Needle pricing: Instagram post API
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50% complete: 3 of the 6 key fields we checkSee the 6 fields
$0.00per 1,000 postsWe haven't run Needle through our Instagram post API benchmark yet.This plan is free. We rank 271 plans for Instagram post APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.178 per 1,000 posts or less.Zapi's Rp399,000 monthly plan is the cheapest paid plan 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, Captapi and ScrapeCreators are the best Instagram post API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.
Plan: Free Trial one of Needle's 4 plans
Call:
GET / Needle's only call for this APIAPI: Instagram post API one of Needle's 16 APIs
- Local business search API
- Instagram post API
- Instagram profile API
- Company open jobs API
- LinkedIn company post API
- LinkedIn company data API
- LinkedIn company search API
- LinkedIn profile post API
- LinkedIn profile API
- LinkedIn people search API
- LinkedIn job details API
- LinkedIn job search API
- LinkedIn post comment API
- LinkedIn post details API
- LinkedIn post reaction API
- LinkedIn post search API
About this item
- Freshness. We don't know how fresh this plan's data is.
- 3 of the 6 key fields we check. Media, Engagement, Author.
- Nothing to pay. You get 1 linked account. This call is free. Needle limits how many pages you get but gives no number. Unused units expire after 7 days.
- One call. You send
identityandconnectedAccountIdtoGET /. You can also sendapi/ v1/ instagram/ posts cursorandlimit. The call returns the account's posts. - Who can get it: anyone with a LinkedIn, Instagram or email account to connect. Keep data: no API terms. Use data: with conditions.
Needle: Instagram post API alternatives
Needle alternatives: other Instagram post API providers by price
We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 posts.
| This planNeedle, free | FetchLayer, free | Captapi, free | ScrapeCreators, free | lobstr.io, free | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $ per 1,000 posts | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Completeness | 50% | 83% | 100% | 83% | 67% |
| Billing | free | free | free | free | free |
| Pay | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Enough for | not published | 30 pages | about 333 results, once | 100 pages, once | 100 results a month |
| Freshness | unknown | live | live | live | live |
| Who can get it | anyone with a LinkedIn, Instagram or email account to connect | anyone at least 18 years old (or the age of legal majority in their jurisdiction, if higher) | anyone at least 18 years old, once their email is verified | anyone legally able to enter into a binding agreement | professionals, not consumers |
Sources
From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-06.
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, not in the answer
- Author
- Audience, not in the answer
| $ per 1,000 posts | $0.00 |
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| Per | page of 100 |
| Billing | free |
| Also pays for | 112 other calls |
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| $ per 1,000 | $0.00 |
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| Their pitch | Returns the posts of one account, most recent first. |
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| Keep data | no API terms |
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| Use data | You may use Needle only in compliance with these terms and all applicable laws. [...] You agree not to misuse the service, including by attempting to access it in unauthorized ways, disrupting its operation, or using it to violate the rights of others. |
| Pay | $0 |
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| You get | 1 linked account |
| Expires | 7 days |
| Batch | 1 |
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| Answer | in the call |
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| You send | identity, connectedAccountId. Optional: cursor, limit |
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| Method | GET |
| Path | /api/v1/instagram/posts |
| Plan | Free Trial |
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| Who can get it | anyone with a LinkedIn, Instagram or email account to connect |
The 16 fields the plan's answer can hold
post ID, post code, caption, post URL, taken at, like count, comment count, comments disabled, media type, thumbnail, video URL, location name, author username, author profile picture, author verified, author private account