai/docs/api-reference/get-desearch-instagram-profile-username-posts
- Sold by: Desearch (https://desearch.ai/?utm_source=outreach&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2026-10-seo-outreach)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Text: ✓
- Media: ✓
- Engagement: ✓
- Analytics: ✓
- Author: ✓
- Audience: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 posts: $0.00
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: AI Search · Web Search · Extract · X Search · X Profile Search · YouTube Creator Search · LinkedIn Profile Search · TikTok Creator Search

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Retrieve normalized public posts for an Instagram username.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Your use of our APIs is subject to rate limits and usage quotas as specified in your plan. You agree not to circumvent these limits or use our APIs in ways that could harm our infrastructure or other users. [...] You agree not to use our Services for: Any unlawful purpose or to violate any laws, Harassment, abuse, or harm to others, Distributing malware or other harmful code, Attempting to gain unauthorized access to our systems, Reselling our Services without authorization

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $5

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 11.80 s

## The call

- You send: username. Optional: count, cursor
- Method: GET
- Path: /desearch/instagram/profile/{username}/posts

## About the plan

- Plan: $5 in API credits for a new account
- Who can get it: new accounts that attach a card in Console

## The 28 fields the plan's answer can hold

post ID, post code, post URL, text, created at, post type, media URL, thumbnail, author ID, author username, author name, author bio, author profile picture, author verified, author private account, author followers, author following, author posts count, author website, author category, like count, comment count, view count, play count, hashtags, mentions, children, next cursor

## Desearch's plans (7)

- [Desearch, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/desearch/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [Desearch, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/desearch/top-up/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [Desearch, $179 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/desearch/179-monthly/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [Desearch, $429 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/desearch/429-monthly/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [Desearch, $849 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/desearch/849-monthly/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [Desearch, $1,599 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/desearch/1599-monthly/llms.txt): 100% complete
- [Desearch, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/desearch/contact-us/llms.txt): 100% complete

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

- `GET /desearch/instagram/profile/{username}/posts`: [Desearch, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/desearch/free/llms.txt)

## Desearch's APIs (7)

- [Desearch: web search API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/desearch/free/llms.txt)
- [Desearch: Instagram post API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/desearch/free/llms.txt)
- [Desearch: Instagram profile API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/desearch/free/llms.txt)
- [Desearch: LinkedIn people search API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/desearch/free/llms.txt)
- [Desearch: TikTok profile API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/desearch/free/llms.txt)
- [Desearch: TikTok video API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/desearch/free/llms.txt)
- [Desearch: X post API pricing, 7 plans, GET /twitter/replies](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/desearch/free-5-in-api-credits-for-a-new-account-get-twitter-replies/llms.txt)
- [Desearch: X post API pricing, 7 plans, GET /twitter/user/posts](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/desearch/free-5-in-api-credits-for-a-new-account-get-twitter-user-posts/llms.txt)

## Desearch: Instagram post API alternatives

- [Captapi, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/captapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [ScrapeCreators, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/scrapecreators/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [Scrappa, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/scrappa/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [lobstr.io, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/lobstr-io/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [SociaVault, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/sociavault/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 2026-10-29.

- https://api.desearch.ai/openapi.json
- https://desearch.ai
- https://www.desearch.ai/credit-plans
- https://www.desearch.ai/docs/api-reference/get-desearch-instagram-profile-username-posts
- https://www.desearch.ai/docs/guide/apis/which-endpoint
- https://www.desearch.ai/docs/guide/introduction/pricing-and-billing
- https://www.desearch.ai/docs/guide/introduction/rate-limit
- https://www.desearch.ai/pricing
- https://www.desearch.ai/terms