# Pullbay, free: Instagram post API

> Returns posts published by an Instagram user. Use `cursor` to paginate or `maxItems` for a one-shot bulk pull (mutually exclusive).

Pullbay'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 Pullbay through [our Instagram post API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-post-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 183 plans for Instagram post APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.163 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), [ScrapeCreators](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/scrapecreators/47-pack/llms.txt) and [Captapi](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/captapi/9-monthly/llms.txt) are the best Instagram post API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/pullbay/free
- [Instagram post API: 10 providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-post-api.txt)
- Get it: https://pullbay.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.pullbay.com/instagram/user/{id}/posts`
- API key: with the plan, on https://pullbay.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.pullbay.com/api-reference/instagram?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing#get-posts-published-by-a-user
- Sold by: Pullbay (https://pullbay.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-04

## In the answer

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

## Price

- $ per 1,000 posts: $0.00
- Per: result
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Start fee: $0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: 70 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Returns posts published by an Instagram user. Use `cursor` to paginate or `maxItems` for a one-shot bulk pull (mutually exclusive).

## Data

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

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $1
- Enough for: about 3,333 results
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.17
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: id. Optional: maxItems, cursor
- Method: GET
- Path: /instagram/user/{id}/posts

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 35 fields the plan's answer can hold

type, post ID, shortcode, post URL, caption, created at, like count, comment count, is available, is carousel, is video, is pinned, paid partnership, like and view counts disabled, owner ID, owner username, owner full name, owner profile picture, owner verified, owner private account, co-owners, location, image, video, audio, carousel, has more, next cursor, request ID, success, status, message, amount charged, currency, billable items

## Pullbay's plans (4)

- [Pullbay, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Pullbay, $9 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/pullbay/9-monthly/llms.txt): $0.30 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Pullbay, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/pullbay/49-monthly/llms.txt): $0.27 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Pullbay, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/pullbay/199-monthly/llms.txt): $0.24 per 1,000, 33% complete, live

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

- `GET /instagram/user/{id}/posts`: [Pullbay, free](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/pullbay/free/llms.txt)

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## Pullbay: Instagram post API alternatives

- [ScrapingIsNotACrime, $25 pack, Growth, GET /instagram/profile/{username}/timeline/latest](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/scrapingisnotacrime/25-pack-growth-get-instagram-profile-username-timeline-latest/llms.txt): $0.208 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [SocialCrawl, £299 pack, Pro, GET /v1/instagram/profile/posts](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socialcrawl/299-pack-pro-get-v1-instagram-profile-posts/llms.txt): $0.222 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [Serpent API, top-up from $1,000, Enterprise, GET /api/social/instagram/profile, Instagram Profile with recent posts, full](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/serpent-api/top-up-from-1000-enterprise-get-api-social-instagram-profile-instagram-profile-with-recent-posts-full/llms.txt): $0.233 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [HasData, $59 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/hasdata/59-monthly/llms.txt): $0.246 per 1,000, 83% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-04.

- https://docs.pullbay.com/api-reference/instagram?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/documentation/plans-and-usage/plans.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/documentation/plans-and-usage/rate-limits.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/help-center?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://docs.pullbay.com/llms-full.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://pullbay.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing