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HikerAPI pricing and alternatives: Instagram post API, GET /g2/user/medias

HikerAPI's sitellms.txtBest instagram post API in 2026

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50% complete: 3 of the 6 key fields we checkSee the 6 fields
$0.00per 1,000 postsWe rank 65 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.Captapi, ScrapeCreators and Scrappa are the best instagram post API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: Free one of HikerAPI's 5 plans
Call: GET /g2/user/medias one of HikerAPI's 2 calls for this API
API: Instagram post API one of HikerAPI's 2 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the posts from Instagram when you call.
  • 3 of the 6 key fields we check. Media, Engagement, Analytics.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 100 requests, enough for 100 pages.
  • One call. You send user_id to GET /g2/user/medias. You can also send next_page_id and flat. The call returns the account's posts.
  • Anyone can get it. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

HikerAPI: Instagram post API alternatives

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 posts. Each plan in the table gives live data.

This planHikerAPI, free, GET /g2/user/mediasCaptapi, freeScrapeCreators, freelobstr.io, freeBright Data, free
$ per 1,000 posts$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00
Completeness50%100%83%67%100%
Billingfreefreefreefreefree
Pay$0$0$0$0$0
Enough for100 pagesabout 333 results, once100 pages, once100 results a month5,000 results a month
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyoneanyone at least 18 years old, once their email is verifiedanyone legally able to enter into a binding agreementprofessionals, not consumersnew accounts of anyone 18 or over, not on a subscription or custom pay-as-you-go pricing, and not sanctioned or in Russia, Belarus, Syria or Lebanon

Every instagram post API provider we score, ranked

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. api.hikerapi.com/openapi.json
  2. hikerapi.com
  3. hikerapi.com/faq
  4. hikerapi.com/help/terms-of-service
  5. hikerapi.com/pricing
  6. hikerapi.com/pricing.md

Product details

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

  • Text, not in the answer
  • Media
  • Engagement
  • Analytics
  • Author, not in the answer
  • Audience, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 posts$0.00
Perpage, size not stated
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 100 other calls
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchGet part (one page) of user medias.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou may use the Site and the Services only for lawful purposes. You may not transmit, post, store, distribute, display or present any information, software, data, file or material in violation of any applicable law or regulation. [...] You may not use the Site or the Services to: Post content or information that is obscene, hateful, threatening, defamatory, includes child pornography, or creates a risk to anyone’s privacy or safety. Promote, do or further any unlawful, misleading, discriminatory or malicious activity. Solicit personal information from anyone under 18 years of age. Transmit unsolicited commercial messages (Spam), junk mail, pyramid schemes, chain letters or similar materials or information. Upload or transmit viruses, worms or other malicious code. Violate or infringe anyone’s intellectual property rights, including copyrights, trademarks, patents and trade secrets. For instance, You may not use the Site or the Services to provide pirated or counterfeit works, information to circumvent copyright protection devices or links to such works or information or impermissibly use someone else’s copyrighted work or trademarks. Violate or infringe anyone’s privacy or publicity rights, such as impersonating another person or entity or posting images of someone without their permission. Forge or otherwise manipulate headers, tags or identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any message or transmittal that You send or receive on or through the Site or the Services. Falsely express or imply that HikerAPI sponsors, endorses or is otherwise affiliated with You or Your content. Violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation including export, intellectual property and privacy laws. Interfere with, circumvent, disable or attempt to interfere with, circumvent or disable the Site or the Services, the proper working of the Site or the Services, security features of the Site or the Services, or the equipment connected to the Site or the Services. Impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the Site or HikerAPI systems or networks. Restrict or inhibit any other person from using the Site or the Services (including without limitation by hacking or defacing any portion of the Site). Create a database by downloading and storing the Content or any part thereof. Violate this Agreement or encourage or assist anyone else to violate this Agreement.
Plan
Pay$0
You get100 requests
Enough for100 pages
Rate limit
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You senduser_id. Optional: next_page_id, flat
MethodGET
Path/g2/user/medias
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone
The 10 fields the plan's answer can hold

post ID, post code, media type, play count, Instagram view count, Facebook view count, like count, comment count, next cursor, has more

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