# ReachSocial, pay as you go: Instagram post API

> Returns a bounded normalized profile feed and temporary media references.

ReachSocial's Pay per request plan for the Instagram post API costs $1.667 per 1,000 posts. ReachSocial's docs list 3 of the 6 fields on our checklist: Text, Media, Author.
We haven't run ReachSocial through [our Instagram post API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-post-api.txt) yet.
Half of the 285 plans we rank by price cost $0.178 per 1,000 posts or less. This plan costs less per 1,000 posts than 21% of the 285 plans.
[Zapi's Rp399,000 (about $22) monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/zapi/rp399000-monthly/llms.txt) 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.
[ShortsIntel's $10 pack (/creators/{platform}/{handle}/videos)](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/shortsintel/10-pack-top-up-10-get-creators-platform-handle-videos/llms.txt) covers any number of posts. ShortsIntel's $10 pack costs less up front than Zapi's Rp399,000 (about $22) monthly plan.
[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/reachsocial/pay-as-you-go
- [Instagram post API: the 10 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-instagram-post-api.txt)
- Get it: https://reachsocial.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://reachsocial.dev/v1/services/instagram.feed/execute`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://reachsocial.dev/services/instagram.feed?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- Sold by: ReachSocial (https://reachsocial.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 50%
- Text: ✓
- Media: ✓
- Author: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 posts: $1.667
- Per: page of 30
- Billing: pay as you go

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## In their words

- Their pitch: Returns a bounded normalized profile feed and temporary media references.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You must use the service lawfully, comply with applicable platform terms, and protect your credentials. [...] Do not use ReachSocial to violate law, platform terms, privacy rights, intellectual-property rights, rate limits, or access controls. Do not submit malware, attempt to bypass payment or authentication, scrape private data, harass people, or resell access without approval.

## Plan

- Pay: per call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: input.url, Idempotency-Key header, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: input.max_items
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/services/instagram.feed/execute

## About the plan

- Plan: Pay per request
- Who can get it: anyone with a wallet holding native USDC on Base mainnet, no account or API key, use must be lawful and follow the platforms' terms

## The 18 fields the plan's answer can hold

request ID, status, from cache, platform, post URL, post ID, type, text, created at, media, author ID, author username, author name, author profile picture, author verified, author URL, next cursor, has more

## ReachSocial's plans (2)

- [ReachSocial, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/reachsocial/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $1.667 per 1,000, 50% complete
- [ReachSocial, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/reachsocial/contact-us/llms.txt): 50% complete

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

- `POST /v1/services/instagram.feed/execute`: [ReachSocial, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/reachsocial/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

## ReachSocial's APIs (9)

- [ReachSocial: Facebook page API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-page-apis/reachsocial/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [ReachSocial: Instagram post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/reachsocial/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [ReachSocial: Instagram profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/reachsocial/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [ReachSocial: TikTok profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/reachsocial/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [ReachSocial: TikTok video API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/reachsocial/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [ReachSocial: X post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/reachsocial/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [ReachSocial: X profile API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/reachsocial/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [ReachSocial: YouTube channel API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/reachsocial/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [ReachSocial: YouTube channel video API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/reachsocial/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

## ReachSocial: Instagram post API alternatives

- [Captapi, $275 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/captapi/275-pack/llms.txt): $1.65 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Viral Outliers, $1,490 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/viral-outliers/1490-yearly/llms.txt): $1.656 per 1,000, 83% complete, stored
- [Mindcase, $249.99 pack](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/mindcase/249-99-pack/llms.txt): $1.667 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [SocQ, top-up from $5](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socq/top-up-from-5/llms.txt): $1.70 per 1,000, 83% 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 2026-11-07.

- https://reachsocial.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://reachsocial.dev/docs/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://reachsocial.dev/legal/acceptable-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://reachsocial.dev/legal/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://reachsocial.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://reachsocial.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing
- https://reachsocial.dev/services/instagram.feed?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=instagram-post-api-pricing