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lobstr.io pricing and alternatives: Instagram post API

lobstr.io's sitellms.txt
67% complete: 4 of the 6 key fields we checkSee the 6 fields
$0.00per 1,000 postsWe rank 49 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.
Plan: Free one of lobstr.io's 9 plans
Call: POST /v1/runs lobstr.io's only call for this API
API: Instagram post API one of lobstr.io's 23 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the posts from Instagram when you call.
  • 4 of the 6 key fields we check. Text, Media, Engagement, Author.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 100 credits a month, enough for 100 results.
  • One call. You call POST /v1/runs with the inputs in Product details. The call returns a job. You fetch the answer once the job is done. Or the provider sends the answer to your webhook.
  • Who can get it: professionals, not consumers. Keep data: no limit, results stay on lobstr.io 7 days on Free, 28 days on paid plans. Use data: with conditions.

lobstr.io: Instagram post API alternatives

The table starts with lobstr.io's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 posts closest to lobstr.io's. Each plan in the table gives live data.

lobstr.io, $4,800 yearlyTikHub, $55 monthly, RPS Level 10, GET /api/v1/instagram/v3/get_user_postsHasData, $59 monthlyAnysite, $49 monthlySocialCrawl, £49 pack, Growth, GET /v1/instagram/profile/posts
$ per 1,000 posts$0.40$0.178$0.246$0.272$0.272
Completeness67%0%83%67%83%
Billingyearlymonthlymonthlymonthlypay first
Pay$4,800$55$59$49£49
Enough for1,000,000 results a monthas many as you pay for20,000 pages a month15,000 pages a month20,000 pages
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itprofessionals, not consumersanyone 18 or over (or of legal age where they live), for lawful internal business purposes, not in a US-embargoed country or on a US restricted-party list, paying it monthly from a Pay-as-you-go balanceanyoneanyone at least 18 years old or of the age of majority in their jurisdictionanyone 18 or over

Instagram post API pricing: plans compared

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.lobstr.io/v1/plans
  2. docs.lobstr.io/docs/concepts
  3. docs.lobstr.io/docs/configure-webhook-delivery
  4. docs.lobstr.io/docs/pricing
  5. docs.lobstr.io/docs/rate-limiting
  6. docs.lobstr.io/docs/start-run
  7. docs.lobstr.io/examples/instagram-posts-scraper/add-tasks.md
  8. docs.lobstr.io/examples/instagram-posts-scraper/credit-cost.md
  9. docs.lobstr.io/examples/instagram-posts-scraper/get-results.md
  10. docs.lobstr.io/examples/instagram-posts-scraper/update-settings.md
  11. help.lobstr.io/billing/manage-subscription
  12. help.lobstr.io/billing/reset-billing-cycle
  13. help.lobstr.io/core-concepts/credits
  14. lobstr.io/legal/terms-of-use
  15. lobstr.io/pricing
  16. lobstr.io/store/instagram-post-scraper
  17. lobstr.io/store/linkedin-profile-scraper

Product details

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

  • Text
  • Media
  • Engagement
  • Analytics, not in the answer
  • Author
  • Audience, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 posts$0.00
Perresult
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 73 other calls
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchGive it an Instagram link, get the posts: owner full name, caption, likes count, shortcode, URL and 56 more fields, in a spreadsheet, in your tools, through the API or from your AI agent.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit, results stay on lobstr.io 7 days on Free, 28 days on paid plans
Use dataThe User hereby asserts and affirms that the utilization of the Platform is solely for professional activities, thereby exempting the User from being classified as a "consumer" under the governing law. [...] Squiders are obligated to: (i) Procure requisite permissions for accessing websites through Squids, (ii) Abstain from extracting substantial portions of databases, whether in terms of quality or quantity, (iii) Refrain from unauthorized access to confidential or proprietary information, (iv) Observe all third-party rights, including but not limited to copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights, (v) Comply with all pertinent laws, statutes, ordinances, and regulations, inclusive of those related to the protection of personal data. [...] a global, non-exclusive, non-transferrable, and non-sublicensable right to employ the Platform for the duration of the User's active account on said Platform [...] Absent express written consent from LOBSTR, the User shall abstain—and shall prohibit any third parties acting on their behalf, including but not limited to employees, agents, affiliates, and subcontractors—from: (i) Decompiling, disassembling, or reverse-engineering the Platform, or attempting to discern its source code, foundational ideas, algorithms, file formats, or interoperability features [...], (ii) Independently or with third-party assistance, rectifying any Platform defects to render it compliant with its intended use [...], (iii) Removing or altering any notifications, labels, or references pertaining to the intellectual property rights of LOBSTR or any third parties, (iv) Engaging in the transfer, utilization, or exportation of the Platform in a manner that contravenes applicable laws, (v) Integrating, associating, or amalgamating the Platform with any other software or documents, or generating derivative works based in whole or part on the Platform, (vi) Conducting any activities with the Platform other than those explicitly sanctioned by these Terms and Conditions
Plan
Pay$0
You get100 credits a month
Enough for100 results a month
Expirescredits refresh each month and don't roll over at renewal, only a paid billing-cycle reset carries unused credits over, for 30 days
Rate limit
Per second2
Concurrent1
Speed
Answerby polling or webhook
The call
You sendsquid (an Instagram Posts Scraper squid, crawler d25fddae52eb78eb385e60bc2adb6d1e, holding the Instagram profile URLs, post URLs, reel URLs or usernames as its tasks (url)). Optional: max_results, max_unique_results_per_run, fetch_since, fetch_since_timezone, skip_pinned_posts, enrich_comments
MethodPOST
Path/v1/runs
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itprofessionals, not consumers
The 31 fields the plan's answer can hold

post URL, post ID, post code, text, alt text, author username, author name, author ID, like count, comment count, created at, post type, is pinned, dimensions, video, image, paid partnership, carousel media count, media type, children, reel URL, coauthors, hashtags, tagged users, music, latest comments, is video, mentions, author profile picture, source URL, scraped at

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