# InstaGapi, free: Instagram post API

> Get a public Instagram account’s posts — images, videos and carousels, with captions, like and comment counts and media URLs — from one REST endpoint.

InstaGapi's Instagram post API on its Basic plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 posts. It returns 4 of the 6 key fields we check: Media, Engagement, Analytics, Author.
We haven't run InstaGapi through [our Instagram post API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-post-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 236 plans for Instagram post APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.167 per 1,000 posts or less.
[Zapi's Rp399,000 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/zapi/rp399000-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least 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.
[FetchLayer](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/fetchlayer/500-monthly/llms.txt), [Captapi](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/captapi/9-monthly/llms.txt) and [ScrapeCreators](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/scrapecreators/47-pack/llms.txt) are the best Instagram post API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/instagapi/free
- [Instagram post API: 10 providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-post-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.instagapi.com/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.instagapi.com/api/user/posts`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.instagapi.com/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.instagapi.com/instagram-posts-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- Sold by: InstaGapi (https://www.instagapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

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

## Price

- $ per 1,000 posts: $0.00
- Per: page, size not stated
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Get user profile by username or ID · Get user reels with pagination · Get user followers · Get user following · Get user tagged posts · Search users by keyword · Get media by numeric ID · Get media by shortcode · Get media by public URL · Get media comments (paginated) · Get media likers · Get user media feed (paginated) · Get user stories by ID · Get stories by username · Get single story by ID · Retrieve public story media metadata · Get user highlights by ID · Get highlights by username · Get highlight by URL · Get hashtag info · Get top media for hashtag · Get reels for hashtag · Get location info · Get top media at location · Search locations by coordinates

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get a public Instagram account’s posts — images, videos and carousels, with captions, like and comment counts and media URLs — from one REST endpoint.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: 2. Description of Service [...] You are responsible for ensuring your use of the data complies with all applicable laws and any third-party platform terms. 3. API Usage: You agree not to exceed your plan's rate limits and request quotas. API keys are personal and must not be shared or published publicly. [...] Automated queries that violate platform terms of service are prohibited. 4. Prohibited Uses: Using the Service for spamming, harassment, or any illegal activity. Attempting to bypass rate limits or security measures. Reselling raw API access without adding substantial value. Collecting private user data without consent.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 30 requests a month
- Enough for: 30 pages a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.28
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: username_or_id. Optional: count, pagination_token
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/user/posts

## About the plan

- Plan: Basic
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 22 fields the plan's answer can hold

post ID, post code, created at, media type, product type, thumbnail, location, author ID, author username, author name, author profile picture, author verified, comment count, comments disabled, like count, play count, caption, alt text, video, video duration, children, next cursor

## InstaGapi's plans (4)

- [InstaGapi, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/instagapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [InstaGapi, $8.90 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/instagapi/8-90-monthly/llms.txt): 67% complete
- [InstaGapi, $49.90 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/instagapi/49-90-monthly/llms.txt): 67% complete
- [InstaGapi, $119.90 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/instagapi/119-90-monthly/llms.txt): 67% complete

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

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

## InstaGapi's APIs (2)

- [InstaGapi: Instagram post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/instagapi/free/llms.txt)
- [InstaGapi: Instagram profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/instagapi/free/llms.txt)

## InstaGapi: Instagram post API alternatives

- [FetchLayer, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/fetchlayer/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [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
- [lobstr.io, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/lobstr-io/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Desearch, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/desearch/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-05.

- https://www.instagapi.com/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://www.instagapi.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://www.instagapi.com/instagram-posts-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://www.instagapi.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing