# instapi.co, free: Instagram post API

> Recent posts for a public Instagram account, newest first. Each image and video is described in text by AI (parsedContent), so an agent can read what's in a post without vision.

instapi.co's Instagram post API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 posts. It returns 2 of the 6 key fields we check: Media, Engagement.
We haven't run instapi.co 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/instapi-co/free
- [Instagram post API: 10 providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-post-api.txt)
- Get it: https://instapi.co?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://instapi.co/api/instagram/users/{username}/posts`
- API key: with the plan, on https://instapi.co?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://instapi.co/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- Sold by: instapi.co (https://instapi.co?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

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

## Price

- $ per 1,000 posts: $0.00
- Per: page of 30
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Search Instagram · Get a user's profile

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Recent posts for a public Instagram account, newest first. Each image and video is described in text by AI (parsedContent), so an agent can read what's in a post without vision.

## Data

- Freshness: stored
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 10 credits
- Enough for: 10 pages

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: username. Optional: count
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/instagram/users/{username}/posts

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 15 fields the plan's answer can hold

shortcode, post URL, post type, created at, pinned, like count, comment count, caption, media, media type, image, video, dimensions, AI media description, credits remaining

## instapi.co's plans (2)

- [instapi.co, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/instapi-co/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, stored
- [instapi.co, top-up from $1](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/instapi-co/top-up-from-1/llms.txt): $0.333 per 1,000, 33% complete, stored

## instapi.co's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /api/instagram/users/{username}/posts`: [instapi.co, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/instapi-co/free/llms.txt)

## instapi.co's APIs (2)

- [instapi.co: Instagram post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/instapi-co/free/llms.txt)
- [instapi.co: Instagram profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/instapi-co/free/llms.txt)

## instapi.co: Instagram post API alternatives

- [KonbiniAPI, $20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/konbiniapi/20-pack/llms.txt): $0.333 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Serpent API, top-up from $10, Default, GET /api/social/instagram/profile, Instagram Profile with recent posts, full](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/serpent-api/top-up-from-10-default-get-api-social-instagram-profile-instagram-profile-with-recent-posts-full/llms.txt): $0.333 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [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
- [Fanpage Karma, $3,750 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/fanpage-karma/3750-monthly/llms.txt): $0.375 per 1,000, 50% complete, stored

## 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://instapi.co?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://instapi.co/api/help?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://instapi.co/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing