# EnsembleData, free: Instagram post API

> Access Instagram post feeds from any public account including captions, media URLs, and engagement metrics for content research and strategy.

EnsembleData's Instagram post API on its Free Trial plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 posts. It returns 4 of the 6 key fields we check: Text, Media, Engagement, Author.
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/ensembledata/free
- [Best instagram post API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-post-api.txt)
- Get it: https://ensembledata.com/pricing
- Request: `GET https://ensembledata.com/apis/instagram/user/posts`
- API key: with the plan, on https://ensembledata.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://ensembledata.com/apis/docs#tag/Instagram/operation/instagram_user_posts
- Sold by: EnsembleData (https://ensembledata.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 67%
- Text: ✓
- Media: ✓
- Engagement: ✓
- Author: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 57 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Access Instagram post feeds from any public account including captions, media URLs, and engagement metrics for content research and strategy.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Clients may only use the APIs and Data for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms and Conditions [...] Clients may not use the APIs or Data for any illegal or unethical purposes, including but not limited to, spamming, hacking, or phishing [...] Clients may not use the APIs or Data to create a product or service that competes directly with EnsembleData’s services [...] Clients may not use the APIs or Data in a manner that would cause harm to EnsembleData, its employees, agents, or any third party

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 50 credits a day
- Enough for: 50 results a day
- Expires: at 00:00 UTC each day, when the daily units are reset

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: user_id, depth. Optional: oldest_timestamp, chunk_size, start_cursor, alternative_method, fetch_play_count
- Method: GET
- Path: /instagram/user/posts

## About the plan

- Plan: Free Trial
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 25 fields the plan's answer can hold

post type, post ID, post code, dimensions, image, thumbnail, is video, alt text, tagged users, text, comment count, comments disabled, created at, like count, author ID, author username, location, coauthors, is pinned, children, sponsors, paid partnership, is affiliate, count on page, next cursor

## EnsembleData's plans (7)

- [EnsembleData, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/ensembledata/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [EnsembleData, $100 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/ensembledata/100-monthly/llms.txt): $2.222 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [EnsembleData, $200 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/ensembledata/200-monthly/llms.txt): $1.333 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [EnsembleData, $400 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/ensembledata/400-monthly/llms.txt): $1.212 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [EnsembleData, $800 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/ensembledata/800-monthly/llms.txt): $1.067 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [EnsembleData, $1,400 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/ensembledata/1400-monthly/llms.txt): $0.933 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [EnsembleData, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/ensembledata/contact-us/llms.txt): 67% complete, live

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

- `GET /instagram/user/posts`: [EnsembleData, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/ensembledata/free/llms.txt)

## EnsembleData's APIs (8)

- [EnsembleData: Instagram post API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/ensembledata/free/llms.txt)
- [EnsembleData: X post API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/ensembledata/free/llms.txt)
- [EnsembleData: X profile API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/ensembledata/free/llms.txt)
- [EnsembleData: YouTube channel video API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/ensembledata/free/llms.txt)
- [EnsembleData: YouTube channel API pricing, 7 plans, Channel Detailed Info](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/ensembledata/free-trial-get-youtube-channel-detailed-info-channel-detailed-info/llms.txt)
- [EnsembleData: YouTube channel API pricing, 7 plans, Channel Detailed Info, full](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/ensembledata/free-trial-get-youtube-channel-detailed-info-channel-detailed-info-full/llms.txt)
- [EnsembleData: Instagram profile API pricing, 7 plans, GET /instagram/user/basic-info](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/ensembledata/free-trial-get-instagram-user-basic-info/llms.txt)
- [EnsembleData: Instagram profile API pricing, 7 plans, GET /instagram/user/detailed-info](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/ensembledata/free-trial-get-instagram-user-detailed-info/llms.txt)
- [EnsembleData: Instagram profile API pricing, 7 plans, GET /instagram/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/ensembledata/free-trial-get-instagram-user-info/llms.txt)
- [EnsembleData: TikTok profile API pricing, 7 plans, GET /tt/user/info-from-secuid](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/ensembledata/free-trial-get-tt-user-info-from-secuid/llms.txt)
- [EnsembleData: TikTok profile API pricing, 7 plans, GET /tt/user/info](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/ensembledata/free-trial-get-tt-user-info/llms.txt)
- [EnsembleData: TikTok video API pricing, 7 plans, GET /tt/user/posts-from-secuid](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/ensembledata/free-trial-get-tt-user-posts-from-secuid/llms.txt)
- [EnsembleData: TikTok video API pricing, 7 plans, GET /tt/user/posts](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/ensembledata/free-trial-get-tt-user-posts/llms.txt)

## EnsembleData: Instagram post API alternatives

- [lobstr.io, $100 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/lobstr-io/100-monthly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [SocialCrawl, £299 pack, Pro, GET /v1/instagram/profile/posts/full](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socialcrawl/299-pack-pro-get-v1-instagram-profile-posts-full/llms.txt): $1.107 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [Bright Data, $499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/bright-data/499-monthly/llms.txt): $1.30 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Captapi, $9 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/captapi/9-monthly/llms.txt): $1.35 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 2026-10-29.

- https://ensembledata.com/apis/docs
- https://ensembledata.com/apis/openapi.json
- https://ensembledata.com/instagram-posts-api
- https://ensembledata.com/pricing
- https://ensembledata.com/terms-and-conditions